''Special Occasion'' is the second studio album by American R&B singer

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. It was released by

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and

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on May 8, 2007, in the United States. The singer co-wrote over three quarters of the album, which also features songwriting and production from

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, Don Vito,

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and

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. It also features guest appearances by

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and

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. The album was set to be released on December 12, 2006, but was delayed until May 8, 2007. ''Special Occasions'' first official single was the Rodney Jerkins-produced track " Turn the Page". The ballad features Valentino singing about trust and taking risks in a relationship. ''Special Occasion'' debuted at number 3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 92,000 copies in its first week, just over one-half of his previous album's first-week sales. It also peaked at the top of the ''Billboard''

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. By mid-2009, the album had sold approximately 550,000 copies in the US.

Track listing

Information is based on the album's liner notes.Bobby V. “Special Occasion”. DTP / Def Jam. 2007. Notes * denotes co-producer Sample credits *“Only Human” contains a sample from “

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" as performed by

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. *”Soon As I Get Home” originally performed by

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. *

– Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Vocal arranger *Darrell "Delite" Allamby – Recording Engineer, Music Programming, Other Instruments, Background Vocals, Audio Mixing *Kori Anders – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing Assistant *Alex "A.J." Angol – Additional Guitars * Marcella Araica – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing *Ben Arrindell – Audio Mixing *Anesha Birchett – Background Vocals *Leslie Braithwaite – Audio Mixing * Lincoln “Link” Browder – Background Vocals *Bryan–Michael Cox – Music Programming, Drums, Bass played by, Piano, Additional Keyboards *

Darkchild Rodney Roy Jerkins (born July 29, 1977), also known by his stage name Darkchild, is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has collaborated with a broad range of popular artists. Jerkins has won multiple Grammy Awards. Among hi ...

– Recording Engineer, Instruments *Das – Vocal Producer *Kevin Davis – Audio Mixing *

Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean Kendrick Jevon Dean (also known as Wyldcard) is an American record producer, songwriter and entrepreneur. He has produced or written for 7 GRAMMY Nominated albums to date. Some of his hits include Chris Brown's "Say Goodbye" (Billboard #1), Mar ...

– Strings, Additional Keyboards *Vincent DiLorenzo – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing *

– Rap Vocals *Emile Ghantous (of The Insomniax) – Recording Engineer, Vocal arranger * Erik Nelson (of The Insomniax) – Recording Engineer, Vocal arranger *Andrew Haller – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing Assistant *Jean Marie Horvat – Audio Mixing *Bill Jabr – Guitar *Jon Jon – Other Instruments *

Tim Kelley Tim Kelley (born May 20, 1986) is a former American Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. He was born in Burlington, Vermont to former alpine skier Lindy Cochran and her husband Steve Kelley. His siblings Jessica Kelley and Robby Kelley both raced on ...

– Drums, Drum Machine, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Audio Mixing *

– Rap Vocals *Patrick Magee – Recording Engineer *Joshua Monroy – Recording Engineer *Paul Osborn – Recording Engineer * Bob Robinson – Minimoog Percussion, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Acoustic Piano, Keyboards *

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– Recording Engineer *Dave Russell – Audio Mixing *Tim Stewart – Guitar *Corey Stocker – Recording Engineer *Sam Thomas – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing *

– Rap Vocals *Justin Trawick – Audio Mixing Assistant *Mike Tsarfati – Audio Mixing Assistant *Jeff Villanueva – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing

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References

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