The Impossible Dream (Richard & Adam album)

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The Impossible Dream
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Studio album by
Richard & Adam
Released29 July 2013 (2013-07-29)
RecordedJuly 2013
Genre Operatic pop, gospel
Length39:45
Label Sony
Producer Graham Stack, Matt Furmidge
Richard & Adam chronology
The Impossible Dream
(2013)		 The Christmas Album
(2013)

The Impossible Dream is the debut studio album by Welsh operatic duo Richard & Adam, who first rose to fame on the seventh series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent , on which they finished third. The album was released on 29 July 2013 through Sony Music as the first of two albums that the duo released with their current contract. [1]

Contents

Background

On 2 July 2013, three weeks after finishing in third place on the seventh series of Britain's Got Talent , [2] it was announced that Richard & Adam had signed a two-album deal with Sony Music and would be releasing their debut album on 29 July. [1]

Chart performance

On 4 August 2013, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart [3] with sales of 29,000, [4] knocking off previous chart topper Jahméne Douglas ( Love Never Fails ). [5] It also topped the Scottish Albums Chart. [6] On 22 August, it was announced that the album had gone gold, having shifted 100,000 copies. [7] With four consecutive weeks atop the UK chart, the album became the longest-running number-one album of 2013 in the UK. [8] As of December 2013, the album had sold 159,904 copies in the UK. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal artistLength
1."The Impossible Dream" Richard Kiley 3:56
2."Bring Him Home" Les Misérables 3:51
3."The Power of Love" Frankie Goes to Hollywood 4:25
4."Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen 3:23
5."Somewhere" Reri Grist 3:23
6."Amazing Grace" John Newton 4:31
7."Ave Maria" Charles Gounod 4:48
8."Unchained Melody" Todd Duncan 3:50
9."Caruso" Lucio Dalla 3:57
10."The Winner Takes It All" ABBA 3:41

Charts and certifications

References

  1. 1 2 Eames, Tom (2 July 2013). "'Britain's Got Talent' Richard & Adam sign multi-album deal with Sony". Digital Spy . Hearst Magazines UK . Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Rigby, Sam (8 June 2013). "Attraction win 'Britain's Got Talent' 2013 final". Digital Spy . Hearst Magazines UK . Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Jones, Alan (5 August 2013). "Official Charts Analysis: Richard & Adam sell 29k to hit No.1". Music Week . Intent Media. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Britain's Got Talent's Richard and Adam Johnson top UK album chart". bbc.co.uk . BBC News. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Porter, Gary (22 August 2013). "Richard and Adam Johnson: Debut album goes Gold". Daily Post . Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Sexton, Paul (26 August 2013). "Richard & Adam's 'Impossible Dream' Is UK's Longest Running No. 1 Album of 2013; Ellie Goulding Has Top Single". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Login or Register | Music Week". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2013". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "British album certifications – Richard & Adam – The Impossible Dream". British Phonographic Industry.
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