My Way (Usher album)

My Way is the second studio album by American singer Usher. It was released by LaFace Records on September 16, 1997. The album had three singles "Nice & Slow", "My Way" and "You Make Me Wanna...".

My Way
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1997 (U.S.)
Recorded1996–1997
GenreR&B, soul, hip hop soul
Length40:21
LabelLaFace/Arista
ProducerBabyface, Jermaine Dupri,
Usher chronology
Usher
(1994)
My Way
(1997)
8701
(2001)
Singles from My Way
  1. "You Make Me Wanna..."
    Released: August 5, 1997
  2. "Nice & Slow"
    Released: February 3, 1998
  3. "My Way"
    Released: June 30, 1998
  4. "Bedtime"
    Released: July 11, 1998

History

The album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 chart. It sold 66,000 copies the first week.[1] It also debuted at number four on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[2] It reached number one for three weeks. My Way was then certified 6x Platinum for shipping 6,000,000 copies in the United States. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award. It also became his "breakthrough album". Many music critics gave positive reviews for the album.[3][4][5]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "You Make Me Wanna..."   3:39
2. "Just Like Me" (featuring Lil' Kim) 3:26
3. "Nice & Slow"   3:48
4. "Slow Jam" (featuring Monica) 4:40
5. "My Way"   3:38
6. "Come Back" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) 3:12
7. "I Will" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) 3:55
8. "Bedtime"   4:45
9. "One Day You'll Be Mine"   3:23
10. "You Make Me Wanna... (Extended Version)"   5:19
Sample credits

References

  1. Archive-David-Basham. "Got Charts? Usher's Platinum Mine; A Tolkien Spell; An Ill-Fated Concept". MTV News.
  2. "Charts". Billboard.
  3. My Way (Usher album) at Allmusic
  4. "Robert Christgau: CG: Usher". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. "Q review". Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 2010-11-07.

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