''Best Days'' is the third studio album by

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Tamela Mann Tamela Jean Mann (née Johnson; born June 9, 1966) is an American gospel singer, songwriter, and actress. Mann began her career as a singer with the gospel group Kirk Franklin and the Family. She was a featured soloist on several tracks while wit ...

, released on Mann's own

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Tillymann Music Group on August 14, 2012. ''Best Days'' debuted at number fourteen on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and topped the

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chart, becoming Mann's highest charting album to date.

Chart performance

''Best Days'' debuted at number fourteen on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with first week sales of 16,670 units. It also peaked at number one on the

chart, and number ten on the year-end chart. The following week the album sold 11,169 units 9,637 in its third, 10,286 in its fourth and 8,538 in its fifth week, bringing total sales to 56,300 units in just over a month. The album spent 463 weeks on the chart. As of August 20, 2014, ''Best Days'' has sold 475,085 units in the US. The album's

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Take Me to the King "Take Me to the King" is a song recorded by American recording artist Tamela Mann. "Take Me to the King" was released on June 12, 2012, as the lead single from Mann's third studio album, '' Best Days''. At the 55th Grammy Awards, the song receive ...

", written by

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was also commercially successful. It topped the ''Billboard'' Gospel Songs chart and reached the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Heatseeker Songs chart. It also appeared on the ''Billboard''

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chart peaking at number forty-four. In 2014, "Take Me to the King" was certified Gold by the

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Chart performance

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References