Awake (Skillet album)

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Awake
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Studio album by
Skillet
ReleasedAugust 25, 2009
RecordedOctober 2008 – March 2009
StudioBay 7 Studios (Valley Village, California) and Sparky Dark Studio (Calabasas, California).
Genre
Length42:20
Label
Producer
Skillet chronology
Comatose Comes Alive
(2008)		Awake
(2009)		 The Early Years (1996–2001)
(2010)
Skillet studio albums chronology
Comatose
(2006)		Awake
(2009)		 Rise
(2013)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hero"John Cooper, Korey Cooper3:07
2."Monster"John Cooper, Gavin Brown2:57
3."Don't Wake Me"John Cooper, Brian Howes3:55
4."Awake and Alive"John Cooper, Brian Howes3:32
5."One Day Too Late"John Cooper, Brian Howes3:40
6."It's Not Me, It's You"John Cooper3:25
7."Should've When You Could've"John Cooper3:31
8."Believe"John Cooper, Dave Bassett3:50
9."Forgiven"John Cooper3:39
10."Sometimes"John Cooper3:28
11."Never Surrender"John Cooper, Dave Bassett3:30
12."Lucy"John Cooper3:40
Total length:42:20
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Dead Inside"John Cooper2:56
14."Would It Matter"John Cooper, Dave Bassett4:12
15."Monster (Radio Edit)"John Cooper, Gavin Brown2:59
Japan edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Comatose (Live)"John Cooper3:53

Personnel

Skillet

Additional credits

Charts

YearChartPeak
position
2009US Billboard 200 [28] 2
US Alternative Albums [29] 1
US Rock Albums [30] 2
US Christian Albums [31] 1
2010Japanese Albums [32] 68
2011New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [33] [34] 9

Year-end album charts

Chart (2009)Position
US Billboard 200 [35] [36] 156
US Rock Albums [37] [38] 37
US Alternative Albums [39] 27
US Christian Albums [40] [41] 8
Chart (2010)Position
US Billboard 200 [42] [43] 74
US Rock Albums [44] [45] 14
US Alternative Albums [46] 9
US Billboard Christian Albums [47] [48] 2
Chart (2011)Position
US Billboard 200 [49] [50] 121
US Rock Albums [51] [52] 16
US Alternative Albums [53] 15
US Billboard Christian Albums [54] [55] 4
Chart (2012)Position
US Rock Albums [56] 58
US Alternative Albums [57] 39
US Billboard Christian Albums [58] 16

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010s)Position
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [59] 2

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positions
US US
Alt. 		US
Main. 		US
Rock 		US
Christ. 		US
Heat 		JAP Certification
2009"Monster"10128420798
2010"Hero" [63] 15352977
"Awake and Alive" [63] 100242 [67] 133016
"Forgiven"[ citation needed ]23
2011"Lucy"49
"It's Not Me, It's You"1130 [69]
"One Day Too Late"28
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [70] Gold10,000‡
United States (RIAA) [71] 2× Platinum2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Awards

The album was nominated for the following awards at the 41st GMA Dove Awards: [72]

AwardNominated workResult
Rock Recorded Song of the Year"Hero"Nominated
Rock Album of the YearAwakeNominated
Short Form Video of the Year"Hero"Nominated
"Monster"Nominated

Billboard Music Awards 2011 [5]

AwardNominated workResult
Top Christian Album"Awake"Won

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