Forever Your Girl

Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 62 weeks from its release to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting #1. The album became multi-platinum in the spring and summer of 1989 and was eventually certified 7 times Platinum in the US (19.5 million worldwide). It also included four #1 Hot 100 singles - "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract." This ties for second most #1 songs from a single album. "The Way That You Love Me" reached #3 and "Knocked Out" reached #41.

The album also reached #10 on the R&B album chart, while "Straight Up," "Opposites Attract," "Knocked Out," and "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" all reached the top 10 of the R&B tracks chart.

After a slow start, the album's third single "Straight Up" helped the album breakout in spring/summer 1989 after its initial summer 1988 release. Forever Your Girl hit number one for the first time on October 7, 1989. After the release of the single "Opposites Attract", it shot to number one spot again in February 3, 1990 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. At one point, Forever Your Girl sold reportedly 191,000 copies in a single day.

Track listing

1. "(It's Just) the Way That You Love Me" (Leiber) – 5:22 (#3 US)
2. "Knocked Out" (Babyface, Reid, Simmons) – 3:52 (#41 US)
3. "Opposites Attract" (Leiber) – 4:24 (with The Wild Pair) (#1 US)
4. "State of Attraction" (Ballard, Garrett) – 4:07
5. "I Need You" (Johnson, Mara) – 5:01
6. "Forever Your Girl" (Leiber) – 4:58 (#1 US)
7. "Straight Up" (Wolff) – 4:11 (#1 US)
8. "Next To You" (Stubbs, Williams, Williams) – 4:26
9. "Cold Hearted" (Wolff) – 3:51 (#1 US)
10. "One or the Other" (Abdul, Pain, Williams) – 4:10

External links

• Paula Abdul Billboard peaks

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