CeCe Peniston discography

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American recording artist CeCe Peniston entered the music industry as a backup vocalist on the Overweight Pooch's album Female Preacher, released in July 1991 on A&M Records. Shortly before that, she was featured on the B-side to 12-inch single "I Can't Take the Power" by male rapper Marvelous JC. Besides her vocal performance on the Pooch's only charting track, "I Like It", she was given a credit for co-writing two compositions; "Kickin' Da Blues" and the titular "Female Preacher". Soon after, the singer pursued a solo career. By now, Peniston has released four studio albums including one as a member of The Sisters of Glory, two remix collections, one live album, four compilations and one live extended play (EP). Her singles discography features twenty-nine physical releases, twenty-one digital-only, seven promotional recordings and twenty-six other appearances; regardless of their format. She has also been included on one video album and has made fourteen music videos.

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CeCe Peniston discography
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Peniston performing in the nightclub Heaven
in Central London, England on July 26, 2009.
Releases:
Studio albums 4
Remix albums 2
Live albums 1
Compilation albums 4
EPs 1
Singles 29
Download singles 21
Promotional songs 7
Other appearances 26
Video albums 1
Music videos 14
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Peniston recorded her own single "Finally" through A&M. The song was released in August 1991 and was followed by her full-length debut on January 28, 1992.[1] Both the album and single of the same name, were certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the set itself by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). They also earned two certifications from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), respectively. By the time the album's local sales reached half a million copies, "We Got a Love Thang" and "Keep On Walkin'", would give her three consecutive number-one hits on the US Hot Dance Club Play, as well on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart. Furthermore, each track reached the top-ten of Music Week's singles chart in the United Kingdom, and the top-twenty of Billboard's Hot 100 in the United States. The album itself broke into the top-forty music charts in Austria, Canada, the Netherlands and the UK, peaking home at number 70. Additional compositions from her first album, "Inside That I Cried" and "Crazy Love", scored successes in the R&B charts.

Her second studio set, Thought 'Ya Knew, saw its results on January 25, 1994. Having entered the top-forty only in the UK and Switzerland, the album somewhat failed to match the sales of its predecessor, reaching its peak in the Billboard 200 at position 96. It did, however, make an impact on the dance field, yielding two chart-toppers in the US. "I'm in the Mood", with its incorporated jazz elements, served as the album's pilot single. The latter singles, such as "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" released in the US a year after its European release, and "I'm Not Over You", those achieved top-5 statuses at least. While "Hit by Love", another house anthem, became the singer's fifth club number 1. As a result, she was named Billboard Magazine's #1 Dance/Club Play artist of 1994.

I'm Movin' On, the third album by Peniston, was released on September 9, 1996, and was viewed as a commercial failure. As such it thus did not achieve a presence in the official albums charts. Mid-tempo jam, "Movin' On" featuring rap by Suga T, reached number 83 and her so-called "vocal duel" with JoJo Hailey, "Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy)", missed the US Hot 100 altogether. In February 1998 Peniston experienced a late comeback in the overseas, when her remake of Jocelyn Brown's classic "Somebody Else's Guy" climbed to number 13 on the British singles charts; her highest top-100 entry in the island since May 1992. The remixes of the song were released on March 2, 1998 on her import greatest hits compilation The Best Of, her closing album on A&M. While the original version appeared on later collection of her hits, Essential, issued also overseas through Spectrum in 2000.

Subsequently, singer managed to record a number of singles, some of which garnered attention within their genre through various independent labels. Amongst them were three solo tracks such as "He Loves Me 2" (1999), "Lifetime to Love" (2001) and "Eternal Lover" (2004), as well her collaborations with other artists. These included "Reminiscin" with Saison (2001), "Deeper Love" with David Longoria (2005) and "Shame Shame Shame" with Soulshaker (2007).

Since the 2010s, Peniston has released new material mostly in a digital format. While "Nothing Can Stop Me" (2014) received significant airplay on urban AC stations, "Believe" (2015), recorded with Chaos, happened to become her first entry on the US Dance chart in 10 years. One of her most recent releases, namely Purple Funk" (2017), almost topped the Hot Singles Sales component chart.

Albums

Studio albums

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Title Details Chart positions Sales figures Certifications
US
[2]
US
Gos.

[3]
US
R&B

[4]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
SWI
[10]
UK
[11]
Finally [a]
  • Release date: January 28, 1992
  • Label: A&M (#75021 5381)[13]
  • Format: LP  MC  CD  MD
70 13 95 38 20 31 10
  • US: 554,000 (as of 2004)[14]
Thought 'Ya Knew [b]
  • Release date: January 10, 1994
  • Label: A&M (#31454 0138)[19]
  • Format: LP  MC  CD  DDC  MD
96 20 92 69 32 31
Good News in Hard Times
(as The Sisters of Glory)
29
I'm Movin' On
  • Release date: September 9, 1996
  • Label: A&M (#31454 0562)[21]
  • Format: MC  CD  MD
48
"—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in the region
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Remix albums

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Finally/We Got a Love Thang: Remix Collection
  • Release date: July 1, 1992
  • Label: A&M (#PCCY-10314)[22]
  • Format: CD
  • Remix mini-album issued as part of the limited AM+ series in Japan, featuring in total eight alternate versions of Peniston's first two solo singles ("Finally" and "We Got a Love Thang").[23]
Remix Collection
  • Release date: November 2, 1994
  • Label: A&M (#POCM-1087)[24]
  • Format: CD
  • Remix album issued in Japan, tracking the singer's discography since "Keep On Walkin'" to "Hit by Love" singles. Overall nine 12" versions included, mostly available only on vinyl by then.[25]
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Live albums

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Divas of Disco – Live
(CeCe Peniston, Thelma Houston, Linda Clifford, A Taste of Honey and France Joli)
  • Release date: February 26, 2010
  • Label: Pegasus Entertainment (#PEG CD 702)
  • Format: CD
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Compilation albums

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The Best Of
  • Release date: March 2, 1998
  • Label: A&M (#540 880)[28]
  • Format: MC  CD
  • Import album and her first greatest hits collection issued in Europe. The set compils eleven singles in total, featuring two additional mixes of "Finally" and "Somebody Else's Guy".[29]
Essential
  • Release date: February 28, 2000
  • Label: A&M/Spectrum (#544 189)[30]
  • Format: CD
  • Import album and her second best-of compilation commercially issued first in England through Spectrum, a division of Universal Music Operations.[31] An edited version of "Finally" included instead. (In 2006, released in Japan).[32]
Winning Combinations (with Vesta Williams)
  • Release date: October 10, 2000
  • Label: A&M/Universal (#490762)[33]
  • Format: CD  MD
  • US ten-track split collection issued as part of the Universal Special Products "WC" series, coupling singer with Williams. It features "Finally", "I'm in the Mood", "Before I Lay", "Hit by Love" and "We Got a Love Thang". (In 2002, released also in Canada.)[34]
The Millennium Collection: The Best of CeCe Peniston
  • Release date: April 10, 2001
  • Label: A&M/Universal (#490 876)[35]
  • Format: CD  MD
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EPs

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CeCe Peniston
(also known as EP Live)
  • Release date: July 14, 2008
  • Label: One Media (#–)[38]
  • Format: MD  CD-R (2011, POD-only)[39]
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Singles

As lead artist

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List of singles with selected chart positions, certifications and principal albums
Title Year Chart positions Certifications Album
US
[42]
US
Dance

[43]
US
R&B

[44]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[45]
CAN
[46]
GER
[47]
NLD
[48]
SWI
[49]
UK
[11]
"Finally"[c] 1991 5 1 26 8 9 12 16 5 12 2
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Platinum[56]
Finally
"We Got a Love Thang"[d] 1992 20 1 38 36 26 41 9 6
"Keep On Walkin'"[e] 15 1 3 123 67 41 10
"Crazy Love"[f] 97 31 44
"Inside That I Cried"[f] 94 10 42
"I'm in the Mood"[g] 1993 32 1 7 88 68 22 29 16 Thought 'Ya Knew
"Keep Givin' Me Your Love"[h] 1994 4 99 36
"I'm Not Over You"[i] 41 2 10
"Hit by Love"[j] 90 1 47 33
"Movin' On"[k] (featuring Suga T.) 1996 83 29 I'm Movin' On
"Before I Lay"[l] (featuring JoJo Hailey) 52
"Somebody Else's Guy"[m] 1997 13 The Best Of
"I Know You Want Me"[n] (with Nastyboy Klick) 1998 Non-solo album single(s)
"Nobody Else"[o]
"He Loves Me 2"[p] 1999 24
"Lifetime to Love"[q] 2000 2
"My Boo"[r] 2001
"Eternal Lover"[s] (featuring BiBi) 2004
"I'm Feelin' U"[t] 2007
"Shame Shame Shame"[u] (with Soulshaker)
"Above Horizons"[v] (PTA anthem) 2009
"Nothing Can Stop Me"[w] 2014
"—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in the region.
Singles listed in order of their first appearance, regardless of the country of origin.
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List of singles with selected chart positions, certifications and principal albums
Title Year Chart positions Album
US
Dance

[43]
UK
[11]
"I Like It"
(Overweight Pooch featuring CeCe Peniston)
1991 16 58 Female Preacher
"Reminiscin"[x]
(Saison featuring CeCe Peniston)
2001 30 Non-solo album single(s)
"For My Baby"[y]
(Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston)
2003
"Deeper Love"[x]
(David Longoria featuring CeCe Peniston)
2005 14
"You Are the Universe"[z]
(Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston)
2006
"Believe"[aa]
(Chaos featuring CeCe Peniston)
2015 5
"Purple Funk"[ab]
(Mothers Favorite Child featuring CeCe Peniston)
2017
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Download-only

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"Still I" 2007
  • Released only as a 256 kbit/s download with a limited digital distribution.[85]
"In Love with a DJ"
(with Ron Carroll)
2010
  • Released as a digital maxi single. In 2014 re-issued under title "Turn It Up".[86]
"Stoopid!" 2011
  • Released in two single versions including one remixed.[87]
"Celebrate" 2012
  • Released in two versions, single and extended.[88]
"You've Never Seen"
(EC Twins featuring CeCe Peniston)
  • Released in a single version only.[89]
"All My Love"
(Richard Beynon and Zen Freeman featuring CeCe Peniston)
2013
  • Released as a digital maxi single.[90]
"Get to Steppin"
(Fast Eddie featuring CeCe Peniston)
  • Released as a digital maxi single.[91]
"Let's Go All Night"
(James Doman and Antoine Becks featuring CeCe Peniston)
  • Released as a digital maxi single.[92]
"Without You"
(Junior Sanchez featuring CeCe Peniston)
2014
  • Released in a single version only.[93]
"Love Don't Take Over"
(MG Select featuring CeCe Peniston)
  • Released as a digital maxi single.[94]
"Sick"
(CeCe Peniston featuring Paris Toon and Mothers Favorite Child)
  • Released only in the US and a single version.[95]
"The DJ Made Me Stay"
(Paul Oakenfold and Joyriders featuring CeCe Peniston)
2015
  • Released as a digital maxi single.[96]
"Piece of That"
(DJ Sun Junkie featuring CeCe Peniston and Dayion)
2016
  • Released as a digital single[97] (originally intended for her 2009 unreleased album CeCe).[98]
"Reflections of a Disco Ball"
(CeCe Peniston featuring Mothers Favorite Child)
2017
  • Released as a digital maxi single. (It features also an interlude bonus titled "R.O.A.D. B" with Tenth Month.)[99]
"Hot" 2018
  • Released in the US as a digital maxi single (B-side "You Can Tell Your Friends" incorporating "Finally")[100]
"Make Me Say (Afro Chi Vibe)"
(with Ron Carroll)
  • Released as a digital single.[101] (In 2011 as "Make Me Say Oh (4da Radio Head Mix)", it appeared on download compilation Miami 2011, issued by Juno.[102]
"Are You Ready?"
(with Four80East)
  • Released as a digital maxi single worldwide.[103]
"Oh Happy Day" (live)
(with Thelma Houston and Phoebe Snow)
2019
  • Released as a digital single.[104]
"Silly"
(with DeCarlos "Cos" Waller)
  • Released as a digital single.[105]
"Whatchu On?"
(2:AM Ricky featuring CeCe Peniston)
2020
  • Released as a digital single.[106]
"Anyway" 2021
  • Released as a digital single.[107]
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Promotional songs

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"Hitmix" 1992
  • UK medley with snippets of her songs from the debut album, commercially issued in two versions on the local MCD release of "Inside That I Cried".[108]
"Searchin'" 1993
"House Party" 1996
  • US 12" single, issued in common with "Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy)" as a double A-side release.[112]
"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" 1998
  • Originally designed for Nobody Else, her cancelled album release on Silk.[113]
"Runway" 2009
  • Originally intended for CeCe, another unreleased album. The tracks were released to her community via social networking service MySpace, as well covered through the radio stations.[98]
"Love Hurts (He Say, She Say)"
(with Montell Jordan)
"Dance with Me" 2012
  • Digital track promoted by 16 Bars through the SoundCloud audio distribution in July 2012. Produced by Zai,[114] supported also with a music video.
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Other appearances

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"Give It All U Gott"
(Marvelous JC featuring CeCe Peniston)
1991
  • Appears in two versions on B-side of 12" vinyl "I Can't Take the Power" by Marvelous JC, released through Powermix.[115]
"Kickin' Da Blues"
(Overweight Pooch featuring CeCe Peniston)
  • Additional tracks co-written/recorded for the album Female Preacher, issued through A&M. ("I Like It" was available on single.)[116]
"Female Preacher"
(Overweight Pooch featuring CeCe Peniston)
"Don't Forget the Love"
(Jeff Lorber featuring CeCe Peniston)
1994
"Stille Nacht"
(Various artists featuring the Sisters of Glory)
1995
  • Appears on double compilation Concerto di Natale, issued via Columbia in Germany. (Recorded on December 16, 1994 at Aula Paolo VI, Vatican.)[118]
"All That I Need" 1996
"The Christmas Song"
"What a Wonderful World" 1997
"When I'm with You" 1998
"Keep It Real"
(M-Doc featuring CeCe Peniston)
"Roll the Windows Down"
(Sinamin featuring CeCe Peniston and Azzan)
2000
  • Appears on studio album ...So Hot by Sinamin, issued in US on Grand OZ.[124]
"Silent Night" 2001
  • Appears on 9-track compilation A Christmas Card from Arizona to New York, presented by Phase Four Studios for the World Aid Benefit for 9/11 in 2001.[125]
"I Think About Him"
(Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston)
2003
  • Another track co-written/recorded for the Flava's compilation Colour of My Soul, issued through Dôme. ("For My Baby" was available on single).[126]
"Runnin' Away" (co-writer only)
  • Recorded on 12-inch vinyl by Sharon Pass and Steve Hurley, also known as Voices of Life, for Silk Entertainment. (The song co-written with Eric Miller, was virtually re-issued in December 2015, featuring new remixes.)[127]
"I Like (Edited)" (with Adeva) 2004
  • Released on French double mixed compilation Tribute to the Disco Funk, issued through SMM/Yanis. (A 2004 version of "Finally" also included.)[128]
"It's Alright" (co-writer only) 2006
  • Recorded on 12-inch vinyl by Redsoul and RaShaan Houston for Generate Music. (Co-written with George Jackson and Houston.)[129]
"Right Here" 2007
  • A digital track produced by Delgado[130] and Jackson for Sandworx. Written by Shantal Reed, the "lost tape" was published via SoundCloud in 2012.[131]
"See Me Now"
(Daiyon featuring CeCe Peniston)
2013
  • Appears on rapper's album The Life, issued through his virtual label DMG.[132]
"Make You Fall"
(Markus Schulz featuring CeCe Peniston)
2014
  • Appears on the DJ's album Scream 2, issued in the Netherlands through Armada, while via ООО "ПАРА МЬЮЗИК"/Open Gate in Russia.[133]
"A Night that We Will Never Forget"
(Full Force featuring CeCe Peniston and Freedom Williams)
"For the Love of You"
(Aston Grey Project featuring CeCe Peniston and Tim Gordon)
2015
  • Appears on the album Changing the Game, issued on Platinum Vybe Recordings.[135] An alternate version of the track, "CeCe Live Mix", was released on the band's 2016 compilation The Hits.
"HBS (Honey Brown Sugah)"
(Kevin McCall featuring CeCe Peniston)
2016
"Wish"
(Mothers Favorite Child featuring CeCe Peniston)
2017
  • Appears in two versions on B-side of the single "Purple Funk".[137]
"(Don't Wanna Be) The Fool on the Hill"
(Bob Baldwin featuring CeCe Peniston)
2018
  • Appears on the tribute album Bob Baldwin Presents Abbey Road and the Beatles, made under Red River Entertainment.[138]
"Just Gettin' Started"
(Jackie's Boy featuring CeCe Peniston and NMBRND)
2020
  • Appears on the Jackie's Boy digital four-track EP The Black Chapter, issued through Big Circle Music Group.[139]
"Love / Hate"
(R. Bernard featuring CeCe Peniston)
2021
  • Appears on the Bernard's self-released virtual EP The Journey.[140]
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Videos

Video albums

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Divas of Disco (Linda Clifford, A Taste of Honey, Thelma Houston, France Joli & CeCe Peniston)
  • Release date: January 8, 2008 (EU)/ 2009 (US)
  • Label: ZYX (EU, #DVD3136)/RSM (US, #DVD057)
  • Format: DVD
  • Home video of a 2007 five-star concert from Avalon,[27] also known as Live in Hollywood, later issued on CD as well.[26] The European edition included also a bonus material, such as biographies and backstage interviews. (In 2014 reissued in the UK as part of the LIVE Concert Series via Wienerworld.)[27]
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Music videos

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"Finally" 1991 Claude Borenzweig[141][142]
"We Got a Love Thang" 1992
"Keep On Walkin'" Millicent Shelton[143]
"Inside That I Cried"
"Crazy Love"
"I'm in the Mood" (Original Mix & Bad Yard Club) 1994 Antoine Fuqua[144]
"Keep Givin' Me Your Love"[145]
"I'm Not Over You" Millicent Shelton[146]
"Hit by Love" (US and UK version) Millicent Shelton[147]
"Movin' On" (single and remix versions) 1996 Paul Hunter[148][149]
"Finally 2011" 2011 Trevor Adler
"Dance with Me" 2012 Colin Pierce
"My Superman" (Ski Johnson) (acting credits-only) 2013 Scott Hebert[150]
"Piece of That"
(DJ Sun Junkie featuring CeCe Peniston and Dayion)
2016 Shaun Asakura
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Notes

  1. According to an article published by The Chicago Defender in June 2009, her debut album Finally allegedly "sold over 3 million copies".[12] Its source is unknown, neither is whether this figure refers to worldwide or US sales.[12]
  2. Thought 'Ya Knew also charted in Japan at number 66.[18]
  3. "Finally" was released on CDS on three separate occasions in the UK – initial release from October 1991 reached position 29, its re-issue in March 1992 resulted in number 2 and a remix from September 1997 in number 26.[11] Upon its international release, the single entered the music charts in Flanders (#3),[50] France (#39),[51] Ireland (#5)[52] and New Zealand (#8).[53] An additional remix from September 2008 topped the Australian Club Tracks,[5] charting at number 33 on the now discontinued Global Dance Tracks,[54] while in May 2017 the original version reached number 2 on the Spotify Rewind.[55]
  4. "We Got a Love Thang" appeared also in the singles charts in Flanders (#5),[50] Ireland (#15),[52] New Zealand (#33)[53] and Sweden (#34).[57]
  5. "Keep on Walkin'" made chart entries also in Flanders (#31)[50] and Ireland (#17),[52] while missed the Top 100 in Australia (#123). In August 2011, Peniston released a cover version of the song as her virtual duet with Lavon Collins.[58]
  6. Singles "Crazy Love" and "Inside That I Cried" were released in the US in reverse order.
  7. "I'm in the Mood" failed to enter the Australian Top 100, climbing to number 197.[5]
  8. "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" was promoted in England as the second single from Thought 'Ya Knew, while in the US as the fourth, being distributed in 1995 through Columbia in support of the Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) soundtrack.[59] The title also charted in New Zealand (#26),[53] but missed the Hot 100 after bubbling under at number 101.[60] In Canada for change, it entered the local dance chart (#13).[61]
  9. "I'm Not Over You" was released in EU[62] mostly as a double A-side single along with "Hit by Love".[63] Whereas in the Netherlands, it appeared as the B-side to the latter single.[64]
  10. "Hit by Love" was issued in the UK as the third and final single from Thought 'Ya Knew, preceded by "I'm in the Mood" and "Keep Givin' Me Your Love". The B-side to the single included a remix of "Through Those Doors" in the region.[65]
  11. "Movin' On" was released only in North America and Japan,[66] charting on Canadian RPM Dance at number 16.[61]
  12. "Before I Lay" was marketed only in the US,[67] managing to peak at number 120.[60]
  13. "Somebody Else's Guy" was issued only in the overseas, or rather in EU and Japan.[68] In England, the song also charted in the local Chart-Track, placing at number 6 in February 1998.[69]
  14. "I Know You Want Me" was distributed only in the States. In April 1998 it reached number 9 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop chart.[70]
  15. "Nobody Else"[71] was released only in some countries, excluding also Japan and the UK.
  16. "He Loves Me 2"[72] was released only in some countries, excluding also Japan and the UK. In October 2016, the song was re-issued worldwide as a digital maxi single, featuring also new remixes.
  17. "Lifetime to Love" was distributed within North America.[73]
  18. "My Boo" was released as a single only on vinyl and in the US.[74]
  19. "Eternal Lover" was initially issued only in Australia (#15 on the local club chart),[61] France and New Zealand. In 2013, a music download followed worldwide.[75]
  20. "I'm Feelin' U" was commercially issued only on vinyl and in the US. Virtually, also in the overseas.[76]
  21. "Same Shame Shame" was released on CD format for promotional purposes only. In October 2007, it charted on the Global Dance Tracks at number 22.[54]
  22. "Above Horizons" was distributed only in the States.[77]
  23. "Nothing Can Stop Me" failed to enter the official singles charts, becoming in US an Adult R&B Airplay hit at number 29.[78]
  24. "Reminiscin"[79] and "Deeper Love"[80] were made for the US.
  25. "For My Baby" was promoted only in England.[81]
  26. "You Are the Universe" was released on vinyl, in Japan and the UK. Elsewhere, in a digital format.[82]
  27. "Believe" was released on CD-R only for promotional purposes. It reached also number 2 in the UK Cool Cuts Chart.[83]
  28. "Purple Funk" debuted at number 2 on the Hot Singles Sales on July 29, 2017.[84]

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