America (Modern Talking album)

America
Studio album by Modern Talking
Released	19 March 2001
Genre	Eurodance
Length	63:48
Label	Hansa
Producer	Dieter Bohlen Luis Rodríguez Axel Breitung Thorsten Brötzmann Bülent Aris Elephant
Modern Talking chronology
Year of the Dragon (2000) America (2001) Victory (2002)
Singles from America
"Win the Race" Released: 26 February 2001 "Last Exit to Brooklyn" Released: 7 May 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
laut.de	[1]

America is the tenth studio album by German duo Modern Talking, released on 19 March 2001 by Hansa Records. The album entered the German Albums Chart at number two on 2 April 2001, spending five weeks in the top 10 and 15 weeks altogether on chart. ^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dieter Bohlen, except "I Need You Now" by Thomas Anders.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Win the Race"	3:35
2.	"Last Exit to Brooklyn"	3:16
3.	"Maria"	5:28
4.	"SMS to My Heart"	3:17
5.	"Cinderella Girl"	3:34
6.	"Why Does It Feel So Good"	4:05
7.	"Rain in My Heart"	3:47
8.	"Witchqueen of Eldorado"	3:55
9.	"Run to You"	4:47
10.	"America"	4:50
11.	"For a Life Time"	4:27
12.	"From Coast to Coast"	4:27
13.	"There's Something in the Air"	3:19
14.	"I Need You Now"	3:40
15.	"New York City Girl"	3:27
16.	"Send Me a Letter from Heaven"	3:54

Personnel

• Dieter Bohlen – production
• Thomas Anders – lead vocals
• Rolf Köhler – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Michael Scholz – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Detlef Wiedeke – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Axel Breitung – co-production, arrangements (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8)
• Thorsten Brötzmann – co-production, arrangements (tracks 6, 12)
• Luis Rodríguez – co-production (track 7)
• Bülent Aris – co-production, arrangements (track 10)
• Elephant – co-production, arrangements (tracks 13, 15, 16)
• Jeo – mixing (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11, 14)
• Lalo Titenkov – mixing, arrangements (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11, 14)
• Amadeo Crotti – arrangements (track 7)
• Wolfgang Wilde – photos
• Stefano Boragno – cover composing
• Ronald Reinsberg – artwork

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for America Chart (2001) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] 7 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [4] 8 European Albums ( Music & Media ) [5] 9 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [2] 2 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [6] 5 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [7] 19 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 34 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 10

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for America Chart (2001) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 28

Certifications

Certifications for America

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [11]	Gold	150,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Cordas, Alexander. "Von Boybands abgekupfert? Der Dieter macht so was nicht, ehrlich!". laut.de (in German). Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
2. "Offiziellecharts.de – Modern Talking – America" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Modern Talking – America" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
4. "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 18, no. 18. 28 April 2000. p. 11. OCLC   29800226 – via World Radio History.
5. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 18, no. 16. 14 April 2001. p. 7. OCLC   29800226 – via World Radio History.
6. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2001. 13. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
7. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
8. "Swedishcharts.com – Modern Talking – America". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Modern Talking – America". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
10. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2001" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
11. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking; 'America')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 27 July 2021.

External links

• America at AllMusic
• America at Discogs (list of releases)