Alsou (album)

Alsou was the first English album by Alsou, a Russian singer who was best known at the time of the album's release as the second-place finisher in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The album was released in Russia on 28 June 2001, and later in Germany, Norway, Poland, the Czech Republic and Malaysia.

Alsou
Studio album by Alsou
Released	2001
Recorded	2000
Genre	Pop, synthpop, R'n'B
Label	Mercury Records/Universal Music
Producer	David Junk, Thomas Hedstorm, Simon Napier Bell, Dean Gillard
Alsou chronology
Алсу (1999) Alsou (2001) Мне приснилась осень (2002)

The album's lead single, "Before You Love Me", which was released on 30 April 2001 in Australia and the United Kingdom and in May 2001 in various countries throughout Europe, failed to chart in Australia, but in the United Kingdom it peaked at number twenty-seven. A lack of promotional support from Alsou's record company meant that no further releases occurred in either Australia or the United Kingdom, with the release of the Alsou album cancelled in both regions. The single was, however, effective in producing the hype it needed throughout Europe for the album to be released and proper promotion to take place.

A follow-up single, "He Loves Me", was released only in Germany on 15 October 2001.

The album features 14 songs, including "Teardrops", which was completely written by Alsou, and "Now I Know", which is an English version of her self-written Russian song "Angel".

A new version of her first English single, "Solo", was also included on the album. This version was produced by Steve Levine. The sales of album exceed 1,000,000 legal copies.