''Standing Tall'' is the debut studio album by former

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singer

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. It was released on 21 July 2003 in the United Kingdom by Island Records. The album was preceded by two single releases: "

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", the lead single, and "Come on Over" which reached number 2 and 10 respectively on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

. ''Standing Tall'' peaked at number 9 on the

UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts ...

after selling 19,821 copies in the first week. Marsh's third single, " Sentimental", was released in October 2003 and stalled at number 35 resulting in her being dropped by the record label.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2003 debut albums Island Records albums Kym Marsh albums