Day by Day (Yolanda Adams album)

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Day By Day
Day By Day (Yolanda Adams album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 2005
Length54:14
Label Atlantic
Producer
Yolanda Adams chronology
Believe
(2001)
Day By Day
(2005)
What a Wonderful Time
(2007)
Singles from Day By Day
  1. "Be Blessed"
    Released: 2005
  2. "Victory"
    Released: 2005
  3. "Someone Watching Over You"
    Released: 2005
  4. "This Too Shall Pass"
    Released: 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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. [3] 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. [4]

Contents

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; [5] 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). [6] [7] 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. [8] In its second week, the album sold 23,820 units, a 19% dip from its first week. [9] 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. [10] On Top Gospel Albums, the album accumulated a total of 100 weeks [8] and ranked at number 5 on the 2006 year-end chart. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Victory"Gregory G. Curtis4:43
2."Tonight" (featuring Kirk Franklin)Franklin4:58
3."Someone Watching Over You"
4:58
4."Alwaysness"
5:07
5."Day By Day"Curtis3:56
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"
3:38
10."Show Me"Franklin4:12
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 [6] 23
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [8] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [7] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)Position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [12] 7
Chart (2006)Position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [13] [11] 5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [10] 86
Chart (2007)Position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [14] 33

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