Shakaya is the first studio album

Studio album

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 by Australian girl duo Shakaya

Shakaya

Shakaya were a two-piece girl group from Australia, that consisted of Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, two Cairns, North Queensland based songwriters and performers. The two met at the Atsic Music College in 1999 while studying an Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander music course and they had...

, released in Australia

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 on 18 October 2002 (see 2002 in music

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) by Columbia

Columbia Records

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. The album has a mix genre of pop

Pop music

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 and R&B

Rhythm and blues

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 songs — written by the duo themselves and their manager/producer Reno Nicastro.

The album debuted at number five on the Australian ARIA Charts

ARIA Charts

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 and stayed in the top fifty for two weeks and in the chart for six weeks. It also made an appearance in the Australasian Album Chart, peaking at number two (just missing the number one spot by Barricades & Brickwalls

Barricades & Brickwalls

- Charts :...

 by Kasey Chambers

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).

Shakaya produced one top ten and two top twenty hits on the Australian ARIA

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 Singles chart: "Stop Calling Me

Stop Calling Me

"Stop Calling Me" is a pop, r&b song written by Reno Nicastro, Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, produced by Nicastro for Shakaya's first album Shakaya . The song is about relationships, about "boyfriends who keep calling after the relationship is over". It was released as the album's first single...

", "Sublime" and Cinderella.

Track listing

1. "Cinderella" (Vincent Degiorgio, Rebecca Hortlund, George Samuelson, Mikael Lundh, Quint Starkie) - 3:35
2. "Sublime" (Reno Nicastro, Simone Stacey, Naomi Wenitong) - 3:19
3. "Everything" (Nicastro, Stacey, Wenitong) - 3:28
4. "Tell Me" (Nicastro, Stacey, Wenitong) - 3:55
5. "Give Me Your Name" (Nicastro, Stacey, Wenitong) - 3:52
6. "Stop Calling Me
   Stop Calling Me
   "Stop Calling Me" is a pop, r&b song written by Reno Nicastro, Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, produced by Nicastro for Shakaya's first album Shakaya . The song is about relationships, about "boyfriends who keep calling after the relationship is over". It was released as the album's first single...
   
   " (Nicastro, Stacey, Wenitong) - 3:38
7. "Mr DJ" (Nicastro, Stacey, Wenitong) - 3:38
8. "Tell the Truth" (Nicastro, Stacey, Wenitong) - 3:54
9. "Never Tried" (Nicastro, Stacey, Wenitong) - 4:00
10. "Take Another Shot" (Nicastro, Stacey, Wenitong) - 3:45
11. "He's Lookin' Fine" (Nicastro, Stacey, Wenitong) - 3:39

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	5