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Epiphany (T-Pain album)

Epiphany is the second studio album by American singer T-Pain, It was released on June 5, 2007, by his record label Nappy Boy Entertainment, under the distribution of Akon's label Konvict Muzik, Jive Records, and Zomba Label Group. The album marks a first for T-Pain, who launched his own record label Nappy Boy Entertainment. Critics gave the album mixed reviews. Epiphany debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and spawned three singles: "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')", "Bartender" and "Church".

Epiphany

June 5, 2007

2006–2007

56:09

T-Pain

Singles[edit]

The album's lead single, "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" was released on February 20, 2007. The song features guest vocals from a fellow southern hip hop rapper Yung Joc. T-Pain provides the production on this track. The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it his highest-charting single as a lead artist.


The album's second single, "Bartender" was released on June 5, 2007. The song features guest vocals from musician and his then label-mate Akon, with T-Pain, who also produced this track. The song peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Commercial performance[edit]

Epiphany debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 171,126 copies in its first week.[8] In its second week, the album dropped to number five on the chart, selling an additional 82,000 copies.[9] In its third week, the album dropped to number ten on the chart, selling 56,000 more copies that week.[10] As of September 2008, the album has sold 819,000 copies in the United States.[11]

"Tallahassee Love" contains a portion of the composition "" written by Woodrow Cunningham, Norman Durham, Mikel Hooks, Ronald G. Hudson, Larry Troutman, and Roger Troutman.

California Love

"I Got It" contains a sample from "", written by Faheem Najm, as performed by T-Pain.

I'm Sprung

"69" contains a portion of the composition "85", written by , James Hollis, Sean P. Joseph, Antwan Patton, Kawan Prather, and Maurice L. Sinclair.

Jeffery Grigsby

All tracks produced by T-Pain.[12]


Sample credits[12]

List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2007

List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2007

T-Pain in-depth interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2008