Traces of My Lipstick
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Traces of My Lipstick is the third and final studio album by American
girl group
Xscape
released on May 12, 1998, under the So So Def label.
As with previous albums Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha
(1993) and Off the Hook
(1995), the album was chiefly produced by Jermaine Dupri
with Manuel Seal, Jr. and Daryl Simmons
, with addition production form Babyface, Joe
, and Keith Sweat
.
and number six on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart, lower than their two previous albums. It eventually received platinum
certification by the RIAA for more than one million copies shipped to stores.
Traces of My Lipstick spawned two singles: The album's lead single, "The Arms of the One Who Loves You
", became one of Xscape's biggest commercial successes in years, reaching the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number seven and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts at number four. The second single "My Little Secret
" received the same success on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 9 and reached number two on the "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" chart. The follow-up single, "Softest Place on Earth", was a radio airplay single that never made it on the Billboard Hot 100 but reached number twenty-eight on the "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" chart. The album also contains the "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" number five hit "Am I Dreamin' " which was featured and released by male R&B group Ol' Skool and their founder Keith Sweat earlier.
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girl group
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
Xscape
Xscape (band)
Xscape, was a female American R&B group that originally started out as a quintet and then became a quartet. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s...
released on May 12, 1998, under the So So Def label.
As with previous albums Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha
Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha
Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha is the debut studio album by American singer group Xscape. After signing a contract with Jermaine Dupri So So Def Recordings, the album was released by Columbia Records on October 12, 1993 in North America....
(1993) and Off the Hook
Off the Hook (Xscape album)
Off The Hook is the second studio album by American R&B singing group Xscape, released by So So Def Recording on July 18, 1995 in North America. The album was production by Jermaine Dupri features a guest appearance by MC Lyte...
(1995), the album was chiefly produced by Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...
with Manuel Seal, Jr. and Daryl Simmons
Daryl Simmons
Daryl Simmons is an American Grammy Award winning R&B songwriter, musician and record producer who is best known for his association with the LaFace Records production duo of Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds....
, with addition production form Babyface, Joe
Joe (singer)
Joseph Lewis Thomas , usually credited simply as Joe, is an American R&B singer and record producer.-Early life:Joe is a native of Cuthbert, Georgia and later moved to Opelika, Alabama. The son of two preachers, Joe spent much time in church singing, playing guitar, and even directing the choir...
, and Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat is an American R&B/soul, singer-songwriter, record producer, radio personality and a major contributor to the new jack swing era.-Music career:...
.
Chart performance
The group's first album in three years, Traces of My Lipstick debuted at number twenty-eight on the US Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
and number six on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
chart, lower than their two previous albums. It eventually received platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
certification by the RIAA for more than one million copies shipped to stores.
Traces of My Lipstick spawned two singles: The album's lead single, "The Arms of the One Who Loves You
The Arms of the One Who Loves You
"The Arms of the One Who Loves You" is a 1998 single released by the R&B group Xscape.The song was sent mainstream urban radio on March 31, 1998 & Top 40 on April 7, 1998 and was a huge hit for the group....
", became one of Xscape's biggest commercial successes in years, reaching the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number seven and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts at number four. The second single "My Little Secret
My Little Secret
"My Little Secret" is Xscape's second single, produced by Jermaine Dupri, from their third studio album "Traces of My Lipstick". The song reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, becoming their last single to reach the top ten on...
" received the same success on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 9 and reached number two on the "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" chart. The follow-up single, "Softest Place on Earth", was a radio airplay single that never made it on the Billboard Hot 100 but reached number twenty-eight on the "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" chart. The album also contains the "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" number five hit "Am I Dreamin' " which was featured and released by male R&B group Ol' Skool and their founder Keith Sweat earlier.
Track listing
- "All About Me (Intro)" (Jermaine DupriJermaine DupriJermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...
, Manuel Seal, Jr.) - 1:59 - "My Little SecretMy Little Secret"My Little Secret" is Xscape's second single, produced by Jermaine Dupri, from their third studio album "Traces of My Lipstick". The song reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, becoming their last single to reach the top ten on...
" (J. Dupri, L. Scott, Manuel Seal, Jr.) - 4:28 - "Softest Place on Earth" (J. Thomas, J. Thompson) - 4:16
- "Do You Know" (J. Dupri, Manuel Seal, Jr.) - 3:36
- "One of Those Love Songs" (Warryn Campbell, Seth Swirsky) - 4:15
- "The Arms of the One Who Loves YouThe Arms of the One Who Loves You"The Arms of the One Who Loves You" is a 1998 single released by the R&B group Xscape.The song was sent mainstream urban radio on March 31, 1998 & Top 40 on April 7, 1998 and was a huge hit for the group....
" (Diane WarrenDiane WarrenDiane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
) - 4:20 - "I Will" (J. Dupri, Manuel Seal, Jr.) - 4:10
- "Your Eyes" (K. Edmonds, D. Simmons) - 5:09
- "All I Need" (Lynn Miles, T. Scott) - 4:21
- "Am I Dreamin'" (Sam Dees) - 5:43
- "The Runaround" (Daryl SimmonsDaryl SimmonsDaryl Simmons is an American Grammy Award winning R&B songwriter, musician and record producer who is best known for his association with the LaFace Records production duo of Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds....
, William Thomas) - 5:14 - "Hold On" (Nate Butler, Preston Crump, Sean "Sep" Hall) - 4:07
- "All About Me (Reprise)" (J. Dupri, Manuel Seal, Jr.) - 3:36
Musicians
- Babyface, Bobby Crawford, Sean "Sep" Hall, William "P Sound" Thomas - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Tomi Martin - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Michael ThompsonMichael ThompsonMichael Thompson may refer to:*Mike Thompson , United States Representative from California's 1st congressional district*Michael Thompson *Michael Thompson , American guitarist...
- guitar - George Wadenius - guitar
- Babyface, Sean "Sep" Hall, Guy Roche - keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Production
- Executive producers: Jermaine DupriJermaine DupriJermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...
, Michael Mauldin, - Producers: Babyface, Jermaine Dupri, JoeJoe (singer)Joseph Lewis Thomas , usually credited simply as Joe, is an American R&B singer and record producer.-Early life:Joe is a native of Cuthbert, Georgia and later moved to Opelika, Alabama. The son of two preachers, Joe spent much time in church singing, playing guitar, and even directing the choir...
, Manuel Seal, Jr., Daryl Simmons, Keith SweatKeith SweatKeith Sweat is an American R&B/soul, singer-songwriter, record producer, radio personality and a major contributor to the new jack swing era.-Music career:...
, Rich Tapper, Diane Warren - Main performer: XscapeXscape (band)Xscape, was a female American R&B group that originally started out as a quintet and then became a quartet. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s...
- Additional vocals: Jagged EdgeJagged Edge (band)Jagged Edge is an American R&B group, with the lead singers, Brandon & Brian, born in Hartford, CT on October 13, 1975, Kyle Norman of Decatur, GA born on February 26,1976 and Richard Wingo of College Park, GA born on September 3, 1975. Wingo was a late addition to the group, added after Kandi...
, Daryl Simmons, Ol' SkoolOl' SkoolOl' Skool is an American new jack swing and urban R&B group from St. Louis, Missouri that consisted of Jason Little , Pookie , Tony Love , Curtis Jefferson and Bobby Crawford...
, Foxy Brown - Engineers: Brian Frye, Karl Heilbron, Chris Puram, Everett Ramos, Mike Seieizi, Brian Smith, Rich Tapper
- Mixing: Jermaine Dupri, Tom "TK" Kidd, Neil Pogue, Chris Puram, Ron A. Shaffer, Phil Tan, Dave Way
- Mixing assistance: John Frye, Kevin Lively, Alex LoweAlex LoweStuart Alexander "Alex" Lowe , was widely considered one of his generation's finest all-around mountaineers...
, Thomas Rickert - Drum programming: Babyface, Bobby Crawford, Sean "Sep" Hall, William "P Sound" Thomas
- Programming: Guy Roche, Joe Thomas
Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
181 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
28 |
| US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 6 |