Journey to Freedom (album)

Journey To Freedom
Studio album by
Michelle Williams
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)
Recorded2012–2014,
London Bridge Studios, L.A.
Genre
Length49:26
Label
ProducerHarmony Samuels
Michelle Williams chronology
Unexpected
(2008) 		Journey To Freedom
(2014)
Singles from Journey to Freedom
  1. "If We Had Your Eyes"
    Released: June 24, 2013 (2013-06-24)
  2. "Fire"
    Released: September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)
  3. "If We Had Your Eyes (remix)"
    Released: November 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)
  4. "Say Yes"
    Released: June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)
  5. "Believe in Me"
    Released: February 27, 2015 (2015-02-27)

Journey to Freedom is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Michelle Williams, released on September 9, 2014, by E1 Music and Light Records. It marked her first release under the label after severing professional ties with longtime record company Columbia Records and manager Mathew Knowles in 2009. Following a hiatus from her recording career, Williams' album, a collaboration with main producer Harmony Samuels, was a fusion of both urban contemporary gospel and R&B sounds.

Released to critical acclaim, Journey to Freedom is ranked as the number-one, best gospel album of 2014 by Jubilee Cast. It is Williams' highest-charting album on the US Billboard 200, where it debuted in the top 30[1] and her second album to reach number two on the US Top Gospel Albums chart, where it is ranked by Billboard as one of the top 20 gospel albums of 2014.

The album was preceded by the release of the lead single, "If We Had Your Eyes" which peaked in the top 20 of the US Adult R&B Songs chart. A third single, "Say Yes", reunited Williams with her former Destiny's Child bandmates Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland and peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart for seven weeks. "Say Yes" was awarded Song of the Year at the 2014 Gospel Touch Music Awards and Music Video of the Year at the 2015 Stellar Awards, where Williams, Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland performed the song live. To further promote the album, Williams went on a tour in the United States. The album was nominated for Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) at the 46th NAACP Image Awards and earned Williams four nominations at the 30th annual Stellar Awards.[2]

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  2. ^ "The 46th NAACP Image Awards – Nominees". NAACP Image Awards. NAACP. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2014.