| Much Love | ||||
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| Released | 1 September 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1997 | |||
| Genre | R&B[1] | |||
| Length | 51:56 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Music Week | [2] |
| The Times | (favorable)[3] |
Much Love is the debut album by British singer Shola Ama. It was released by Freakstreet and WEA on 1 September 1997 in the United Kingdom. Ama worked with songwriting collective D'Influence on the majority of the album, with Shaun LaBelle, Livio Harris, and Paul Waller providing additional production. Much Love was preceded by two top ten hit singles: a cover of "You Might Need Somebody", originally made famous by Randy Crawford, and follow-up "You're the One I Love".[4] "Who's Loving My Baby" and "Much Love" were also released as singles, both reaching the UK top twenty.[4]
The album reached the top ten of the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number six, and entered the top twenty in Germany and the top thirty in France, and the Netherlands. In the United Kingdom, it was eventually certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), indicating sales in excess of 100,000 copies. Following the success of the album, Ama won a Brit Award for Best British Female and two MOBO Awards for Best Newcomer and Best R&B Act.[5]
- ^ a b "Much Love – Shola Ama – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Reviews: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 23 August 1997. p. 12. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ Jackson, Alan (6 September 1997). "The week's top pop releases; Records". The Times.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
officialcharts.comwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "1997: Mary J. Blige, Eternal, Simply Red and The Prodigy – MOBO Awards". mobo.com. Retrieved 11 January 2017.