A Place in the Sun (Tim McGraw album)

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A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun (Tim McGraw album) cover.jpg
Studio album by
Tim McGraw
ReleasedMay 4, 1999
Recorded1999
Studio Ocean Way, Nashville
Genre Country
Length54:04
Label Curb
Producer
Tim McGraw chronology
Everywhere
(1997)		A Place in the Sun
(1999)		 Greatest Hits
(2000)
Singles from A Place in the Sun
  1. "Please Remember Me"
    Released: March 22, 1999
  2. "Something Like That"
    Released: June 28, 1999
  3. "My Best Friend"
    Released: October 4, 1999
  4. "Some Things Never Change"
    Released: April 10, 2000
  5. "My Next Thirty Years"
    Released: July 17, 2000
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A Place in the Sun is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on May 4, 1999. "Please Remember Me" was nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards. "My Best Friend" was nominated in the same category the following year. The album's compact disc version was originally available with a limited edition booklet that contained two transparent sleeves inside. Subsequent releases have all the same information, though without the transparent pages.

Contents

This album produced the singles "Please Remember Me", "Something Like That", "My Best Friend", "My Next Thirty Years" and "Some Things Never Change"; "Please Remember Me" was originally recorded by Rodney Crowell on his 1995 album Jewel of the South, and was a #69 country hit for him that year. Except for the #7-peaking "Some Things Never Change", all the singles on this album reached number one on the Hot Country Songs charts; "Seventeen" and "Señorita Margarita" also reached the lower regions of that chart from unsolicited airplay.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Trouble with Never" Mark Nesler, Tony Martin 4:14
2."Seventeen" Chris Lindsey, Bill Luther, Aimee Mayo 3:18
3."She'll Have You Back" Deryl Dodd, Allen Chancey3:25
4."Somebody Must Be Prayin' for Me"Frank Vinci, Kris Bergsnes3:52
5."My Best Friend"Bill Luther, Aimee Mayo 4:39
6."Señorita Margarita" Bob DiPiero, George Teren3:50
7."Some Things Never Change" Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler3:56
8."You Don't Love Me Anymore"Greg Barnhill, Kim Carnes 3:42
9."Something Like That"Rick Ferrell, Keith Follesé 3:03
10."Please Remember Me" Rodney Crowell, Will Jennings 4:55
11."Carry On" Mark Collie, Hillary Kanter, Even Stevens3:22
12."My Next Thirty Years" Phil Vassar 3:37
13."Eyes of a Woman" Rory Bourke, Steve Mandile3:47
14."A Place in the Sun"Lindsey, Steve Dukes4:18

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Studios

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] 84
Canadian Country Albums ( RPM )2
Canadian Albums ( RPM )12
US Billboard 200 [2] 1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
US Billboard 200 [4] 48
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 4
Chart (2000)Position
US Billboard 200 [6] 47
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 4
Chart (2001)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] 54

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country
1999"Please Remember Me"1101
"Something Like That"1281
"My Best Friend"1291
2000"Some Things Never Change"7581
"My Next Thirty Years"1276

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [9] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [10] 4× Platinum4,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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