Blaque (album) explained

Blaque
Type:	Album
Artist:	Blaque
Cover:	BlaqueAlbum.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	May 19, 1999
Recorded:	1997 - 1999
Length:	53:00
Next Title:	Blaque Out
Next Year:	2002

Blaque (internationally nicknamed Blaque Ivory) is the debut album by the American girl-group Blaque. It was released by Trackmasters Entertainment and Columbia Records on May 19, 1999 in the United States. A R&B and pop album, with hip hop and teen pop influences, the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 10, 2000.^[1] and has sold 1.5 million copies to date.^[2]

Critical reception

AllMusic criticized the album as mediocre "generic urban soul" with "serviceable" production, sometimes hitting the mark but more often not. Entertainment Weekly gave the album a C− grade, criticizing the songs as derivative "mimicry" of other groups, saying that the girls "slide from genre to genre with all the care and discrimination of a bar mitzvah band."

Track listing

Notes

• denotes co-producer

Sample credits

• "Leny" contains excerpts from the composition "Bumpy's Lament", written and performed by Isaac Hayes.
• "Bring It All to Me" contains excerpts from the composition "I Don't Wanna Be The Last To Know", performed by Shalamar.
• "Don't Go Looking for Love" contains excerpts from the composition "I Need Love", performed by LL Cool J.
• "Release Me" contains elements of "Shape of My Heart", performed by Sting.^[3]

Charts

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Blaque! Chart (2000)! Position

US Billboard 200^[5]	155

Release history

Blaque release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
Japan	May 19, 1999	CD	Sony Music
United States	June 1, 1999
Japan	July 23, 1999		Columbia	^[6]
New Zealand	May 8, 2000	Cassette		^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America
2. Web site: The best girl groups of the 1990s to 2000s- where are they now. New York Daily News.
3. Double LP liner notes . Blaque Ivory . Columbia . 1999 . 491603 1 .
4. Web site: ブラック・アイボリー. ja. Oricon. October 1, 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20231001082326/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/144590/products/235771/1/. October 1, 2023.
5. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000. Billboard. February 12, 2021.
6. Web site: ブラック・アイボリー . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231001083451/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/144590/products/235814/1/ . October 1, 2023 . October 1, 2023 . . ja.
7. Web site: New Releases. netcd.co.nz.. February 11, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20000510215536/http://netcd.co.nz/NewReleases.html. dead. May 10, 2000.