In It to Win It (Charlie Wilson album)

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In It to Win It
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Studio album by
Charlie Wilson
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2017
Recorded2016
Genre R&B
Length49:51
Label RCA
Producer
Charlie Wilson chronology
Forever Charlie
(2015)		In It to Win It
(2017)
Singles from In It to Win It
  1. "I'm Blessed"
    Released: December 16, 2016
  2. "Good Time"
    Released: May 26, 2017 [1]
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In It to Win It is the eighth studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Charlie Wilson. It was released on February 17, 2017, by RCA Records. The album includes collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Lalah Hathaway, Wiz Khalifa, T.I., Robin Thicke and Pitbull.

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, pop, soul, funk, hip hop and electronic music.

Charlie Wilson (singer) American R&B singer

Charles Kent Wilson, also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer and the former lead vocalist of The Gap Band. As a solo artist he has been nominated for thirteen Grammy awards and ten NAACP Image Awards, received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and was a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005. In 2009, he was named Billboard magazine's No. 1 Adult R&B Artist, and his song "There Goes My Baby" was named the No. 1 Urban Adult Song for 2009 in Billboard Magazine.

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records, Arista Records, and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop, classical, rock, hip hop, electronic, R&B, blues, jazz, and country. Its name is derived from the initials of its defunct parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). It was fully acquired by Bertelsmann in 1986, making it a part of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG); however, RCA Records became a part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a merger between BMG and Sony Music, in 2004, and was acquired by the latter in 2008, after the dissolution of Sony BMG and the restructuring of Sony Music. It is the second oldest record label in American history, after sister label Columbia Records.

Contents

Commercial performance

In It to Win It debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 album-equivalent units, of which 47,000 were pure album sales. [3]

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–72), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–84), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–85) and Billboard Top Pop Albums.

Album-equivalent unit album

The album-equivalent unit is a measurement unit in music industry to define the consumption of music that equals the purchase of one album copy. This consumption includes streaming and song downloads in addition to traditional album sales. The album-equivalent unit was introduced in the mid-2010s as an answer to the drop of album sales in the 21st century. Album sales more than halved from 1999 to 2009, declining from a $14.6 to $6.3 billion industry. For instance, the only albums that went platinum in the United States in 2014 were the Frozen soundtrack and Taylor Swift's 1989, whereas several artists did in 2013.

Track listing

In It to Win It [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I'm Blessed" (featuring T.I.)
Keith Hetrick

Keith Justin Hetrick is a Grammy-nominated American songwriter and record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked with notable artists such as Charlie Wilson, Boyz II Men, Snoop Dogg, Shaggy, T.I., Pitbull, Fifth Harmony, Cher Lloyd, Roy Wang, Nine Percent, Wanna One, Aston Merrygold, Silentó, The Jacksons, Ray Parker Jr., Teddy Riley, Paulina Rubio, Sophia Grace, & Inna.

T.I. American rapper and actor

Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., known professionally as T.I. and Tip, is an American rapper and actor. Harris signed his first major-label record deal in 1999 with Arista subsidiary LaFace. In 2001, Harris formed the Southern hip hop group P$C, alongside his longtime friends and fellow Atlanta-based rappers Big Kuntry King, Mac Boney, and C-Rod. Upon being released from Arista, Harris signed to Atlantic and subsequently became the co-chief executive officer (CEO) of his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records, which he launched in 2003. Harris is also known as one of the artists who popularized the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane.

  • C. Wilson
  • Ghantous
  • Hetrick
  • Daly
4:04
2."Chills"
  • C. Wilson
  • Gregg Pagani
  • Lance Tolbert
  • Edwin Parrano
  • M. Wilson
  • Michael Paran
  • C. Wilson
  • Pagani
  • Tolbert [a]
3:45
3."Good Time" (featuring Pitbull)
Damon Sharpe American songwriter

Damon Sharpe, born Damon Jared Reinagle, is an American record producer and songwriter who works in Los Angeles. He first reached notability as a member of Guys Next Door and has since contributed to various albums that have cumulatively sold over 40 million copies.

Pitbull (rapper) American rapper from Florida

Armando Christian Pérez, known by the stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper. His first recorded mainstream performance was on a solo track from Lil Jon's 2002 album Kings of Crunk. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records. It included production producers Lil Jon and Jim Jonsin. Pitbull later released his second album El Mariel, in 2006 and his third, The Boatlift, in 2007. His fourth album, Rebelution (2009), included his breakthrough hit single "I Know You Want Me ", which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100.

  • C. Wilson
  • Ghantous
  • Hetrick
  • Daly
  • Sharpe
3:36
4."Us Trust" (featuring Wiz Khalifa)

Eric Hudson is an American and Grammy award-winning music producer.

Wiz Khalifa American rapper and actor from Pennsylvania

Cameron Jibril Thomaz, known professionally as Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and actor. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single, "Say Yeah", received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008.

  • Knox
  • Hudson
  • Bryan J [b]
4:17
5."Precious Love"
  • C. Wilson
  • Ghantous
  • Hetrick
3:23
6."Smile for Me" (featuring Robin Thicke)
  • C. Wilson
  • Pagani
  • Carlos Battey
  • M. Wilson
  • Paran
  • C. Wilson
  • Pagani
3:18
7."In It to Win It"
  • C. Wilson
  • Pagani
  • Battey
  • M. Wilson
  • Paran
  • C. Wilson
  • Pagani
4:05
8."Dance Tonight"
  • C. Wilson
  • Knox
  • Hudson
  • Jackson
  • M. Wilson
  • Paran
  • Knox
  • Hudson
  • Bryan J [b]
3:14
9."Made for Love" (featuring Lalah Hathaway)
  • C. Wilson
  • Wirlie Morris
  • Clarice Bell-Strayhorn
  • M. Wilson
  • Paran
  • C. Wilson
  • Morris
4:15
10."Better"
  • C. Wilson
  • Knox
  • Hudson
  • Jackson
  • M. Wilson
  • Paran
  • Knox
  • Hudson
  • Bryan J [b]
4:01
11."Gold Rush" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • Knox
  • Hudson
  • Bryan J [b]
3:44
12."New Addiction"
J. R. Rotem2:55
13."Amazing God"
  • C. Wilson
  • Morris
  • Bell-Strayhorn
  • M. Wilson
  • Paran
  • C. Wilson
  • Morris
5:18
Total length:49:51
Notes

Charts

Weekly

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 7
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [6] 6

Year-end

Chart (2017)Rank
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [7] 100

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef
United StatesFebruary 17, 2017

[8]

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