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Jewels in the Crown: All Star Duets with the Queen

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Recorded
  
1980–2007

Artist
  
Aretha Franklin

Label
  
Arista Records

Length
  
63:05

Release date
  
13 November 2007

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Released
  
November 12, 2007 (US) July 5, 2008 (UK)

Jewels In The Crown All-Star Duets with the Queen (2007)
  
This Christmas, Aretha (2008)

Genres
  
Soul music, Pop music, Contemporary R&B

Similar
  
Aretha Franklin albums, Soul music albums

Jewels In The Crown is a duets compilation album by American Soul singer Aretha Franklin. It was released in 2007 by Arista, and comprises a combination of classic duets spanning Franklin's career, and two newly recorded duets with Fantasia and John Legend. It also contains two live duets, one from 1993, the other from 1998. The album concludes with a previously released rendition of "Nessun Dorma", of which Franklin had performed a version at the Grammy Awards of 1998, when she filled in last minute for Luciano Pavarotti.

The first and only single, "Put You Up On Game" featuring Fantasia, was released to radio on October 1, 2007. The single peaked at a disappointing #41 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and never charted on the Pop side. However it was Aretha's biggest R&B hit since "Here We Go Again" reached the top 30 in 1998.

During her career Franklin has also recorded duets with Ray Charles, The Four Tops, and James Brown; however, these songs are not included on the album; neither is a duet she reportedly recorded with Christina Aguilera.

The album peaked at a modest #54 on the Billboard album chart, and at #7 on the R&B Albums chart. As of 2012, the album had reportedly sold close to 65,000 copies in the United States.

Songs

1Jumpin' Jack Flash5:05
2Sisters Are Doin' It for ThemselvesEurythmics5:56
3I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)George Michael4:03

References

Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen Wikipedia