Kinanda

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{{Infobox album

| name = Kinanda

| type = studio

| artist = Stella Mwangi

| cover = Kinanda.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 10, 2011

| recorded = 2010–11

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length =

| label = EMI Records / Big City Music

| producer =

| prev_title = Living for Music

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Kinanda

| type = studio

| single1 = Smile

| single1date = 2010

| single2 = Haba Haba

| single2date = February 28, 2011

| single3 = Lookie Lookie

| single3date = May 27, 2011

| single4 = Take My Time

| single4date = June 24, 2011

| single5 = Hula Hoop

| single5date = November 11, 2011

}}

}}

Kinanda is the second studio album by Norwegian-Kenyan singer Stella Mwangi, released on June 10, 2011, in Norway. It peaked to number 15 on the Norwegian Albums Chart.

Singles

  • "Smile" was released as the first single in 2010.
  • "Haba Haba" was released as the second single on February 28, 2011. Stella Mwangi performed the song in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 representing Norway in the contest and in the Semi-final held in Düsseldorf, Germany scored 30 points and finished 17th, Failing to qualify for the final. It reached number 1 on the Norwegian Singles Chart.
  • "Lookie Lookie" was released as the third single on May 27, 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121112200237/https://itunes.apple.com/no/album/lookie-lookie-single/id440519894 Lookie Lookie – Single by Stella Mwangi iTunes]
  • "Take My Time" was released as the fourth single on June 24, 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121112200244/https://itunes.apple.com/no/album/take-my-time-single/id445243341 Take My Time – Single by Stella Mwangi iTunes]
  • "Hula Hoop" was released as the fifth single on November 11, 2011.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| title1 = Haba Haba

| length1 = 2:59

| title2 = Take My Time

| length2 = 3:38

| title3 = Hula Hoop

| note3 = featuring Mohombi

| length3 = 3:31

| title4 = Dance in the Rain

| length4 = 3:26

| title5 = Hello

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = Lookie Lookie

| length6 = 3:42

| title7 = Copy My Swang

| length7 = 2:43

| title8 = Next Flight

| note8 = featuring Munchie

| length8 = 3:25

| title9 = Smile

| length9 = 3:35

| title10 = Hakuna Matata

| length10 = 3:26

| title11 = Throw Me a Ladder

| note11 = featuring J Rice

| length11 = 3:38

| title12 = Purse

| length12 = 3:57

}}

Chart performance

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!Chart (2011)

!Peak
position

Norwegian Albums Chart{{Cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stella+Mwangi&titel=Kinanda&cat=a|title=Stella Mwangi – Kinanda|publisher=norwegiancharts.com/}}

|align="center"|15

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Format

! scope="col" | Label

scope="row" | Norway

| June 10, 2011[https://web.archive.org/web/20121112200255/https://itunes.apple.com/no/album/kinanda/id439471900 Kinanda by Stella Mwangi iTunes]

| CD, Digital download

| EMI Records

References

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