Day by Day (Yolanda Adams album)

Day By Day is the ninth studio album by American singer Yolanda Adams. It was released by Atlantic Records on August 30, 2005 in the United States. The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Urban of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.^[4] It also earned two Grammy Award nominations for Best Gospel Performance and Best Gospel Song, with "Be Blessed" winning the former category at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.^[5]

Day By Day
Studio album by Yolanda Adams
Released	August 30, 2005
Length	54:14
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Bobby Ross Avila Issiah Avila Gordon Chambers Mike City Shep Crawford Barry Eastmond Kirk Franklin Phil Galdston Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Rickey Minor Troy Taylor
Yolanda Adams chronology
Believe (2001) Day By Day (2005) What a Wonderful Time (2007)
Singles from Day By Day
"Be Blessed" Released: 2005 "Victory" Released: 2005 "Someone Watching Over You" Released: 2005 "This Too Shall Pass" Released: 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Cross Rhythms	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Commercial reception

Day by Day is Adams' highest-charting album, debuting at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with first week sales of 29,316;^[6] besting her previous peaks of number 24 on the Billboard 200 and number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Mountain High...Valley Low (1999).^[7][8] Furthermore, Day by Day is her fourth consecutive number-one album on the US Top Gospel Albums chart, where it spent 3 weeks at number-one.^[9] In its second week, the album sold 23,820 units, a 19% dip from its first week.^[10] It went on to spend a total of 22 weeks on the Billboard 200 and 56 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it ranked at number 86 on the 2006 year-end chart.^[11] On Top Gospel Albums, the album accumulated a total of 100 weeks^[9] and ranked at number 5 on the 2006 year-end chart.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Victory"	Gregory G. Curtis	4:43
2.	"Tonight" (featuring Kirk Franklin)	Franklin	4:58
3.	"Someone Watching Over You"	Barry Eastmond Gordon Chambers Phil Galdston	4:58
4.	"Alwaysness"	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Bobby Ross Avila Issiah Avila	5:07
5.	"Day By Day"	Curtis	3:56
6.	"Lift Him Up" (featuring Donnie McClurkin & Mary Mary)	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis James "Big Jim" Wright	4:59
7.	"It's Gon Be Nice"	Shep Crawford	2:59
8.	"Be Blessed"	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Wright	5:47
9.	"Better Than Gold"	Chambers Galdston Troy Taylor	3:38
10.	"Show Me"	Franklin	4:12
11.	"I'm Grateful"	Mike City	3:38
12.	"This Too Shall Pass"	Rickey Minor	5:00

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[7]	23
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[9]	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[8]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[13]	7
Chart (2006)	Position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[14][12]	5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11]	86
Chart (2007)	Position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[15]	33