You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs Explained

You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
Type:studio
Artist:LeAnn Rimes
Cover:You Light up My Life - Inspirational Songs (album).jpg
Released:September 9, 1997
Recorded:1996−97
Studio:Rosewood Studio
(Tyler, Texas)
McClain Studios
(Dallas, Texas)
Starstruck Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
KD Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Curb Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Barking Dog Studios
(Mt. Kisco, New York)
Length:43:33
Label:Curb
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Sittin' on Top of the World
Next Year:1998

You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs, or simply You Light Up My Life, is the fourth studio album by the American country singer LeAnn Rimes. Released in the United States by Curb Records on September 9, 1997, when Rimes was 15 years old, it followed her debut album Blue. The album was hugely successful but many critics thought that much of the material did not do Rimes' talent justice. The album has been certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA. When the album topped the Billboard 200, Rimes became the third artist under eighteen to have had two albums reach number one on the chart.[1]

Singles

Three singles were released from the album. The first was "How Do I Live."[2] [3] [4] The single was highly successful, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and being certified 4 times Platinum.[5] The second, "You Light Up My Life", peaked at number 34 and was certified gold in the United States. The third and final single released from the album, "On the Side of Angels", peaked at number 4 on the US Country Chart.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Wilbur C. Rimes, except where noted.

Personnel

Credits adapted from You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs liner notes.[6]

Musicians
Production

Charts and certifications

You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs debuted at number one on Billboard 200 with 186,000 copies sold in its first week,[7] the album dropped to number two in its second week but with a 10% increase with sales of 204,500. It returned to number one in its sixth week with 131,500 copies sold. The album spent 13 weeks in the top 5, 17 weeks in the top 10 and a total of 55 weeks in Billboard 200. You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs was certified 4× Platinum by RIAA, denoting shipments of over 4 million copies.

Weekly charts

Chart (1997–98)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 12
Canadian RPM Top Albums13
Canadian RPM Country Albums[9] 1
New Zealand Albums Chart41
UK Albums Chart[10] 170
UK Country Albums[11] 1
US Billboard 200[12] 1
US Billboard Country Albums1
US Billboard Christian Albums1

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)Position
Australian Albums Chart[14] 59
Canadian RPM Country Albums[15] 15
US Billboard 200[16] 31
US Billboard Top Country Albums6
Chart (1998)Position
Canadian RPM Country Albums[17] 8
US Billboard 200[18] 14
US Billboard Top Country Albums3
Chart (1999)Position
US Billboard Top Country Albums[19] 54

Sales

Notes and References

  1. Solo Artists Who Scored a No. 1 Album Before Turning 18. Billboard. May 23, 2021. Joe. Lynch.
  2. How Do I Live (Dance Mix) . CD Single . 1998 . The Hit Label, Curb Records . CUBCX 30 . Track 5 taken from the album You Light Up My Life.
  3. How Do I Live . CD Single . 1998 . The Hit Label, Curb Records . CUBC 30 . Tracks 1 & 2 taken from the album You Light Up My Life.
  4. Book: Carlin . Richard . American Popular Music: Country . 2005 . Facts On File, Incorporated . 9780816069774.
  5. Mamo. Heran. November 23, 2021. The Greatest Hit: The New No. 1 Song of All Time. November 24, 2021. Billboard. en-US.
  6. You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs. LeAnn Rimes. 1997. CD. Curb Records. D2-77885.
  7. Book: Billboard – Google 도서 . October 7, 2011. 2001-02-17 .
  8. Web site: australian-charts.com – LeAnn Rimes – You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs . australian-charts.com . August 4, 2011.
  9. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 7, 2011.
  10. Web site: Chart Log UK: The Rabble Army – RZA . Zobbel.de . October 7, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120415061005/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_R.HTM . 2012-04-15. live.
  11. Web site: LEANN RIMES songs and albums - full Official Chart history . 2024-07-29 . Official Charts.
  12. Billboard - Music Charts, Music News, Artist Photo Gallery & Free Video
  13. Geoff Mayfield . 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade – The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s . . December 25, 1999 . September 30, 2010.
  14. Web site: ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 1997 . Aria.com.au . October 7, 2011.
  15. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 7, 2011.
  16. https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ
  17. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 7, 2011.
  18. https://books.google.com/books?id=Mw0EAAAAMBAJ
  19. https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ

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