Best Days (Tamela Mann album)

Best Days
Studio album by
Tamela Mann
ReleasedAugust 14, 2012
GenreContemporary gospel
Length58:02
LabelTillymann Music Group RED Distribution
Tamela Mann chronology
The Master Plan
(2009) 		Best Days
(2012) 		One Way
(2016)
Singles from Best Days
  1. "Take Me to the King"
    Released: June 12, 2012

Best Days is the third studio album by American recording artist Tamela Mann, released on Mann's own independent record label Tillymann Music Group on August 14, 2012. Best Days debuted at number fourteen on the US Billboard 200 and topped the Top Gospel Albums chart, becoming Mann's highest charting album to date.

Chart performance

Best Days debuted at number fourteen on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 16,670 units.[1][2] It also peaked at number one on the Top Gospel Albums chart,[3] and number ten on the year-end chart.[4] The following week the album sold 11,169 units 9,637 in its third, 10,286 in its fourth and 8,538 in its fifth week, bringing total sales to 56,300 units in just over a month.[5][6][7][8] The album spent 484 weeks on the chart. As of August 20, 2014, Best Days has sold 475,085 units in the US.[9]

The album's lead single "Take Me to the King", written by Kirk Franklin was also commercially successful. It topped the Billboard Gospel Songs chart and reached the top ten of the Billboard Heatseeker Songs chart. It also appeared on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart peaking at number forty-four.[10] In 2014, "Take Me to the King" was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales exceeding 500,000 copies.[11] and two-times Platinum for sales exceeding 2,000,000 copies in 2023,[12] making it one of the highest-certified gospel songs in the US.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Best Days"Myron Butler, Darrell Freeman04:17
2."I'll Hold On"Jerome Armstrong, Terrence Battle, Michael Bethany, King Logan, Reggie Miller, Michael White04:28
3."Guest Of Honor"Rick Robinson04:20
4."Take Me to the King"Kirk Franklin04:48
5."All To Thee"Oscar Williams05:23
6."Lord We Are Waiting"Jamar Jones, Johnnie Murray05:06
7."This Place"Darrell Blair05:17
8."Stretch"Jonathan Dunn04:08
9."Here I Am"Jason Cox, Anthony Evans, Kari Jobe04:06
10."Back In The Day Praise"Terrell Carter03:35
11."Rain"Myron Butler, Tamela Mann03:53
12."Hymns: The Blood Medley"Myron Butler, Tamela Mann08:53

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Billboard 200: Sep 01, 2012". Billboard. September 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ^ "HITS Daily Double: Previous Album Sales Chart". 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Tamela Mann Chart History (Top Gospel Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Tamela Mann - Chart history (Top Gospel Albums Year-End 2012)". Billboard. Billboard.com. December 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  5. ^ "HITS Daily Double: Previous Album Sales Chart (Week 2)". 27 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  6. ^ "HITS Daily Double: Previous Album Sales Chart (Week 3)". 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  7. ^ "HITS Daily Double: Previous Album Sales Chart (Week 4)". 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  8. ^ "HITS Daily Double: Previous Album Sales Chart (Week 5)". 18 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  9. ^ Arbet, DeVante (20 August 2014). "News Smokie Norful's 'Forever Yours' Hits #1 On Billboard". Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Best Days - Tamela Mann: Awards: Allmusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Tamela Mann Goes Gold". Bonnerfide Radio. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  12. ^ "American single certifications – Tamela Mann – Take Me to the King". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  13. ^ "Tamela Mann Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Tamela Mann Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  15. ^ "Tamela Mann Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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  23. ^ "Top Gospel Albums (2015) — Billboard". Billboard. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Billboard.com.
  24. ^ "Top Gospel Albums (2017) — Billboard". Billboard. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Billboard.com.
  25. ^ "Top Gospel Albums (2018) — Billboard". Billboard. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Billboard.com.
  26. ^ "Top Gospel Albums (2019) — Billboard". Billboard. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Billboard.com.
  27. ^ "Top Gospel Albums (2020) — Billboard". Billboard. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Billboard.com.
  28. ^ "Top Gospel Albums (2021) — Billboard". Billboard. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Billboard.com.
  29. ^ "DECADE-END CHARTS: TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS: 2010s". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2024 – via Wayback Machine.



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