''Rise'' is the debut

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by American singer

Samantha James Samantha James is an American dance pop singer from Los Angeles, known for her style of blending downtempo to uptempo dance music, with soulful vocal styles. She released her debut album, ''Rise'', in 2007 through Om Records. The title track fro ...

under the label

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. The

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from the album was released as a single, and reached No. 1 on the US ''Billboard''

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chart.

Background

When James established her music style, she began writing songs for ''Rise'' together with Sebastian Arocha Morton. James and friend Dave Curtin discussed which label would be good for her music, and came up with

. When they contacted the label and sent them a demo of her song "Rise," she was signed on to a single deal. Shortly after that, they signed on "Angel Love" as well. After that, she was signed to do a full length album. James said in an interview that her biggest inspiration was her mother, who died when James was 13 years old. The album was a two year process.

Track listing

*¹ Japanese

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References

{{Authority control 2007 debut albums Nu jazz albums Samantha James albums Albums produced by Sebastian Arocha Morton