Anna Abreu is the self-titled debut album by Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 singer and season three

Idols (Finland)

Idols is a Finnish reality-television singing competition that airs on MTV3 . It debuted in the summer of 2003, and went on to become one of the most popular shows on Finnish television...

 Idols

Idols (Finland)

Idols is a Finnish reality-television singing competition that airs on MTV3 . It debuted in the summer of 2003, and went on to become one of the most popular shows on Finnish television...

runner-up Anna Abreu

Anna Abreu

Anna Abreu is a Finnish-Portuguese singer who rose to fame as the runner-up of the third series of the Finnish singing talent show Idols in 2007. Her music is primarily pop, though her songs also have R&B, dance and Latin rhythms to them...

, released in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 by RCA

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

 on August 20, 2007. "End of Love" was released as the album's lead single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

, followed by "Ivory Tower", and "Are You Ready" (a cover of the 2005 hit by Australian duo Shakaya

Shakaya

Shakaya were a two-piece girl group from Australia, that consisted of Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, two Cairns, North Queensland based songwriters and performers. The two met at the Atsic Music College in 1999 while studying an Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander music course and they had...

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The album debuted at number one on the Finnish albums chart and was certified platinum within its first week after selling close to 30,000 copies. The album remained on the chart for a staggering thirty-seven weeks, thirteen of which were spent within the top five. To date it has sold over 86,000 copies, is certified double platinum and ranked as the fortieth best-performing album of all time in Finland. To date it is the highest selling album by an Idols alumnus.

Commercial performance

Anna Abreu debuted at number one on the Finnish Top 40 albums chart, selling almost 30,000 copies in its first week, enough to be certified platinum. To date it holds the record for the highest sales in one week by any Idols contestant. It dropped to number two in its second week, but continued to stay in the top five for its first ten weeks. In its thirty-third week on the chart, the album suddenly rose from number eighteen to seven after selling almost 4000 copies. In total it spent thirty-seven weeks on the official Top 40 chart. In December 2007, Anna Abreu was certified double platinum and to date has sold over 86,000 copies.

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position	Weeks on chart	Certification	Sales
Finnish Top 40 Albums	1 (1)	37	2× Platinum	86,170

Singles

• "End of Love", the first single from the album debuted and peaked at number eight on the Finnish singles chart. It remained on the chart for three weeks, however it also reached number one on the digital chart and its popularity continued for many months, allowing it to gain gold certification for the sale of over 5,000 copies.

• "Ivory Tower" was released as the second single and would prove to be the most successful. It peaked at number five on the official singles chart and the number two spot of the digital list. It remained on the official chart for ten weeks and was certified gold for the sale of 5,000 copies.

• "Are You Ready", the third and final single from the album was released for promotional purposes only, and as such did appear on the official singles chart. It did however, manage a peak of number seventeen on the digital list.

Track listing

1. "Are You Ready" - 03:13
2. "Ivory Tower" - 03:46
3. "Shame" - 03:25
4. "Solta-se O Beijo" – 04:14
5. "How Could You Do It" – 03:27
6. "Unsatisfiable" – 02:50
7. "Contigo Corazón" – 03:20
8. "End of Love" – 03:42
9. "Bad Girl" – 03:24
10. "Stressed Out" – 03:19
11. "Everywhere I Go" – 03:17