Billie-Eve is the third studio album by Nigerian-German singer-songwriter Ayọ. The album is named after her daughter and was recorded in New York with the cooperation of musicians like Craig Ross (guitarist of Lenny Kravitz), the rapper Saul Williams, Matthieu Chedid and Gail Ann Dorsey, bass player of David Bowie. The recording took five days like her previous two albums. Four songs, including "It Hurts" and "Real Love", were recorded afterwards in Paris.[1][2][3]
| Billie-Eve | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 7 March 2011 (France) | |||
| Recorded | Sear Sound, New York City and Paris | |||
| Genre | Reggae, soul | |||
| Length | 57:17 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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The song "I'm Gonna Dance" was released as a single and music video in February 2011.
Track listing
edit- "How Many People" – 7:21
- "I'm Gonna Dance" – 3:04
- "Black Spoon" – 4:08
- "I Can't" – 3:27
- "Flowers" – 4:29
- "Real Love" – 3:21
- "Julia" – 3:33
- "My Man" – 3:03
- "It's Too Late" – 4:20
- "Who Are They ?" – 4:11
- "We Have Got To" – 4:12
- "Before" – 4:32
- "It Hurts" – 3:15
- "Believe" – 1:48
- "I Want You Back" (bonus track) – 2:33
Track 16 (on the limited edition) is either
- "I'm Sorry" – 3:59
or
- "I Know a Place" – 4:30
Charts
edit| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] | 11 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[4] | 8 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 93 |
| Polish Albums (OLiS)[5] | 30 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[4] | 25 |
References
edit- ^ La chanteuse Ayo sortira son troisième album, "Billie-Eve", le 7 mars
- ^ Ayo is back with her third album 'Billie Eve' Archived March 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ayo : "Billie-Eve", son nouvel album". Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ^ a b c d "ultratop.be – Ayo – Billie-Eve". Ultratop (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży – 21 March 2011". OLiS. Retrieved 19 April 2011.