Vivian is the second studio album

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 by American

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 neo soul

Neo soul

The term neo soul was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late 1990s as a marketing category following the commercial breakthroughs of artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell...

 singer Vivian Green

Vivian Green

Vivian Green is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter and pianist.-Early life:Green was born May 22, 1979 in the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and took an interest in singing, playing the piano, and songwriting at a very young age. At the age of thirteen, she...

, released by Columbia

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 on March 31, 2005 in the United States. The album involves production by Scott Storch

Scott Storch

Scott Storch is an American record producer. He produces a variety of music, particularly hip hop, reggaeton, and R&B. His label, Storch Music Company responsible for signing Brooke Hogan and Nox...

 and James Poyser

James Poyser

James Poyser in Sheffield, England is a multi-Grammy winning songwriter, musician and multi-platinum producer.Poyser has written and produced songs for various legendary and award-winning artists including Erykah Badu, Mariah Carey, John Legend, Lauryn Hill, Common, Anthony Hamilton, D'Angelo,...

 with additional production from Anthony Bell, Junius Bervine, and Adam Black Stone, among others. Vivian spawned two singles including the soulful R&B-ballad Gotta Go Gotta Leave (Tired) and the James Poyser

James Poyser

James Poyser in Sheffield, England is a multi-Grammy winning songwriter, musician and multi-platinum producer.Poyser has written and produced songs for various legendary and award-winning artists including Erykah Badu, Mariah Carey, John Legend, Lauryn Hill, Common, Anthony Hamilton, D'Angelo,...

-produced I Like It (But I Don't Need It).

The album debut at number eighteen on Billboard 200

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chart in April 2005 with first-week sales of 46,000 copies.

Chart performance

Vivian debuted at number 18 on Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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album chart and at number 5 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums in April 2005. Vivian remained on Billboard 200

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album chart for 9 consecutive nine weeks.

Singles

• The first single from the album Gotta Go Gotta Leave (Tired) peaked at number 24 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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   chart. The single become Vivian Green's second Top 40 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
  Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
  Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
  
   chart. The first being Emotional Rollercoaster back in 2003.

• The second single from the album I Like It (But I Don't Need It).

Tracklisting

1. "Wish We Could Go Back" (Vivian S. Green; Scott Storch)
2. "Mad" (Vivian S. Green; Scott Storch)
3. "Frustrated" (Vivian S. Green; Anthony Bell; Ronald Frost)
4. "Damn" (Vivian S. Green; Junius Bervine)
5. "Selfish" (Vivian S. Green; Adam Blackstone; Steve McKie)
6. "Under My Skin" (Vivian S. Green; James Poyser)
7. "I Like It (But I Don't Need It)" (Vivian S. Green; James Poyser; Che Vicious)
8. "Sweet Memory (Beautifully Young)" (Vivian S. Green; James Poyser)
9. "Gotta Go Gotta Leave (Tired)" (Vivian S. Green; Junius Bervine)
10. "Perfect Decision" (Vivian S. Green; James Poyser; Zukhan Bey)
11. "All About Us" (Vivian S. Green; Junius Bervine)
12. "Sweet Thing" (Vivian S. Green; Steve McKie; Steven Green)
13. "Outro (Family & Friends)" (Steven Green; Darryl Crawford; Courtney Fleming)
14. "Cursed" (Hidden Track)

    Special Edition

13. "Cursed"
14. "Outro (Family & Friends)"
15. "Fanatic" (Scott Storch Remix)
16. "I Like It (But I Don't Need It)" (Poker Face Remix)

Charts and certifications

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 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...	18
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	5

Credits

• David Barnett Viola
• Anthony Bell Multi Instruments, Producer, Engineer, String Arrangements
• Junius Bervine Multi Instruments, Producer
• Zukhan Bey Programming, Producer
• Adam Blackstone Multi Instruments, Producer
• Jim Bottari Engineer
• Jeff Bradshaw Trombone
• Alice Butts Art Direction, Design
• Angela Carter A&R, Management
• Chauncey Childs Executive Producer, Management
• Carl Cox, Jr. Saxophone
• Kevin "KD" Davis Mixing
• Jenny DLorenzo Cello
• Omar Edwards Keyboards
• Ghislaine Fleishman Violin
• Larry Gold String Arrangements
• Conrad Golding Engineer
• Steve Green Programming
• Kevin Hanson Guitar
• Kam Houff Engineer, Mixing
• Gloria Justin Violin
• Emma Kummrow Violin
• Sandy Leem Viola
• Keith Major Photography
• John McGlinchey Assistant Engineer
• Steve McKie Drums, Multi Instruments, Producer
• Julie Miller Engineer
• Ryan Moys Engineer
• Ben ONeill Guitar
• Kevin Patrick Producer, A&R
• James Poyser Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, String Arrangements
• Tony Prendatt Mixing
• Clayton Sears Guitar, Producer
• Marni Senofonte Wardrobe
• Eric Spearman Make-Up
• Scott Storch Producer
• Igor Szwec Violin
• Chris Theis Mixing
• Stephen Tirpak Trumpet
• Steve Tirpak Trumpet
• Tish Hair Stylist, Hai Soon
• Chuck Treese Guitar
• Che Vicious Programming, Producer, Mixing
• Christopher Weatherbe Keyboards