New Beginning is the fourth album

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 by singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland,...

, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music

1995 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....

). According to Nielsen Soundscan

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 it is her biggest-selling recording with 3.8 million copies sold, and has shipped a total of five million copies throughout the United States according to the RIAA.

According to Billboard Magazine, the New Beginnings single was the first mutli-session disc to have a sticker printed on the back of the packaging detailing system requirements to play the multi-media footage.

Track listing

All songs written by Tracy Chapman

1. "Heaven's Here on Earth" – 5:23
2. "New Beginning" – 5:33
3. "Smoke and Ashes" – 6:39
4. "Cold Feet" – 5:40
5. "At This Point in My Life" – 5:09
6. "The Promise" – 5:28
7. "The Rape of the World" – 7:07
8. "Tell It Like It Is" – 6:08
9. "Give Me One Reason
   Give Me One Reason
   "Give Me One Reason" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was released on her 1995 album New Beginning. It is also Chapman's biggest US hit to date, reaching #3 on the US Hot 100. Chapman also performed the song six years before its release, on the December 16, 1989...
   
   " – 4:31
10. "Remember the Tinman" – 5:45
11. "I'm Ready" – 4:56

Bonus track: "Save a Space For Me" appended to "I'm Ready"

Personnel

• Tracy Chapman - organ
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  , acoustic guitar, electric guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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  , background vocals
• Rock Deadrick - percussion
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  , drums
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  , background vocals
• Lili Haydn
  Lili Haydn
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   - violin
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• Steve Ferrone
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   - drums
• Adam Levy - electric guitar, background vocals
• Eric Rigler - human whistle, Scottish small pipes
• Scott Roewe - didjeridu
• Glenys Rogers - percussion, background vocals
• John Philip Shenale
  John Philip Shenale
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   - keyboard
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• Andy Stoller - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , background vocals, tamboura
• Cameron Stone - cello
  Cello
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• John Thomas - piano
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Production

• Producers: Tracy Chapman, Don Gehman
• Engineer: Don Gehman
• Assistant engineers: John Ewing, Jr., Kevin Scott, Doug Trantow
• Mixing: Don Gehman
• Mastering: Eddy Schreyer
• Production coordination: Diane Medak
• Art direction: Lee Cantelon
• Design: Lee Cantelon
• Graphic layout: Lavonne Murlowski
• Photography: Christine Alicino

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1995	The Billboard 200	4
1995	Swedish Album Chart	46

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1996	"Give Me One Reason"	Adult Contemporary	3
1996	"Give Me One Reason"	Adult Top 40	1
1996	"Give Me One Reason"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	35
1996	"Give Me One Reason"	The Billboard Hot 100	3
1996	"Give Me One Reason"	Top 40 Mainstream	2
1997	"Give Me One Reason"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	1

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1996	"Give Me One Reason"	Best Rock Song Grammy Award for Best Rock Song The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rock music genre...