The Power (album)

The Power is the debut studio album by Australian pop singer Vanessa Amorosi, released on 3 April 2000 on CBK Produktions and Transistor Music Australia. The album debuted at number 1 on the Australian ARIA charts and was certified 4x platinum. An international version was released with different album art and track listing.

The Power
Studio album by
Vanessa Amorosi
Released3 April 2000
Recorded1999-2000
GenrePop
Label
Producer
Vanessa Amorosi chronology
The Power
(2000)		 Turn to Me
(2001)
Singles from The Power
  1. "Have a Look"
    Released: 12 July 1999
  2. "Absolutely Everybody"
    Released: 15 November 1999
  3. "Shine"
    Released: 15 May 2000
  4. "The Power/Everytime I Close My Eyes"
    Released: 11 December 2000
  5. "Everytime I Close My Eyes"
    Released: January 2001
Alternative cover
International cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
MTV Asia[2]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, the album was nominated for two awards; Highest Selling Album and Breakthrough Release.

Track listing
#The Power (Australian album)[3]WriterTime
01."U R Mine"Holden, Wiltshire4:15
02."Absolutely Everybody"Hicks, Holden, Ingram3:42
03."Shine"Amorosi, Holden, Parde3:53
04."Have a Look"Amorosi, Holden, Imrei3:35
05."Pray for Love"Hicks, Holden, Ingram3:35
06."Every Time I Close My Eyes"Amorosi, Holden, Wiltshire3:45
07."How Y' Livin'"Amorosi, Holden, Wiltshire4:01
08."The Power"Amorosi, Hicks, Holden, Ingram3:34
09."I Wanna Be Your Everything"Amorosi, Holden, Imrei3:36
10."You Were Led On"Amorosi, Wiltshire4:42
11."Pray for Love" (Club Mix)—3:26
12."The Power" (Spiced Mix)—3:33
13."Absolutely Everybody" (Latino Mix)—3:27
#The Power (International album)[4]Time
01."U R Mine"4:15
02."Absolutely Everybody"3:42
03."Shine"3:52
04."I Wanna Be Your Everything"3:36
05."How Y' Livin'"4:01
06."Everytime I Close My Eyes"4:03
07."Pray for Love"3:34
08."The Power"3:34
09."Steam"3:47
10."Turn to Me"3:36
11."You Were Led On"4:41
12."Have a Look"3:34

The Japanese 14-track version of The Power features two bonus tracks, "Rise Up" (3:22) and "Second Chance" (3:40).[5][6]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2000/01) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 7
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart 93
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 15

Year-end charts
Chart (2000) Position
Australian Albums Chart[11] 4
Australian Artist Albums Chart[11] 3
Chart (2001) Position
Australian Albums Chart[12] 54
Australian Artist Albums Chart[13] 9
Switzerland Albums Chart[14] 96

Decade-end charts
Chart (2000–09) Position
Australia Album (ARIA) [15] 81
Australian Artist Album (ARIA) [15] 25

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[16] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Germany (BVMI)[17] Gold 150,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history
Region Date Label Catalogue
Australia 3 April 2000 CBK Produktions, Transistor Music CCBK7042
United Kingdom 2 October 2000 Mercury 159 914-2
Japan 18 October 2000 Transistor Music UICO 2002
Germany 27 November 2000 Island Records, Universal Music 159 409-2

See also

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. MTV Asia review
  3. SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT :: Australia :: CD Releases Archived 8 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Amazon.co.uk: The Power: Music: Vanessa Amorosi
  5. "Tower.com: The Power (Japan)". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  6. Vanessa Amorosi The Power Japan Promo CD ALBUM (184826)
  7. "Australiancharts.com – Vanessa Amorosi – The Power". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  8. "Austriancharts.at – Vanessa Amorosi – The Power" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  9. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Vanessa Amorosi – The Power". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  11. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2000". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  12. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2001". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  13. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top Australian Albums 2001". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  14. "IFPI-SWI Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2001". IFPI. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  15. "2009 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart". ARIA. January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  16. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  17. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Vanessa Amorosi; 'The Power')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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