Libra (album)

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Libra is the fifth studio album (ninth in total) by American R&B singer Toni Braxton. Released in September of 2005, the album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart selling 114,593 copies in its first week. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot R&B Albums Chart. On November 4, 2005 "Libra" was certified Gold (500,000 copies) by the RIAA.

Contents

1 Track listing
2 US Sales
3 Personnel
4 Production
5 Leftover tracks
6 Charts

6.1 US Chart Run

Track listing

#	Title
1.	"Please"	3:57
2.	"Trippin' (That's The Way Love Works)"	4:05
3.	"What's Good"	4:14
4.	"Take This Ring"	4:35
5.	"Midnite"	4:11
6.	"I Wanna Be (Your Baby)"	3:48
7.	"Sposed To Be"	4:07
8.	"Stupid"	3:36
9.	"Finally"	3:30
10.	"Shadowless"	3:57
11.	"Long Way Home" (Intl. bonus track)	4:32
12.	"Suddenly" (International bonus track)	4:43
13.	"I Hate You" (Intl. bonus track)	4:01
14.	"The Time Of Our Lives" (Il Divo with Toni Braxton - only re-released version)	4:42

US Sales

Week 1: 115,000 (115,000)
Week 2: 40,000 (155,000)
Week 3: 20,000 (175,000)
Week 4: 21,000 (196,000)

Personnel

Nuno Bettencourt - guitar
Kendrick Dean - strings
Greg Phillinganes - piano
Cory Rooney - piano
Dan Shea - piano

Production

Executive producers: Toni Braxton, Keri Lewis, Barry Hankerson, Jomo Hankerson, Vincent Herbert
Producer: Rich Harrison, Scott Storch, Bryan Michael Cox, The Underdogs, Babyface, Soulshock & Karlin, Cory Rooney, Keri Lewis, Dan Shea
Vocal producer: Eric Dawkins
Vocal assistance: Johnta Austin, Tamar Braxton, Eric Dawkins, Keri Hilson, Tavia Ivey, Kim Moore Johnson, Makeba Riddick, Latrell Simmons
Engineers: Peter Wade Keusch, Paul Boutin, Morgan Garcia, Paul Foley, Dabling Harward, Kameron Houff, Tom Kelly, Thom "TK" Kidd, Dave Russell, Sam Thomas
Assistant engineers: Terrence Cash, Mike Guidotti, Saro Lyn Killian, Rob Skipworth, Anthony Terrabonne
Mixing: Saro Lyn Killian, Manny Marroquin, Dave Russell, Sam Thomas
Mastering: Chris Gehringer, Gene Grimaldi
Photography: Daniela Federici, Jonathan Mannion, Michael Muller, John Ricard

Leftover tracks

"Almost There" (written by Melvin Coleman, Traci Hale, Keri Hilson, Patrick Smith) [link]
"Happily Unhappy"
"I Like It Like That"
"Places"
"Shake & Move"

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	4
2005	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	2

Singles

Cover Information

Please
Released: June 2005
Writers: Scott Storch, Vincent Herbert, Kameron Houff, Makeeba Riddick
Producer: Scott Storch
Director: Chris Robinson
Chart positions: #117 (US), #36 (US R&B)

Trippin' (That's The Way Love Works)
Released: September 2005
Writers: Toni Braxton, Bryan Michael Cox, Johnta Austin, Dean Kendrick
Producer: Bryan Michael Cox
Director: - (no video)
Chart positions: #67 (US R&B)

Take This Ring
Released: December 2005
Writer: Rich Harrison
Producer: Rich Harrison
Director: - (no video)
Chart positions: #98 (US R&B)

Suddenly (International release only)
Released: February 2006
Writer: Richard Marx
Producer: Richard Marx
Director: - (no video)
Chart positions: - (not charted)

Cover	Information
	*Please* Released: June 2005 Writers: Scott Storch, Vincent Herbert, Kameron Houff, Makeeba Riddick Producer: Scott Storch Director: Chris Robinson Chart positions: #117 (US), #36 (US R&B)
	*Trippin' (That's The Way Love Works)* Released: September 2005 Writers: Toni Braxton, Bryan Michael Cox, Johnta Austin, Dean Kendrick Producer: Bryan Michael Cox Director: - (no video) Chart positions: #67 (US R&B)
	*Take This Ring* Released: December 2005 Writer: Rich Harrison Producer: Rich Harrison Director: - (no video) Chart positions: #98 (US R&B)
	*Suddenly (International release only)* Released: February 2006 Writer: Richard Marx Producer: Richard Marx Director: - (no video) Chart positions: - (not charted)

US Chart Run

Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Chart Position	4	26	32	49	52	67	95	112	102	175	151	159	109	185	149	190

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