Released June 13, 1988 Artist Paula Abdul Label Virgin Records | Length 44:35 Release date 13 June 1988 | |
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Recorded October 1987 - April 1988 Producer Oliver Leiber
Glen Ballard
Elliot Wolff
L.A. Reid
Babyface
Jesse Johnson
Curtis Williams
Troy Williams Forever Your Girl
(1988) Shut Up and Dance Mixes
(1990) Genres Pop music, Dance music, Rhythm and blues, Dance-pop, Contemporary R&B, New jack swing Nominations American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album Similar Paula Abdul albums, New jack swing albums, Other albums | ||
Forever Your Girl is the debut studio album by American singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 through Virgin Records.
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Release and reception
Released on June 13, 1988, 64 weeks later it hit number one on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting number one. The album was eventually certified seven times Platinum in the US and sold 12 million copies worldwide. It also included four number one Billboard Hot 100 singles: "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract", which ties Forever Your Girl for second most #1 songs from a single album, and ties it for the most number ones in a debut album. She was the first female artist to have four number one singles from a debut album. "The Way That You Love Me" reached #3, and "Knocked Out" reached #41.
The album also reached #4 on the R&B album chart, while "Straight Up," "Opposites Attract," "Knocked Out," and "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" all reached the top 10 of the R&B tracks chart.
After a slow start, the album's third single "Straight Up" helped the album breakout in spring/summer 1989 after its initial summer 1988 release. Forever Your Girl hit number one for the first time on October 7, 1989. After the release of the single "Opposites Attract", the album shot to number one again on February 3, 1990 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. At one point, Forever Your Girl reportedly sold 191,000 copies in a single day.
Abdul co-wrote one song on the album, "One or the Other".
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.
Songs
1The Way That You Love Me5:23
2Knocked Out3:54
3Opposites Attract4:25