One in a Million (Aaliyah album)

One in a Million
Studio album by Aaliyah
Released	August 27, 1996 (1996-08-27)
Recorded	August 1995–July 1996[1]
Genre	R&B, hip hop soul
Length	73:18
Label	Blackground/Atlantic Records 92715
Producer	Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Carl-So-Lowe, J. Dibbs, Jermaine Dupri, Kay Gee, Vincent Herbert, Rodney Jerkins, Craig King, Darren Lighty, Darryl Simmons
Aaliyah chronology
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994) One in a Million (1996) Aaliyah (2001)
Singles from One in a Million
"If Your Girl Only Knew" Released: August 13, 1996 "One in a Million" Released: December 10, 1996 "Got to Give It Up" Released: January 3, 1997 "4 Page Letter" Released: March 11, 1997 "Hot like Fire" Released: September 16, 1997 "The One I Gave My Heart To" Released: September 16, 1997

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Q	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Slant Magazine	[7]
Vibe	(favorable) [8]

One in a Million is the second studio album by American R&B singer Aaliyah, released by Blackground Records and Atlantic Records on August 27, 1996 (see 1996 in music). Selling over two million copies in the United States^[9] within a few months, the album was notable for being Aaliyah's breakout album and a major milestone in the careers of songwriter/producer Missy Elliott and Tim "Timbaland" Mosley. Elliott and Mosley wrote and produced the bulk of the album. Other producers included Rodney Jerkins, Jermaine Dupri, and Kay Gee. The album was executive produced by Barry Hankerson and Jomo Hankerson. It features all of the hit singles, "If Your Girl Only Knew", "One in a Million", "Got to Give It Up", "4 Page Letter", "Hot Like Fire", and "The One I Gave My Heart To". The album was certified 2x Platinum on June 16, 1997.^[10] The album is currently out of print in the United States; however, copies of the 2006 reissues (which was released in Germany), can possibly be found in some stores as an import, or can easily be imported upon request. The album was ranked number 90 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest albums of the 90s.

Unreleased material

Timbaland confirmed in a 2003 interview that he and Aaliyah recorded 57 tracks for the album, but the majority of the tracks were cut and remain unreleased^{[citation needed]}. One of those tracks included the song, "Sugar & Spice", the first track Aaliyah did with Timbaland & Missy Elliott; however due to label disagreements with the song, it never made the final cut of the album. On October 8, 2010, a rare demo version of the song performed by 1990s R&B group, Sugah (which included notable R&B singer, Tweet) was leaked; reports have also surfaced that the track may have also been used as a sample for another R&B group, Tha' Truth, for their 1997 song, "Candy".^[11][12]

Commercial

It was an international success for the genre, with worldwide sales being 8 million as of 2008.^[13]

U.S.

The album debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 40,500 copies in its first week. In its 22nd week on the chart the album peaked at 18. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA On October 23, 1996; over 500,000 copies shipments. On February 5, 1997, the album was certified Platinum with over 1,000,000 copies shipments; making it, at the time, her second platinum album. On June 16, 1997, the album was certified 2x Platinum, with more than 2 million copies shipments. After Aaliyah's death, One in a Million returned to the Billboard 200, and U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. During this time the album also topped the Top Catalog Albums for 12 weeks. To date, it has sold over 3.7 million albums in the country.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]}

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beats 4 da Streets (Intro)" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Timbaland		2:10
2.	"Hot like Fire"	Timbaland	Timbaland, Missy Elliott	4:23
3.	"One in a Million"	Timbaland	Timbaland, Missy Elliott	4:30
4.	"A Girl Like You" (featuring Treach)	Kay-Gee & Darren Lighty	Kay Gee, Darren Lighty	4:23
5.	"If Your Girl Only Knew"	Timbaland	Timbaland, Missy Elliott	4:50
6.	"Choosey Lover (Old School/New School)"	Vincent "V.H." Herbert & Rashad Smith (additional production and remix)	O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, Vernon Isley, Chris Jasper	7:07
7.	"Got to Give It Up" (featuring Slick Rick)	Vincent "V.H." Herbert & Craig King	Marvin Gaye	4:41
8.	"4 Page Letter"	Timbaland	Timbaland, Missy Elliott	4:52
9.	"Everything's Gonna Be Alright"	Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins	Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Japhe Tejeda	4:50
10.	"Giving You More"	J. Dibbs	J. Dibbs	4:26
11.	"I Gotcha' Back"	Jermaine Dupri & Carl-So-Lowe	Jermaine Dupri & Carl-So-Lowe	2:54
12.	"Never Givin' Up" (featuring Tavarius Polk)	Vincent "V.H." Herbert & Craig King	Monica Bell, Craig King, Monica Payne	5:11
13.	"Heartbroken"	Timbaland	Timbaland, Missy Elliott	4:17
14.	"Never Comin' Back"	Timbaland	Timbaland, Missy Elliott	4:06
15.	"Ladies in da House" (featuring Missy Elliott and Timbaland)	Timbaland	Timbaland, Missy Elliott	4:20
16.	"The One I Gave My Heart To"	Daryl Simmons	Diane Warren	4:30
17.	"Came to Give Love (Outro)" (featuring Timbaland)	Timbaland		1:40
18.	"No Days Go By" [Japanese Bonus Track]	Vincent "V.H." Herbert, Rheji Burrell, Craig King	Craig King, Rheji Burrell	4:41

Re-releases

In 2004, the album was re-released in Germany with altered artwork, and again in 2006. The disc is copy-protected, and therefore will not show up when placed in a PC, but it will show up when inserted into a Mac, and it will play in most CD players. It included the standard 17 tracks, plus the following bonus track.

#	Title	Length
18.	"Come Over" (featuring Tank)	3:54

Charts

Chart (1996-2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	18[19]
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	2[19]
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums	7[21]
UK Albums Chart	33[22]
Canadian Albums Chart[23]	15
European Albums Chart	47[22]
Japanese Albums Chart	11[22]
Israel Albums Chart	38[22]
Sweden Albums Chart	41[22]
Netherlands Albums Chart	26[22]

End-of-year charts

End of year chart (1996/1997)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200 1996	175[24]
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1996	60[24]
U.S. Billboard 200 1997	44[25]
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1997	10[25]

Credits and personnel

• Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Production

• Executive producer: Barry Hankerson
• Labels: Blackground Records and Atlantic Records (for Warner Bros. Records)
• Aaliyah's Manager: Barry Hankerson for Aaliyah Entertainment (AE)

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