''The Sweetest Days'' is the third studio album by American singer
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. She gained recognition as the first African-American woman to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She resigne ...
, released on December 6, 1994, by
Wing Records
Wing Records was a record label subsidiary of Mercury Records founded in 1955, that found its greatest success during the late 1950s.
In 1986, the label was revived by Mercury's parent company, PolyGram and the label had brief success with R&B ...
and
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...
. The album peaked at number 57 on the US
''Billboard'' 200 and at number 25 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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chart, and has been certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA).
The album includes the singles "You Can't Run", "Betcha Never", "
The Way That You Love
"The Way That You Love" is a song by American singer and actress Vanessa Williams, released in January 1995 as the second single from her third album, ''The Sweetest Days'' (1995). Several remixes are available for the song, which became a top-10 ...
", and
the title track. It also includes the first recording of the song "Higher Ground" later covered by
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List ...
as the title track from her
1997 self-titled album, as well as cover versions of songs previously recorded by
Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter.
Music career
Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...
and
Sting. The album was re-released in 1995 with the additional track "
Colors of the Wind
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", the theme from the Disney animated film ''
Pocahontas
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''.
"The Way That You Love" and "You Can't Run" were nominated at the
1996 Grammy Awards
The 38th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1996, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The awards recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Alanis Morissette was the main recipient, being awarded four trophies, in ...
for
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
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and
Best R&B Song
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, respectively.
Track listing
Notes
* signifies a co-producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1994 albums
Albums produced by Babyface (musician)
Albums produced by Brian McKnight
Albums recorded at Capitol Studios
Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios
Albums recorded at Westlake Recording Studios
Mercury Records albums
Vanessa Williams albums
Wing Records albums