''Raven-Symoné'' is the fourth

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by American singer-actress

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. The album was released on April 29, 2008 in the

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. It was her last album released by

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Production

On April 19, 2007, singer

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was interviewed by ''

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'' magazine and he stated that he and his production team, Knightwritaz, had recently worked with Raven-Symoné. She also worked with producers such as

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, Kwamé, Eric Hudson and The JAM. Sean Garrett is featured on two songs on the album, "What Are You Gonna Do?" and "Stupid". Raven-Symoné told Blackfilm.com, "''Raven-Symoné'' is a party album. There are only 2 slow songs, but it's really energetic. It's something you can put on when you are cleaning the house or you are about to come out to a party, or you need to wake up to go to school. It will be fun to perform. I go on tour soon".

Promotion

In the

, accompanied by the single "

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" (a promo single from Raven-Symoné's film ''

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''). Disney Channel did a short series "Raven-Symoné For Real" talking about Raven's new songs and videos. It showed interviews with her where she talked about the new songs and which ones were her favorites, etc. The short series did not air often, and only two episodes were ever produced. Raven has appeared on ''The Today Show'', ''Good Day New York'', and other local news/morning talk shows to promote the album. Symoné also appeared at World Wrestling Entertainment's flagship Pay-Per-View event

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to present the children from the

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in attendance, where her album was mentioned by the ring announcer. Hollywood Records also opened an official Myspace for Raven which had a few songs on it. It was said to be a way to be promoting the album and was supposed to have a new song every week leading up to the release of the new album.

Tour

A concert tour, The Pajama Party Tour, to promote the album was scheduled to begin in spring 2008; AEG Live cancelled the tour, citing "unforeseen circumstances". Later on, Raven-Symoné confirmed that the tour would be re-scheduled and would kick off in the Summer of 2008. The tour now dubbed the "Raven-Symoné: Live Tour" kicked off in July 2008, and continued through 2009.

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 159, selling 4,400 copies in its first week.

Track listing

''Thick Girls, Big Girls'' EP

An unofficial

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of left-over songs from the album was released as a free-of-charge

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on the

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on June 6, 2009.

Personnel

Credits adopted from

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.Credits

* Vocals – Raven-Symoné * Guitar – Curtis Hudson

Production

* Executive producer: Allison Hamamura * Producers: The Clutch, Sean Garrett, Oak & Mario, Kwamé, Eric Hudson, The JAM, Full Scale, Clubba Langg * Mastering: Stephen Marcussen * Engineers: Walter R. Brooks Jr., Ralph Cacciurri, Dave Hyman, Jam, Vernon Mungo, James Murray and Miles Walker * Mixing: Brian Stanley, John Fry, Jaycen Hoshua, Dave Hyman, Glen Marchese and Dave Pensado * A&R: Allison Hamamura and Kahbran White * Photography: Sheryl Nields

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raven-Symone (album) 2008 albums Albums produced by Eric Hudson Albums produced by Sean Garrett Hollywood Records albums Raven-Symoné albums