Sweet Sensation (Stephanie Mills album) explained

Sweet Sensation
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Stephanie Mills
Cover:	Sweet sensation cover.jpg
Released:	April 16, 1980
Recorded:	1979 - 1980
Studio:	Sigma Sound, New York City
Label:	20th Century Fox
Prev Title:	What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Stephanie
Next Year:	1981

Sweet Sensation is the fourth album by American R&B and soul singer Stephanie Mills. Released in 1980, produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. The album features her biggest hit, "Never Knew Love Like This Before" which peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 and won two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female and Best R&B Song, the former becoming her first career Grammy win. Sweet Sensation received gold status by the Recording Industry Association of America for sells over 500,000 copies.^[1]

Track listing

• All songs written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas except where indicated.

Personnel

• Stephanie Mills – vocals
• Hubert Eaves III – keyboards
• James Mtume – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, producer
• Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming
• Reggie Lucas – guitars, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, producer
• Ed Moore – guitars
• Basil Fearington – bass guitar
• Howard King – drums
• Gene Blanco – horn and string arrangements
• Wade Marcus – horn and string arrangements
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals, vocal contractor
• Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals
• Brenda White King – backing vocals

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• Recorded and Mixed at Sigma Sound Studios (New York, NY)
• James Dougherty – engineer, mixing
• Craig Michaels – assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Glen Christensen – art direction, photography
• Stanley James – make-up, hair stylist

Charts

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Sweet Sensation

Chart (1980)	Position
US Billboard 200^[2]	62
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[3]	23

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[4] ^[5]
		US	US R&B	US A/C	US Dance	UK
1980	"Sweet Sensation"	52	3	-	5	-
	"Never Knew Love Like This Before"	6	12	5	5	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stephanie Mills US certification history. riaa.com. August 26, 2009.
2. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1980. Billboard. April 28, 2021.
3. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1980. Billboard. April 28, 2021.
4. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=stephanie mills|chart=all}} Stephanie Mills chart history]. billboard.com. August 26, 2009.
5. Web site: Stephanie Mills Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. August 26, 2009.