| H.E.R. | |
| Type: | Compilation |
| Artist: | H.E.R. |
| Cover: | H.E.R. (2017) album cover.jpg |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 71:50 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: |
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| Next Year: | 2018 |
H.E.R. is a compilation album by American singer H.E.R., released on October 20, 2017, by RCA Records. The album comprises songs from the singer's EPs H.E.R., Vol. 1 (2016) and H.E.R., Vol. 2 (2017), and includes six additional songs. The album won Best R&B Album and received four other nominations at the 61st Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best New Artist for H.E.R.[1]
Gabi Wilson signed a recording contract with RCA Records at age 14 after performing covers of Alicia Keys songs on the television shows Maury, Today and The View.[2] Her first EP, H.E.R., Vol. 1, was released on September 9, 2016,[3] and peaked at number 28 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. A second EP, H.E.R., Vol. 2, was released on June 16, 2017.[4] It peaked at number 49 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and number 22 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
The compilation H.E.R., released on October 20, 2017, includes the songs from the two prior EPs along with six new tracks, including the duet "Best Part" from Daniel Caesar's album Freudian (2017).[5] The six new songs were also released on a third EP, H.E.R., Vol. 2: The B-Sides, on October 20, 2017.[6] This EP peaked at number 139 on the Billboard 200.
It won the Album/Mixtape of the Year at the 2018 Soul Train Music Awards.[7] The album won Best R&B Album, as well as Best R&B Performance for the song "Best Part" with Daniel Caesar at the 61st Grammy Awards and also received a nomination for Album of the Year.
H.E.R. peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 and number 14 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. On January 16, 2020, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.[8]
Until the week of February 24, 2024, the compilation held the record of being the longest-charting compilation album by a female artist in the history of the Billboard 200 at 181 weeks, before Whitney Houston's replaced it at 182 weeks on that chart. On the Top R&B Albums chart, it spent 208 weeks and holds second place behind Houston's compilation as the longest-charting female compilation on that chart as well.
Credits adapted from Spotify.[9]
| Chart (2018) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[10] | 68 | |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11] | 39 | |
| Chart (2019) | Position | |
| US Billboard 200[12] | 82 | |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] | 70 | |
| Chart (2020) | Position | |
| US Billboard 200[14] | 145 |