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season. Three singles were released from the album. "

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. Like the first single, it was not given enough promotion, but it managed to pick up airplay on TV and radio. " I'm Yours" was released as the third and last single off the album. Unlike the two releases, it had a music video that came up from Warner's Nina sing-along contest. Since, Nina has left the label during the time, she had no participation on the video's release.

Background

Since Nina entered the

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of popular classic hits. In 2002, her debut album ''

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'' was released along with two chart-topping singles, " Foolish Heart" and " Loving You", which are both revivals. Aside from performing well commercially, both singles were critically acclaimed. In 2003, she covered three more songs on her second studio album ''

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", "Shoo-Bee-Doo" and "I'll Always Stay in Love This Way". "A Girl Can Dream" was released as an official single, while the other two were released as radio-only singles due to warm reception. In 2005, Nina proved herself as the great ''cover-girl,'' when she released her first

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''. The album was a huge commercial success, certifying Diamond by the

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(PARI). The album's lead single, " Love Moves in Mysterious Ways", also became her most successful single when it topped the charts for twelve consecutive weeks in record time. In 2006, her self-titled album was released and it contains two revivals, namely "

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" and "Love Is Contagious". Both songs received positive response from critics. The album was then re-issued in 2007, containing a second disc of

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classic songs. The re-issue showcases Nina's renditions of Manilow hits such as " Somewhere Down the Road" and "

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" as commercial singles.

Development and recording

In 2008, Nina hosted an "all-male hits" special weekly acoustic

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radio station, entitled ''Renditions of the Soul''. It aired during Friday and Sunday evenings. The show's concept is about the Soul Siren, singing the most-requested songs that were originally performed and recorded by male artists, may it be local or foreign. Nina conceptualized the show herself, saying "They istenerssend their requests. Some send letters along with the requests and ''binabasa ko rin 'yun'' also read them" She added that the station's manager is her friend, and that she is glad that he approved on her idea.ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZ, Showbiz,
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, ''Manila Bulletin'', Retrieved 2010-09-20 Each night of the show has its respective theme or concept, where Nina sings songs that are related to each other—may it be originally recorded and performed by the same artist or may it have one lyrical content and plot. Some nights of the show just featured request letters and mails from fans and listeners, where she reads and later, performs them. Nina described how the album became a reflection of herself in the following statement:

"I can say that the songs I sing in my albums very much represent who I am... Because when I sing songs, I try to make it my own even if it was done originally by another artist."

The radio show had a long run, airing on the station for approximately three years; from 2008—2010. Every evening episode has its respective conception, where the songs are either requests from fans, sung originally by the same artist, or have similar lyrical stories. Nina's cover of "Can't Find the Words to Say Goodbye", a song originally recorded in two different versions by

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and

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who both wrote and composed it, aired on February 29, 2008. Her version was described as the "classiest, most polished reinvention" along with the less familiar tune of the

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original, "Never Again". The "Justin Timberlake Night" episode aired on May 29, 2009. She performed " What Goes Around... Comes Around" and " Until the End of Time" alongside "Never Again". Like Timberlake's version, she performed "Never Again" in an acoustic piano arrangement. She admits that it is one of her favorite songs. In an April 25, 2008 episode, she performed songs that were requested by listeners. One song that was included in the album was "Half Crazy", originally by

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. She recorded it along with "

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.". "Real Thing", a Kalapana original, was recorded a few days earlier on April 11, 2008. On May 1, 2009, she recorded "

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".

Critical reception

Without any commercial promotion, ''Renditions of the Soul'' managed to peak inside the top five of album retailer charts in the Philippines, staying there for months. Aside from its commercial success, the radio show and the album itself were well received by music critics and listeners. Rito Asilo of '' The

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'' gave the album a positive review, noticing the more unplugged sound delivered by it. He praised four songs—the covers of Justin Timberlake's acoustic ballad "Never Again",

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's pop hit "

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's classic hit "Can't Find the Words to Say Goodbye" and Rannie Raymundo's OPM hit "Why Can't It Be"—saying "it's the less familiar tunes ..that get the classiest, most polished reinventions." ''

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'' gave the album a similarly positive review, stating "The 17-track album is more emotionally subtle, yet the songs just have as equally powerful messages like her previous hits ..Nina's singing perfectly renders the message of every selection: Love, longing and the purity of emotional surrender."

Commercial performance

In the Philippines, ''Renditions Of The Soul'' did not debut on the charts on its first week of release, then until (October 1, 2009) the album debuted at number eleven on the Philippines Top 20 Albums chart. After two weeks the album climbed at number three on the chart due to increase of the sales of the album. According to Titik Pinoy data, the album spent fifteen weeks on the chart. As of July 2010, the album had sold 20,000 copies in the Philippines making if certified Platinum in PARI.

Singles

"She's Out of My Life" was released on August 14, 2009 as the first single from ''Renditions of the Soul''. According to Nina, all of the songs in the album were candidates in selection for the lead single. Despite a large number of choices, the song managed to be chosen by Warner as the first single due to warm positive reception by critics and listeners. The song was originally recorded by

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, and it is lyrically intended for a male singer. However, when Nina covered the song, she altered the title line "she's out of my life" into "he's out of my life," making an entirely female-perspective version of the song. Despite her alteration on the song's title, the original title was kept in the copy prints. The song had no

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, defining lack of promotion for the album. Since then, it was only considered to be a promotional single. Prior to the release of the album, Nina has performed the song in various TV appearances. "Cold Summer Nights" was released in February 2010 as the second promotional single from the album. The song was one of the most-requested out of all the album's tracks. It was originally recorded by Filipino hip-hop legend

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. The song was released only to radio after gaining airplay on TV shows from various channels, even before its official release. Like the first single, no music video was shot for "Cold Summer Nights", proving lack of support from Warner. "I'm Yours" was released in May 2010 as the first commercial single from the album. The song was originally recorded by

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, and it is the only upbeat single from the album. In April 2010, Warner held a

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during its release. Nina only launched the single on '' ASAP XV,'' performing the song during the "ASAP Sessionistas" segment on May 2, 2010. The music video barely featured Nina, and just showed some of her pictures from the ''Renditions of the Soul'' album photo shoot.

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Promotion

Aside from promoting the album on her own radio show of the same title, Nina has performed ''Renditions of the Souls songs in her local and international major concerts, bar gigs, mall shows and TV appearances. In addition, the second single "Cold Summer Nights" was used as background music on various TV shows aired by

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and TV5 throughout late 2009 up to early 2010. On August 28, 2009, Nina performed the fan-favorite and Rannie Raymundo hit "Why Can't It Be" on the ASAP Sessionistas first ever major concert, held at the

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. On October 11, 2009, she sang the album's lead single, "She's Out of My Life", on '' ASAP '09,'' during the "Sessionistas" segment where her album ''Nina Live!'' was awarded a 10× Platinum (Diamond) certification for outstanding sales of nearly 300,000 units in the

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. She was crying all the way through her performance, explaining that it was because of too much happiness for her achievement. On October 14, 2009, she performed "Go the Distance" on the Greenology mall show at

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. On October 23, 2009, she also performed "Why Can't It Be" on the ASAP Sessionistas major concert, live at the

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. On November 7, 2009, she also performed "She's Out of My Life" on the ASAP Sessionistas first ever U.S. tour. The show was held at the

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. On November 15, 2009, she performed the same song, live at the Queen's College Colden Auditorium, New York, still, as part of the U.S. tour. On January 30, 2010, she performed "Why Can't It Be" during her 19 East bar gig, when the song was requested by the audience on that night. On May 2, 2010, she launched the album's first commercial single, "I'm Yours", on ''ASAP XV'', despite departing from Warner to her new record label Universal at the time of the song's release.

Awards and accolades

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) and Best Remake for "She's Out of My Life" (which lost to "

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" by Thor and Amber).List of 2009 Wave Urban Music Awards nominees and winners
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Retrieved 2010-08-31 On the 2010 Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Box-Office Entertainment Awards, she was awarded the Best Female Recording Artist for outstanding sales of her albums in the whole year of 2009. The album also earned her the most (seven) nominations on the second PMPC Star Awards for Music in 2010.List of 2010 PMPC Star Awards for Music nominees
" WhyNotCoconut.com Retrieved 2010-08-31 She won Female Pop Artist of the Year, but lost the Female Recording Artist of the Year to

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, Pop Album of the Year to

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' ''The Jim Brickman Songbook'', Acoustic Album and Female Acoustic Artist of the Year awards to

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's ''Live'' album and Revival Album of the Year to

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's ''Decades''.

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's album ''Blessings of Love'', on which she is part of, was also nominated for Compilation Album of the Year. On the 2010 ASAP Pop Viewer's Choice Awards, ''Renditions of the Soul'' was nominated for Pop Album, but lost the award to Geronimo's '' Music and Me''. Retrieved 2010-10-22 On the second Wave 89.1 Urban Music Awards in 2010, Nina received two nominations including Best Female Soul/R&B Artist and Best Album for ''Renditions of the Soul''. She won Best Album for the second time, and was given a Special Achievement Award for her notable contributions in the OPM industry including the Diamond award she earned with ''Nina Live!''. Despite earning Nina numerous nominations on different organizations, the album failed to have a nomination on any category of

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, making 2010 the only year that she was not listed on the Awit Awards in her eight-year career in the music industry.List of 2010 Awit Awards nominees
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Track listing

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Personnel

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– executive producer, album producer, lead vocals * Neil Gregorio – A&R administration, sequencing and mastering * Jasmine Mendiola (for Glominerals) – make-up * Daniel Tan – photography * Joey Valverde – pictorial coordinator * Vocals and music recorded at

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