The Way It Is was Cole's longest-charting album on the Billboard 200, remaining on the chart for sixty-four weeks in total and staying on the chart for over a year, eventually selling over 1.6 million copies. In the United States, it stayed on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for eighty-four weeks, and was certified gold by the RIAA within seventeen weeks, and then platinum only eight weeks later. The album enjoyed commercial success and launched Cole's career in R&B music, selling 89,000 units in its first week, while becoming one of the ten biggest-selling R&B/Hip-Hop albums of the year. The Way It Is received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised Cole's vocals and musical themes and compared them to the likes of fellow female R&B singer Mary J. Cole promoted the album by performing as the supporting act, for the tours by artists such as Nelly and Kanye West. The fourth single " Love" was the album's best-performing song on the Hot 100, spending nineteen weeks on the chart and becoming Cole's first top 20 hit in the US. The third single " I Should Have Cheated" became Cole's first single to reach the top-five on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs as well as her first single to reach the top forty of the Hot 100. " (I Just Want It) To Be Over" was released as the album's second single and peaked at number thirty on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
The album's lead single " I Changed My Mind" peaked at number seventy-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number twenty-three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Lyrically, the album speaks of romantic relationships.įour official singles were released from The Way It Is all reached the top 40 of the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The Way It Is is a R&B album, with some tracks having hip hop and hip hop soul sensibilities. Cole co-wrote every song on the album, and also worked with a number of producers and writers, including Ron Fair, Sean Garrett, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Polow da Don, John Legend, Alicia Keys and Kanye West. The album features guest appearances from Jadakiss, Chink Santana, Metro City and Eve. Since her last project for Interscope/Geffen/A&M, 2014’s Point of No Return, Cole to date has sold 5.3 million albums, according to Nielsen Music.The Way It Is is the debut studio album by American singer Keyshia Cole, released on June 21, 2005, through A&M Records and Interscope Records. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, including Just Like You and A Different Me. That album, as well as the five after that, all debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard 200, while three hit No. “This is serious music not something to just throw out there.”Ĭole first gained national notoriety in 2005 with her RIAA-certified platinum debut album The Way It Is. “I’m trying to put everything into this album,” says Cole. Among the names Cole ticks off are: Elijah Blake (Rihanna, Usher), Harmony Samuels (who produced Cole’s top 10 R&B hit “Enough of No Love”), Gabrielle “Goldie” Nowee (Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera), Verse Simmonds (Brown, Justin Bieber), Detail (Beyoncé, Wiz Khalifa), Eric Bellinger (Usher, Selena Gomez) and Sam Hook (Mary J.
Instead, the refocused singer has been busy collaborating with various songwriters and producers. And” - she concludes with a laugh - “there’s been no sex either.” I stopped drinking seven months ago, which is purifying my vocals. And I’m not looking for any kind of substitute - another man, or alcohol - to help the healing or mask the pain I’ve been experiencing. “I feel like I’m just now getting over the fact that my marriage didn’t work,” Cole explains as she checks periodically on her young son playing in the next room.
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