The Return (Ruben Studdard album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Return
Type = Album
Artist = Ruben Studdard


Released = October 17, 2006
Recorded = 2005-2006
Genre = R&B
Length = 49:79
Label = J Records/19 Recordings
Producer = Scott Storch
Shea Taylor, Stargate
Bryan Michael Cox
The Underdogs
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fcfqxqrdldfe link]
Last album = "I Need An Angel"
(2004)
This album = "The Return"
(2006)
Next album =

"The Return" is the third album by R&B artist Ruben Studdard and was released on October 17, 2006. The first single, "Change Me", was released on July 31, 2006.

The album debuted and peaked at #8 in the Billboard 200, with 71,000 copies sold in its first week of release. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003314423 "Diddy Scores First No. 1 Album In Nine Years"] , Billboard.com, October 25, 2006.] [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=515160&model.vnuAlbumId=795423 Artist chart history for Ruben Studdard (albums)] , Billboard.com.] The album has sold only 237,000 copies in the U.S making it the lowest selling album by an American Idol winner. It subsequently became his last album with J Records, having been dropped from their line-up in December 2007.

Track listing

#"The Return (Of The Velvet Bear)" - 4:14
#"Change Me" - 3:50
#"Make Ya Feel Beautiful" - 3:27
#"Get U Loose" - 3:54
#"Our Story" - 3:50
#"One Side" - 3:55
#"What Tha Business Is" - 3:26
#"Rather Just Not Know" - 3:38
#"Ain't No Party" - 3:40
#"Listen To Ya Heart" - 3:35
#"I'm Not Happy" - 4:09
#"To Da Crib" - 3:33
#"Blow Ya Mind" - 4:02
#"If Only For One Night" - 3:46

References