Jordin Sparks (album)

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Jordin Sparks
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ReleasedNovember 20, 2007 (2007-11-20)
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Length49:08
Label
Producer
Jordin Sparks chronology
Jordin Sparks (EP)
(2007)
Jordin Sparks
(2007)
Battlefield
(2009)
Alternative cover
Jordin Sparks AUS.jpg
Australian, European, and digital deluxe edition cover
Jordin Spark track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Tattoo" Stargate 3:53
2."One Step at a Time"
3:26
3."No Air" (with Chris Brown)
4:23
4."Freeze"
Stargate4:13
5."Shy Boy"
3:22
6."Now You Tell Me" Espionage 3:07
7."Next to You"Kiriakou3:17
8."Just for the Record"
Stargate3:56
9."Permanent Monday"
Kiriakou4:12
10."Young and in Love"
  • Bloodshy & Avant
  • Wyatt [b]
3:24
11."See My Side"
  • Bloodshy & Avant
  • Åhlund
  • Wyatt [b]
3:44
12."God Loves Ugly"Christa Black Stephen Lipson 4:15
13."This Is My Now" (bonus track)
Lipson3:51
Walmart edition [27]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Worth the Wait"
  • Cates
  • Kiriakou
  • Robbins
  • Sparks
Kiriakou3:37
14."This Is My Now"
  • Krippayne
  • Peabody
Lipson3:51
UK digital deluxe edition bonus tracks [28] [29]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Virginia Is for Lovers"
  • Sparks
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • Ghost
  • Dench
Stargate3:25
14."Save Me"Garibay3:40
15."No Air" (acoustic version) (with Chris Brown)
  • Mason, Jr.
  • Thomas
  • Fauntleroy II
  • Griggs
  • Scala
  • Russell
  • The Underdogs
  • Griggs [a]
4:13
16."This Is My Now"
  • Krippayne
  • Peabody
Lipson3:51
US digital deluxe edition and 2020 worldwide digital deluxe reissue bonus tracks [30] [31] [32]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Virginia Is for Lovers"
  • Sparks
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • Ghost
  • Dench
Stargate3:25
14."Save Me"
  • Garibay
  • Livingston
Garibay3:40
15."Worth the Wait"
  • Cates
  • Kiriakou
  • Robbins
  • Sparks
Kiriakou3:37
16."This Is My Now"
  • Krippayne
  • Peabody
Lipson3:51

Notes

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Jordin Sparks
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [47] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [48] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [49] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [23] Platinum1,045,000 [24]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Fantasia
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesNovember 20, 2007 [50]
CanadaNovember 27, 2007[ citation needed ]
AustraliaMarch 29, 2008 Sony Music
New Zealand
United KingdomApril 14, 2008
BrazilApril 20, 2008CD
GermanyJuly 4, 2008
  • CD
  • digital download
PolandSeptember 1, 2008CD
ItalyFebruary 6, 2009 [51]

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