''What Are Words'' is the debut album of the American singer

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. The album was released by

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contains 11 pop-rock songs, some of them sensitive

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, others more energetic and rocking. Album included the title track "

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", a touching track inspired by Chris Medina's fiancé who had a serious brain injury after a car accident in 2009. Although "What Are Words" was only a minor hit in the

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, it was a big hit in Scandinavian countries topping both Norwegian ''

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'' Singles Chart and the Swedish ''

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'' Singles Chart. It stayed at #1 for 11 weeks in Norway and for 8 weeks in Sweden. The follow-up single from the album is "One More Time" written by Medina. The album ''What Are Words'' was released in Sweden on 26 November 2011 and entered the Swedish Albums Chart straight in at #7 on Week 47 dated 2 December 2011.

Track listing

#"Dont Say Goodbye" (3:46) #" One More Time" (4:05) #"Possible" (3:30) #"

" (3:07) #"Dream Tonight" (4:37) #"We Can Change the World" (4:31) #"Amazed" (3:51) #"Summer Rain" (4:18) #"Falling in Deeper" (4:28) #"Beautiful Eyes" (3:33) #"Juliet" (3:29)

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References