''Becoming'' is the third studio album by

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singer

Sarah Geronimo Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo-Guidicelli (, , born July 25, 1988) is a Filipino singer, performer and actress. Geronimo rose to prominence after winning the television singing contest '' Star for a Night'' earning her a recording contract with Vi ...

, released on July 20, 2006, under

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. The album is Geronimo's first international release, produced by

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and Carlo Nasi. To date, the album has reached Platinum by the

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, selling 30,000 units in the Philippines.

Singles

''Becomings carrier single, "I Still Believe in Loving You", was written by Christian de Walden. The album went gold on its first week of release, with sales of 15,000 units. The second single is the powerful ballad "Carry My Love", translated by Lori Barth, an English adaptation of the original Spanish song "Amor Cobarde" by Marta Sanchez and written by Vito Mastrofancesco, Alberto Mastrofancesco and Carlos Toro. The third and final single of the album, "Iingatan Ko (Ang Pag-ibig Mo)", was also an English adaptation of a song originally sung Betzaida. It was originally titled "Aluciname", written by Steve Singer and Claudia Brant and was translated to Tagalog by Jimmy Antiporda. "Magliliwanag Rin... Muli" was also an adaption from another Marta Sanchez's single called "Lejos de aquella noche". The seventh and fourteenth tracks of the album are the same songs. "Ala-Ala Mo" was written by Dennis Clark and Steve Singer with Cecile Azarcon. While "So Heartbroken" is the English version of "Ala-Ala Mo", translated by Dennis Clark and Steve Singer.

Commercial performance

In the Philippines, ''Becoming'' debuted at number eighteen on the Philippine Top Albums chart, The album had sold 15,000 copies on its first week being certified PARI, then on its second week it climbed on the top ten at number four position. On its third week, the album fall to number five position on the chart. The album left the top ten and fall to number fourteen on its seventh week on the chart. The album left the chart at number twenty position, it spent eight weeks on the chart. The album had sold 60,000 copies in the Philippines and certified 4× PARI Platinum.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits were taken from

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.Album credits, " Becoming - Sarah Geronimo,

, Retrieved 2010-09-11 Production * David Bacon - engineer * Lori Barth - English translations * Dennis Clark - background vocals * Walter Clissen - engineer * Vincent Del Rosario - executive producer *

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- producer, vocal arrangement * Vanni G. - arranger * Bambi Jones - background vocals * Brandy Jones - background vocals * George Landress - engineer * Sylvia Macaraeg - background vocals *

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- arranger * Michael Mishaw - background vocals, vocal arrangement * Carlo Nasi - producer * Moy Ortiz - background vocals *

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- engineer * Romer Rosellon - assistant engineer, mixing assistant * Ronnie Salvacion - photography * Ralf Stemmann - arranger, programming * Luca Vittori - engineer, mixing Musicians * Alex Alessandroni - synthesizer, keyboards *

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- drums *

- lead vocals * James Harrah - guitar *

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- synthesizer, keyboards * Abraham Laboriel, Sr. - bass * Rafael Padilla - percussion *

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- guitar *

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- guitar * Ramon Stagnaro - guitar * Neil Stubenhaus - bass *

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- piano * Aaron Zigman - synthesizer, keyboards

Certifications

Release history

References

2006 albums Sarah Geronimo albums Viva Records (Philippines) albums {{2000s-pop-album-stub