''Purpose'' is the debut album by
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singer,
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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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chart for 14 weeks, peaking at No. 56.
[ Billboard entry retrieved Sept. 26, 2009]
Track listing
# At This Time
# Halfway
# Run and Hide
# U Do It for Me
# ABC's 1, 2, 3's (Interlude)/Happy After
# My Pride
# Holla Back (Interlude)/Simple Complication
# What Happened?
# No Idea
# Tug of War
# Can I Keep U?
# I Think I Love U
# Come Back
# Now & Then
# Where R We Now
References
Contemporary R&B albums by American artists
2008 debut albums
Neo soul albums
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