''Music Is Medicine'' is the tenth studio solo album by American

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, released on April 15, 2016, on OliveMe Records. It is her first studio album released on her private label ''OliveMe, LLC''. It was released on both CD and digital download through

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and major music download services.

Background

This is Osmond's first new album in five years. The album was produced by

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whom she has worked with in the past. Additional guest artist are Marty Roe,

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, John Rich and Alex Boyé. The album was produced by Jason Deere, who did not produce any of Osmond's previous albums.

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produced her final country album in 1989 and

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produced her previous three under the Capitol/Curb label during the late 1980s. ''Music Is Medicine'' is Osmond's final country album to date. The album was recorded at ''Soundstage Studios'' and ''Westwood Studios'' - both in Nashville, TN, Additional studios used were ''Audio Mix House'' and '' Studios at The Palms'' in

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, NV. The album was mastered by Silvio Richetto at ''The Living Room Studios'' in Aventura, FL. The album entered the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart at number 10 on May 7, 2016. It has sold 8,000 copies in the US as of May 31, 2016.

Vinyl

A limited edition autographed vinyl pressing of the album was released by the online retailer

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on November 18, 2016. Marie autographed each of the album covers prior to shipment as shown in photographs on both her

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and Instagram accounts. As of November 22, 2016 the autographed versions of the vinyl were no longer in stock and no additional copies will be pressed.

Track listing

Music videos

On March 27, 2016 a video for the song "Then There's You" was released on the internet video site

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and it received almost 200,000 views in less than 48 hours. On April 13, 2016 the video for the title track was also released on Vevo and was filmed with patients from

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Personnel

* Jeremy Barron –

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– bass * Dave Cohen – keys *

– background vocals * David Dorn – keys * Cheaza Figueroa – background vocals * Lee Hendricks – bass * Brad Hull – Production Assistant * Evan Hutchins – drums * Rachael Lauren – background vocals * Tasha Layton – background vocals * Miles McPherson – drums * Justin Ostrander – electric guitar * Justin Richards – background vocals * Silvio Richetto – background vocals * Adam Shoenfeld –

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* Russel Terrell –

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* Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic, banjo, mandolin,

* Briana Tyson – background vocals

Chart performance

Album

Singles

References

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