''This Moment Is Mine'' is the third album by

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singer

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. The album was released on May 25, 1999, through

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and

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. It was Moore's first album release in four and a half years after her previous album, ''

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''. The album featured production from

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, Moore,

Robin Thicke Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 2013 hit single " Blurred Lines", which is one of the best-selling singles of all time. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, h ...

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, among others. The album was preceded by the release of two singles — "

Chanté's Got a Man "Chanté's Got a Man" is the first single from American singer Chanté Moore's third studio album, '' This Moment Is Mine'' (1999). Featuring an interpolation of the 1971 Osmonds number-one single "One Bad Apple", the song became Moore's first to ...

" and "I See You in a Different Light". The album peaked at number thirty-one on the

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and number seven on the

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chart on June 12, 1999.

Background and release

"If I Gave Love" was intended to be released as the second single from her album ''This Moment Is Mine'' after "

", but was ultimately scrapped.

had rewritten a "nearly identical song" for singer

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entitled "

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." Jerkins rewrote "If I Gave Love" with the same arrangement for Lopez and just changed the title to "

" after it was requested by

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, Lopez's boyfriend and one of ''

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''s producers. Moore said: :''"He wrote the same song for her. I heard that it was because Puff Daddy walked in and heard my song and said 'I want that song,' and he

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was like 'Well that's already taken. We wrote that for Chante,' and he was like 'I want that song.' So Rodney wrote, really, the same song."''.

Critical reception

The album was met with a positive response from music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine from

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stated "This Moment Is Mine finds Chante Moore at the top of her game, crafting an alluring contemporary soul album that manages to avoid most of the cliches of the genre." Cheo Tyehimba of '' EW'' expressed 'though not collectively transcendent, there’s an intimacy akin to a butterscotch candy shared between lovers'

Singles

" was released as the album's lead single on May 4, 1999. The song became Moore's first top 10 hit charting at number ten on the

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and number two on the

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chart. "I See You in a Different Light" featuring

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was released as the second single from the album on September 14, 1999. The song charted at number sixty-one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on October 9, 1999.

Track listing

Notes *"Chanté's Got A Man" contains elements of "

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" written by George Jackson. *"Love And The Woman" contains elements of "

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1999 albums Chanté Moore albums Albums produced by Robin Thicke Albums produced by Simon Law