Turning Point (album)

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Turning Point

Studio album by Mario

Released

December 7, 2004

February 28, 2005

March 7, 2005

Recorded

2004

Genre

R&B
Hip Hop
Pop

Length

49:18

Label

Producer

Scott Storch
Lil Jon
Drama Family Entertainment
The Underdogs
Harold Lilly
All Star
Allen Gordon

Professional reviews

Mario chronology

Mario
(2002)

Turning Point
(2004)

Go!
(2007)

UK edition cover

Dual Disc oover

Singles from Turning Point

"Let Me Love You"
Released: December, 2004
"How Could You"
Released: March, 2005
"Here I Go Again"
Released: May, 2005
"Boom (featuring Juvenile)"
Released: October 3, 2005

Turning Point is a 2004 album by American R&B singer Mario, released for the J Records label. The first single from the album was "Let Me Love You" which hit #1 in the US and #2 in the UK, becoming his biggest hit to date. The second single was a split single. In the US,"How Could You" a song written by Bay Area singer/songwriter J. Valentine was released (reaching #52) but in the UK, Here I Go Again was released (reaching #11). The fourth and final single from the album in the US was "Boom" featuring Juvenile . It Sold Over 161,000 copies in the first week debuting at #13 the album was later certified Platinum in the U.S.The album include guests such as Cassidy, Juvenile, Baby Cham and for the official Let Me Love You (remix) Jadakiss and T.I . In the UK, the album has a Parental Advisory sticker.^[1]. The album had so much success that was made a dual disc edition.

1 Track listing
2 UK edition bonus tracks
3 Dual disc bonus tracks
4 Leftover Tracks
5 Charts
6 Footnotes

[edit] Track listing

"18" (feat. Cassidy) Composed by Drama Family Ent. & Mario
"Let Me Love You" Composed by Scott Storch, Shafer Smith & Kameroun Houff
"Couldn't Say No" Composed by Scott Storch, Mario, Ron "Neff-U" Feemster & Sean Garrett
"Boom" (feat.Juvenile), Composed by Lil Jon, Lamarquis Jefferson , Johnta Austin, Craig Love & Terius Grey
"How Could You" Composed by The Underdogs, Antony Dixon, Eric Dawkins & J. Valentine
"Girl I Need" (feat.Baby Cham) Composed by Harold Lilly, Robert Christianson, Marley Simms, Derryck Thornton & Robert Garrett
"Call the Cops" Composed by Scott Storch, Mario & Robert Waller
"Here I Go Again"Composed by Drama Family Ent., Ron "Neff-U" Feemster & Jason Argsheben
"Nikes Fresh Out the Box"Composed by Harold Lilly, The Isley Brothers, Bryan Sledge, Ronald Isley & Alloy Hume
"Directions" Composed by Melvin Coleman & Harold Lilly
"Like Me Real Hard" Composed by Frank Romano, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, James "Jayshawn" Smith
"Shakedown" Composed by Dwayne Huff, Allen Gordon & Xavier Cordova
"Let Me Love You" (Remix) (feat. Jadakiss & T.I.) Composed by Scott Storch, Clifford Harris, Jason Phillips, Shaffer Smith & Kameron Houff

[edit] UK edition bonus tracks

[edit] Dual disc bonus tracks

"Entire Album in Enhanced Stereo"
"Let Me Love You" & "How Could You" (Music Videos)
"Seasions @ AOL Special Live Perfonmances: Let Me Love You & How Could You
"Photo Gallery"

[edit] Leftover Tracks

"Body Language" - 3:30* Written by Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano
"That Girl" - 2:38*
"She's It" (featuring Fear) - 4:24*
"My Name Is Mario (Call Me) (remix)" (featuring Face Money) - 4:11*
"For the Radio"
"My Name Is Mario (featuring Romeo & Lil Sean

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia Top 100 Album	17
Austria Top 75 Album	33
France Top 150 Album	42
Germany Top 100 Album	13
Italy Top 50 Album	26
New Zealand Top 50 Album	22
Switzerland Top 100 Album	10
UK Top 75 Album	8
U.S. Billboard 200	13
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	2
United World Chart Top 40 Album	23