Just Charlie
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{{Infobox album
| name = Just Charlie
| type = Studio
| artist = Charlie Wilson
| cover = Just Charlie.jpg
| alt =
| released = December 3, 2010
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 38:50
| label = Jive
| producer =
- Emile Ghantous
- Wirlie Morris
- Erik Nelson
- Gregg Pagani
- Charlie Wilson
| prev_title = Uncle Charlie
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Love, Charlie
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Just Charlie
| type = studio
| single1 = You Are
| single1date = October 12, 2010
| single2 = Life of the Party
| single2date = April 15, 2011
| single3 = I Want to Be Your Man
| single3date = June 17, 2011
}}
}}
Just Charlie is the fifth studio album by American singer Charlie Wilson. It was released by Jive Records on December 3, 2010 in the United States. The album debuted and peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 2 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, selling 57,286 copies in its first week. Fantasia is the only featured guest on Just Charlie, who appears on a remake of the Roger Troutman song, "I Want to Be Your Man".
The album also includes the hit single, "You Are", which earned Wilson a career high debut on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart and topped the Billboard Urban Adult Contemporary Chart. "You Are" remained at number one for 13 weeks on the Billboard UAC Chart, climbing to number 16 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number 7 on the Heatseeker Songs chart, number 19 on the Christian Songs chart, and number 64 on Radio Songs chart.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2067050|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
AllMusic editor David Jeffries felt that Just Charlie "sticks with the high-quality "grown folks" R&B material that put his previous two albums in the Top Ten of Billboard 200 album chart. Besides whittling the number of special guests down from three to one, casual fans will have problems telling this one from his previous release, but these ten smooth cuts go down easy and give no sign the formula has stopped working [...] Maybe the album naming scheme – Charlie, Last Name Wilson, Uncle Charlie, Just Charlie – could be reconsidered, but otherwise, this is Wilson the way you want him."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Just Charlie track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 38:50
| title1 = My Girl Is a Dime
| writer1 = {{hlist|Carl M. Days Jr.|Charlie Wilson|Dennis Bettis|Mahin Wilson|Wirlie Morris}}
| extra1 = Morris
| length1 = 3:48
| title2 = You Are
| writer2 = {{hlist|Days|C. Wilson|Bettis|M. Wilson|Morris}}
| extra2 = Morris
| length2 = 4:10
| title3 = I Wanna Be Your Man
| note3 = featuring Fantasia
| writer3 = {{hlist|Larry Troutman|Roger Troutman}}
| extra3 = Gregg Pagani
| length3 = 3:27
| title4 = Never Got Enough
| writer4 = {{hlist|C. Wilson|Emile Ghantous|Erik Nelson|Frankie Bautista|M. Wilson|Samuel Salter}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|C. Wilson|Ghantous|Nelson}}
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = Once and Forever
| writer5 = {{hlist|C. Wilson|Pagani|Lance Tolbert|M. Wilson|Robbie Nevil}}
| extra5 = Pagani
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = Life of the Party
| writer6 = {{hlist|C. Wilson|Edwin "Lil Eddie" Serrano|Pagani|Tolbert|M. Wilson|William "Casper" Serrano|Deanna Della Ciopp}}
| extra6 = Pagani
| length6 = 3:18
| title7 = I Can't Let Go
| writer7 = {{hlist|C. Wilson|M. Wilson|Traci Hale|Morris}}
| extra7 = Morris
| length7 = 3:49
| title8 = Crying for You
| writer8 = {{hlist|Almarcus T. Dean|Days|C. Wilson|Bettis|M. Wilson|Morris}}
| extra8 = Morris
| length8 = 3:57
| title9 = Where Would I Be
| writer9 = {{hlist|Dean|Days|C. Wilson|Bettis|M. Wilson|Morris}}
| extra9 = Morris
| length9 = 3:59
| title10 = Lotto
| writer10 = {{hlist|C. Wilson|M. Wilson|Morris}}
| extra10 = Morris
| length10 = 3:46
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = iTunes pre-order bonus track
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title11 = Throw It All Away
| writer11 = C. Wilson
| extra11 = C. Wilson
| length11 = 3:47
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+Weekly chart performance for Just Charlie |
| scope="col"| Chart (2010)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|19|artist=Charlie Wilson|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 28, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|6|artist=Charlie Wilson|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 28, 2017}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+Year-end chart performance for Just Charlie |
| scope="col"| Chart (2011)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|accessdate=September 20, 2021}}
| 158 |
| scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2011|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 12, 2020}}
| 34 |
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Release history
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|+Release history and formats for Just Charlie |
| Region
! Date ! Format(s) ! Label ! Ref |
|---|
| scope="row"|United States
|December 3, 2010 |{{hlist|CD|digital download}} |Jive |{{Cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/just-charlie/id402794554 |title=Archived copy |website=iTunes |access-date=2013-06-26 |archive-date=2015-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304075827/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/just-charlie/id402794554 |url-status=dead }} |
References
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External links
- {{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002073627}}
{{Charlie Wilson}}
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