Dawn is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Dawn Robinson

Dawn Robinson

Dawn Robinson is an American R&B/soul/Dance-pop singer best known for her work as a member of hit Urban/Dance-pop group, En Vogue....

, it was released on January 29, 2002 by Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 and "LeftSide Entertainment". The album was released 6 years after her departure from En Vogue

En Vogue

En Vogue is an American female R&B vocal group from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.The group has won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history, a total of seven, along with four Soul Train Awards, six American Music...

 and roughly a year after leaving Lucy Pearl

Lucy Pearl

Lucy Pearl was an R&B supergroup formed in 1999, as the brainchild of former Tony! Toni! Toné! member Raphael Saadiq and D'Angelo. However, D'Angelo backed out of the group due to scheduling conflicts. The other members of Lucy Pearl were Dawn Robinson and Ali Shaheed Muhammad...

. "Dawn" includes the single "Envious

Envious (Dawn Robinson single)

"Envious" was the debut single from American singer–songwriter Dawn Robinson's debut album, Dawn . It was released in late 2001. The single is a Hip Hop/R&B song...

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Background

The album was written and recorded after Dawn decided to quit Lucy Pearl

Lucy Pearl

Lucy Pearl was an R&B supergroup formed in 1999, as the brainchild of former Tony! Toni! Toné! member Raphael Saadiq and D'Angelo. However, D'Angelo backed out of the group due to scheduling conflicts. The other members of Lucy Pearl were Dawn Robinson and Ali Shaheed Muhammad...

. Robinson wrote/co-wrote 7 songs for the album. "Dawn" was released in early 2002. It was the third album released by a member of En Vogue

En Vogue

En Vogue is an American female R&B vocal group from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.The group has won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history, a total of seven, along with four Soul Train Awards, six American Music...

 after Terry Ellis

Terry Ellis

Terry Lynn Ellis is an African-American R&B singer best known for her work with the quartet En Vogue.-Biography:...

's and Rhona Bennett

Rhona Bennett

Rhona Bennett is an American singer, actress and model, best known for her recurring role as Nicole on The Jamie Foxx Show. She joined American R&B super-group En Vogue in 2003 until August 2008, after which she embarked on solo singing career...

's debut albums.

Track listing

1. "Set It Off" (Allen Gordon, Aleese Simmons, Nate Butler) - 4:43
2. "Still" (Christopher Warrior, Dawn Robinson) – 4:03
3. "Party, Party" (Carvin Higgins, Ivan Barias, Dawn Robinson) – 3:55
4. "Get Up Again" (Carvin Haggins, Ivan Barias, Dawn Robinson, Frankie Ramano) – 4:59
5. "Envious
   Envious (Dawn Robinson single)
   "Envious" was the debut single from American singer–songwriter Dawn Robinson's debut album, Dawn . It was released in late 2001. The single is a Hip Hop/R&B song...
   
   " (Kowan "Q" Paul, Milton Davis, Dawn Robinson, Amber Jade Young) - 3:52
6. "Meaning Of A Woman" (Kenni Ski, Dawn Robinson, Sean "Cookie" Cook) – 3:44
7. "I Don't Know Why" (Travon Potts) – 4:05
8. "Fed Up" (Paul D. Allen, J.Moss) – 3:23
9. "Our Child" (Kenni Ski, Dawn Robinson, Sean "Cookie" Cook) – 4:30
10. "How Long" (Kenni Ski, Dawn Robinson, Sean "Cookie" Cook) – 2:48
11. "Read It In My Eyes" (Travon Potts, Richard Rudolph) – 4:56
12. "You Will Never" (Travon Potts) – 3:20

Singles

• Envious
  Envious (Dawn Robinson single)
  "Envious" was the debut single from American singer–songwriter Dawn Robinson's debut album, Dawn . It was released in late 2001. The single is a Hip Hop/R&B song...
  
   was released as the lead single from the album. The song received light - moderate airplay and therefore failed to make hardly any impact on the charts. It is a Hip Hop
  Hip hop
  Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
  
  /R&B song.

Chart positions

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	120
UK	-
New Zealand	50