This Is My Time (Raven-Symoné album)

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This Is My Time is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter and actress Raven-Symoné, released in the United States on September 21, 2004 by Hollywood Records. The album is her debut with the Disney-owned label and debuted at number 51 on the US Billboard 200,<ref>Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts | Billboard.com Billboard.com</ref> with 19,000 copies sold in its first week.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It nevertheless became Raven-Symoné's best-selling solo album, selling 237,000 copies up to February 2, 2007 in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref name="Caulfield">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Release and promotion

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The single "Backflip" debuted on Radio Disney on July 28, 2004. Its release was accompanied by a music video<ref name="MTV">Raven-Symone Takes On The Bad Guys mtv.com</ref> directed by Sanaa Hamri.<ref name="MTV" /> It premiered on BET's Access Granted on August 25, 2004.<ref>Template:Usurped popdirt.com</ref> The video received heavy rotation on Disney Channel, BET and MTV.<ref name=mtv>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Four songs from the album were incorporated into soundtracks of Walt Disney films: The Lion King 1½ with "Grazing in the Grass"; The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement with the album's title track; Ice Princess with "Bump"; and Go Figure with "Life Is Beautiful".

Symoné performed "Backflip" live for the first time at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 25, 2004. Symoné performed the song on tours, This Is My Time Tour and Raven-Symoné: Live in Concert Tour.

Critical reception

Template:Music ratings Following its release, This Is My Time received generally mixed reviews. Both AllMusic and Vibe gave the album two and a half stars out of five.<ref name="AM"/><ref name="Vibe"/> Vibe editor Angie Romero wrote: "Once known as little Olivia from The Cosby Show, Raven-Symoné wants to show the world she’s all grown up. To prove it, she records an album full of pop/R&B hybrids brimming with Hilary Duff–like innocence and sparkling arrangements. Yet, none of [her] composers can compensate for the teen queen’s sub-par singing, the one thing preventing her from getting her full bloom on."<ref name="Vibe"/> AllMusic critic Jason Thurston found that "Symoné here offers up music that is sweet, melodic, and definitely mature R&B, in the vein of another singer who got her start as a kid on a popular TV show – Janet Jackson."<ref name="AM"/>

Commercial performance

This Is My Time debuted at number 50 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at number 51 on the official Billboard 200 of week dated October 9, 2004, with moderately successful first week sales of 19,000 copies (best debut in the chart to date); making it Raven-Symoné's first album to enter the chart in the United States. The set sold 237,000 copies to date in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref name="Caulfield" /><ref>Top Hip-Hop and R&B Albums & Charts | Billboard.com Billboard.com</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

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Notes

"What Is Love?" covers the 2003 song originally performed by Play.
"Grazing in the Grass" covers the 1969 renderition of the song performed by The Friends of Distinction.
"Overloved" was later covered by Paula DeAnda on her debut self-titled album.
"This Is My Time" is featured on the soundtrack for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
"Bump" appears on the soundtrack Ice Princess.

Tour

Raven in Concert<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was the debut concert tour by Raven-Symoné in support of This Is My Time. Primarily visiting North America, the tour played nearly 40 shows at numerous music festivals and state fairs in the United States.

Opening acts

Lil' J (August 6–13, August 16–29, September 8, September 15 and October 7, 2006)
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Choo-Choo Soul (Monroe)

Charts

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Chart performance for *This Is My Time*
Chart (2004)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	74
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	19

Release history

Release history and formats for *This Is My Time*
Country	Date	Label
Europe<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	September 7, 2004	Megaphon Importservice
United Kingdom<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	September 14, 2004	Hollywood
Japan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	September 15, 2004
United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	September 21, 2004
Canada<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Hollywood/Universal Music Group
Slovakia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
France<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hong Kong<ref>Hong Kong</ref>	October 15, 2004

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Critical reception

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Track listing

Tour

Opening acts

Charts

Release history

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