''This Is My Time'' is the third

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by American singer-songwriter and actress Raven-Symoné, released in the United States on September 21, 2004 by

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. The album is her debut with the

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-owned label and debuted at number 51 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, with 19,000 copies sold in its first week. It nevertheless became Raven-Symoné's best-selling solo album, selling 237,000 copies up to February 2, 2007 in the US, according to

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Release and promotion

Raven-Symoné released a five-track EP with

on January 1, 2004 prior to the release of ''This Is My Time'', containing "Backflip", "Bump", "Overloved", "What Is Love?", and "Mystify". The single "Backflip" debuted on

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on July 28, 2004. Its release was accompanied by a

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Raven-Symone Takes On The Bad Guys
mtv.com directed by Sanaa Hamri. It premiered on BET's '' Access Granted'' on August 25, 2004. The video received heavy rotation on

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, BET and

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. Four songs from the album were incorporated into soundtracks of

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films: '' The Lion King 1½'' with " Grazing in the Grass"; '' The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'' with the album's title track; '' Ice Princess'' with "Bump"; and '' Go Figure'' with "Life Is Beautiful". Symoné performed "Backflip" live for the first time at ''

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'' on November 25, 2004. Symoné performed the song on tours, ''This Is My Time Tour'' and ''Raven-Symoné: Live in Concert Tour''.

Critical reception

Following its release, ''This Is My Time'' received generally mixed reviews. Both ''

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'' and '' Vibe'' gave the album two and a half stars out of five. ''Vibe'' editor Angie Romero wrote: "Once known as little Olivia from ''

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'', Raven-Symoné wants to show the world she’s all grown up. To prove it, she records an album full of pop/R&B hybrids brimming with

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–like innocence and sparkling arrangements. Yet, none of ercomposers can compensate for the teen queen’s sub-par singing, the one thing preventing her from getting her full bloom on."

critic Jason Thurston found that "Symoné here offers up music that is sweet, melodic, and definitely mature R&B, in the vein of another singer who got her start as a kid on a popular TV show –

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Commercial performance

''This Is My Time'' debuted at number 50 on the US ''

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chart and at number 51 on the official ''Billboard'' 200 of week dated October 9, 2004, with moderately successful first week sales of 19,000 copies (best debut in the chart to date); making it Raven-Symoné's first album to enter the chart in the United States. The set sold 237,000 copies to date in the US, according to

Track listing

Notes *"What Is Love?" covers the 2003 song originally performed by

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. *"Grazing in the Grass" covers the 1969 renderition of the song performed by The Friends of Distinction. *"Overloved" was later covered by Paula DeAnda on her debut self-titled album.

Tour

Raven in Concert was the debut concert tour by Raven-Symoné in support of ''This Is My Time''. Primarily visiting North America, the tour played nearly 40 shows at numerous

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s and

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s in the United States.

Opening acts

* Lil' J (August 6–13, August 16–29, September 8, September 15 and October 7, 2006) *

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(Baton Rouge, Fairlea, Agawam and Allegan) *LaTanya Monroe (Glen Allen) *Lil J Xavier (Arlington) *

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(Arlington) * Choo-Choo Soul (Monroe)

Charts

Release history

References

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