Born to Fly
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Born to Fly is a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 album by Sara Evans
Sara Evans
Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by...

, released October 10, 2000. It is her highest-selling album to date, having earned 2× Platinum certification by the RIAA for U.S. sales of two million copies. The lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

, "Born to Fly," reached number one on January 19, 2001. The album was one of the most successful of the year. Evans was nominated for five CMA Awards
Country Music Association Awards
The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards, or the CMAs, and not to be confused with the ACM Awards, are voted on by business members of the Country Music Association. The first CMA awards were presented at an untelevised ceremony in Nashville's Municipal Auditorium in 1967...

: Album of the Year; song, single, and music video (for the title-track), and Female Vocalist of the Year. She won her first CMA award for music video of the year, "Born to Fly." The international version of the album includes a bonus track, "You", which was later released in North America as a bonus track on her 2005 album Real Fine Place
Real Fine Place
Real Fine Place is a country music album by singer/songwriter Sara Evans. It is her fifth studio album and the follow-up album to the platinum Restless. The album has been certified platinum for U.S. shipments of a million copies...

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Track listing

Album

Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 6
U.S. Billboard 200 55
Canadian RPM Country Albums 12

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

US
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

2000 "Born to Fly
Born to Fly (song)
"Born to Fly" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Sara Evans. The song was released in June 2000, and served as the lead-off single to her third studio album, Born to Fly. It became Evans' second Number One hit on the U.S...

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1 34
2001 "I Could Not Ask for More
I Could Not Ask for More
"I Could Not Ask for More" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded by American recording artist Edwin McCain. McCain's version was released on January 11, 2000 as the last single from his third studio album, Messenger. In 2001, American country music artist...

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2 35
"Saints & Angels
Saints & Angels
"Saints & Angels" is the title of a song written by Victoria Banks and recorded by American country artist Sara Evans. It was released in September 2001 as the third single from her album Born to Fly...

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16 103
2002 "I Keep Looking
I Keep Looking
"I Keep Looking" is the title of a song written by Tom Shapiro, Tony Martin, and co-written and recorded by American country artist Sara Evans. It was released in March 2002 as the fourth and final single from her album Born to Fly. The song was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &...

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5 35

Certifications

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