H.E.R. (album)

H.E.R. is a compilation album by American singer H.E.R., released on October 20, 2017, by RCA Records. The album comprises songs from the singer's EPs H.E.R., Vol. 1 (2016) and H.E.R., Vol. 2 (2017), and includes six additional songs. The album won Best R&B Album and received four other nominations at the 61st Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best New Artist for H.E.R.^[1]

H.E.R.
Compilation album by H.E.R.
Released	October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)
Genre	R&B
Length	71:50
Label	RCA
Producer	Ant B Knox Brown Daniel Caesar Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr. Grades David "Swagg R'celious" Harris H.E.R. Lophiile MNEK Qreamy Beats Mike "Scribz" Riley Syk Sense
H.E.R. chronology
H.E.R. (2017) I Used to Know Her: The Prelude (2018)
Singles from H.E.R.
"Focus" Released: September 8, 2016

Gabi Wilson signed a recording contract with RCA Records at age 14 after performing covers of Alicia Keys songs on the television shows Maury, Today and The View.^[2] Her first EP, H.E.R., Vol. 1, was released on September 9, 2016,^[3] and peaked at number 28 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[4] A second EP, H.E.R., Vol. 2, was released on June 16, 2017.^[5] It peaked at number 49 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and number 22 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.^[4][6] According to Billboard figures, the compilation spent 181 weeks on the Billboard 200, making it the longest-charting compilation album by a female artist in the history of the chart, surpassing previous record holder Madonna, whose 1990 compilation, The Immaculate Collection, spent 148 weeks on the chart. On the subsequent Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the album spent 66 weeks on the chart. On the Top R&B Albums chart, it spent 208 weeks. On that chart, it was the longest charting female compilation on the chart until it was surpassed by Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston.

The compilation H.E.R., released on October 20, 2017, includes the songs from the two prior EPs along with six new tracks, including the duet "Best Part" from Daniel Caesar's album Freudian (2017).^[7] The six new songs were also released on a third EP, H.E.R., Vol. 2: The B-Sides, on October 20, 2017.^[8] This EP peaked at number 139 on the Billboard 200.^[6]

Awards

It won the Album/Mixtape of the Year at the 2018 Soul Train Music Awards.^[9] The album won Best R&B Album, as well as Best R&B Performance for the song "Best Part" with Daniel Caesar at the 61st Grammy Awards and also received a nomination for Album of the Year.

Commercial performance

H.E.R. peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 and number 14 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[4][6] On January 16, 2020, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.^[10]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Spotify.^[11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Losing"	Gabriella Wilson Darhyl Camper Jr. Hue "SoundzFire" Strother	H.E.R. DJ Camper	3:46
2.	"Avenue"	Wilson Tiara Thomas Tyler Acord	Lophiile	3:34
3.	"Let Me In"	Wilson Andrew Knox Brown	Knox Brown	4:57
4.	"Lights On"	Wilson Daniel Traynor Michael Orabiyi Talay Riley	H.E.R. Scribz Riley GRADES	3:40
5.	"Say It Again"	Wilson Camper Strother	H.E.R. Camper	2:52
6.	"Facts"	Wilson Camper Strother Jermaine Elliott	H.E.R. Camper	3:39
7.	"Focus"	Wilson Camper Justin Love	H.E.R. Camper	3:20
8.	"U"	Wilson Ambré Perkins David "Swagg R'celious" Harris	H.E.R. Swagg R'celious	2:59
9.	"Every Kind of Way"	Wilson Camper Strother	Camper	2:40
10.	"Best Part" (featuring Daniel Caesar)	Wilson Ashton Simmonds Jordan Evans Matthew Burnett Riley Bell	H.E.R. Daniel Caesar	3:29
11.	"Changes"	Wilson Keithen Foster Perkins Harris J. "Grip" Jordan-Jones Gabriel Garzón-Montano	H.E.R. Swagg R'celious	3:34
12.	"Jungle"	Anthony Jefferies Aubrey Graham Carlo Montagnese Garzón-Montano Ilsey Juber Jordan Ullman Majid Al-Maskati Noah Shebib	H.E.R. Swagg R'celious	5:05
13.	"Free"	Wilson Camper Elijah Dias	H.E.R. Camper	3:18
14.	"Rather Be"	Wilson Alja Jackson Harris Keithen Foster	H.E.R. Swagg Rcelious	3:09
15.	"2"	Wilson Ryan Cecil Campbell Uzoechi Emenike	H.E.R. MNEK Ryan Ashley	3:09
16.	"Hopes Up"	Wilson Anthony Bryant Harris Dias	Swagg R'celious Ant B	3:06
17.	"Still Down"	Wilson Camper Strother Lolo Zouai	H.E.R. Camper	2:49
18.	"Wait for It"	Wilson Andre Harris Camper Strother Marsha Ambrosius Natalie Stewart	H.E.R. Camper	2:16
19.	"Pigment"	Wilson Maurice-Brandon Ferguson Robert Glasper Shafiq Husayn	H.E.R. Qreamybeats	2:59
20.	"Gone Away"	Wilson Anesha Birchett Antea Shelton Christopher McClenney Joshua Scruggs	H.E.R. Syk Sense	4:10
21.	"I Won't"	Wilson Camper Jordan-Jones Strother	H.E.R. Camper	3:31

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017–19) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[12] 46 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[13] 58 French Albums (SNEP)^[14] 28 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[15] 30 US Billboard 200^[6] 23 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4] 14 US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)^[16] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position US Billboard 200^[17] 68 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[18] 39 Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200^[19] 82 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[20] 70 Chart (2020) Position US Billboard 200^[21] 145

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[22]	Gold	40,000^‡
United Kingdom (BPI)^[23]	Silver	60,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[24]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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