Sonia (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sonia

| type = studio

| artist = Sonia

| cover = Sonia - IQ Records.jpg

| alt =

| released = 7 October 1991

| recorded = 1991

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 39:40

| label = IQ Records

| producer = Nigel Wright

| prev_title = Everybody Knows

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Better the Devil You Know

| next_year = 1993

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Sonia

| type = studio

| single1 = Only Fools (Never Fall in Love)

| single1date = 20 May 1991

| single2 = Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

| single2date = 19 August 1991

| single3 = You to Me Are Everything

| single3date = 4 November 1991

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r128604|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Sonia is the second album by British pop star Sonia, released in October 1991 on IQ Records,Sonia – "Only Fools (Never Fall In Love)", catalogue number: 114 505/"Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy", catalogue number: 114 744/You To Me Are Everything, catalogue number:

114 937 after parting company with Chrysalis Records{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000yhc0|title = BBC One - Top of the Pops, 13/06/1991}} and Stock Aitken Waterman. Sonia's second album was produced by Nigel Wright and for the first time Sonia co-wrote some of the songs. The album features the singles "Only Fools (Never Fall in Love)", "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" and "You to Me Are Everything",[http://www.soniaontheweb.com/singles.html Soniaontheweb.com | Sonia single discography] all of which were hits in the UK Singles Chart, while the album itself reached No.33.{{cite web|title=Sonia - Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25495/sonia/|website=Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=22 January 2016}} The single Walk Away Lover was number 14 at Cash Box Pop Singles Looking Ahead. The album was repackaged and released as a debut album in the US in 1992, while the album was further repackaged and released in Japan, though both versions met with little success.[http://www.soniaontheweb.com/albums.html Soniaontheweb.com | Sonia US and Japanese editions] Following this, Sonia was moved to BMG Eurodisc's Arista Records imprint and agreed to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993.