Finally (Velvet album)
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Finally is the debut studio album
by Swedish singer Velvet
first released on March 20, 2006 on Bonnier Amigo. Finally peaked at #46 in the Swedish charts and dropped off the chart after just one week.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Swedish singer Velvet
Velvet (singer)
Jenny Marielle Pettersson , professionally known as Velvet is a Swedish dance-pop singer. She has released two albums since her 2005 debut in the music industry and her first eight singles have all achieved a top twenty peak on the Swedish Singles Chart.-Early life:Velvet moved from Helsingborg to...
first released on March 20, 2006 on Bonnier Amigo. Finally peaked at #46 in the Swedish charts and dropped off the chart after just one week.
Singles
- Velvet's debut single "Rock Down To (Electric Avenue)" peaked at #6 in the Swedish charts and achieved the #1 spot on Sweden's dance chart. The song stayed in the charts for 11 weeks.
- "Don't Stop Movin'" peaked at #8 in Sweden and due to the popularity of the two singles Velvet conducted her first tour.
- "Mi Amore" was Velvet's third single and was also her first entry in MelodifestivalenMelodifestivalenMelodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
(2006Melodifestivalen 2006Melodifestivalen 2006 was the selection for the 46th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 45th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Leksand, Karlstad, Karlskrona, Gothenburg...
). The song failed to win but it charted in Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland & Russia. The song was also later announced as 'Song of the Year 2006' in Bulgaria. The song peaked at #5 in Sweden.
- "Fix Me" peaked at #7 in Sweden but became known internationally - the song found itself in rotation in UK clubs. Due to its popularity her album Finally was re-released to include the track. The song was remixed and released to the UK on August 11, 2008.
Original release
- "City of Angels" - 3:27
- "Rock Down To (Electric Avenue)" - 3:34
- "Mi Amore" - 2:42
- "Doin' It" - 3:40
- "Strangers" - 4:01
- "Hey" - 3:40
- "The Snake" (ft. Rigo) - 3:18
- "DJ Take Me" - 3:30
- "In and Out of Love" - 3:13
- "Don't Stop Movin'" - 3:15
- "Don't Stop Movin' (StonebridgeStonebridge-Places:*Stonebridge, Essex, a hamlet in Essex, United Kingdom*Stonebridge, London, an area in northwest London, United Kingdom*Stonebridge, Norfolk, a village in Norfolk, United Kingdom...
remix)" - 8:08
2007 re-release
- "City of Angels" - 3:27
- "Rock Down To (Electric Avenue)" - 3:34
- "Mi Amore" - 2:42
- "Doin' It" - 3:40
- "Strangers" - 4:01
- "Hey" - 3:40
- "The Snake" (ft. Rigo) - 3:18
- "DJ Take Me" - 3:30
- "In and Out of Love" - 3:13
- "Don't Stop Movin'" - 3:15
- "Don't Stop Movin' (Stonebridge remix)" - 8:08
- "Fix Me" - 3:06
- "Fix Me (ft. DMXDMX (rapper)Earl Simmons , better known by his stage name DMX, is a multiplatinum American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's...
(DJ Cizo Remix))" - 4:22
DVD
- Rock Down To (Electric Avenue) music video
- Don't Stop Moving music video
- Mi Amore music video
- Fix Me music video
- Photo gallery
Release history
| Country | Date |
|---|---|
| Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
20 March 2006 |
| Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... |
27 August 2007 |
Chart positions
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Swedish Charts | 46 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
FI Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
POL Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
RUS Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
US Hot Dance Airplay Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it... |
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| 2005 | "Rock Down To (Electric Avenue)" | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2006 | "Don’t Stop Moving" | 8 | — | — | 46 | — |
| "Mi Amore" | 5 | — | — | 6 | — |