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词条 More Than a Woman (album)
释义

  1. Background

  2. Composition

     Songs 

  3. Promotion

     Singles 

  4. Critical reception

  5. Commercial performance

  6. Track listing

  7. Personnel

  8. Charts

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  9. Certifications

  10. Release history

  11. Notes

  12. References

{{Infobox album
| name = More Than a Woman
| type = studio
| artist = Toni Braxton
| cover = Toni Braxton - More Than a Woman.png
| border = yes
| released = {{Start date|2002|11|18}}
| recorded = 2001–2002
| studio = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|Various}}|
  • Denim's Den (Los Angeles, California){{efn|Tracks 1–3, 5, 6 and 10}}
  • Patchwerk (Atlanta, Georgia){{efn|Track 2}}
  • Sound on Sound (New York City, New York){{efn|Track 3}}
  • The Record Plant (Hollywood, California){{efn|Tracks 4, 7 and 12}}
  • Circle House (Miami, Florida){{efn|Track 4}}
  • Westlake (West Hollywood, California){{efn|Strings on track 6}}
  • Track Record (North Hollywood, California){{efn|name=Tracks 7 and 12|Tracks 7 and 12}}
  • Baseway (Los Angeles, California){{efn|name=Tracks 7 and 12}}
  • Silent Sound (Atlanta, Georgia){{efn|Tracks 8 and 11}}
  • Darkchild (Pleasantville, New Jersey){{efn|name=Track 8|Track 8}}
  • The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, Florida){{efn|name=Track 8}}
  • Capitol (Hollywood, California){{efn|Strings on track 8}}
  • The Enterprise (Burbank, California){{efn|Track 9}}
  • Brandon's Way (Hollywood, California){{efn|Track 11}}
  • The Hit Factory (New York City, New York){{efn|Track 12}}

}}
| genre =
  • R&B
  • pop
  • hip hop

| length = {{duration|m=50|s=08}}
| label = Arista
| producer =
  • Babyface
  • Gerrard C. Baker
  • Big Bert
  • Toni Braxton ({{abbr|exec.|executive producer}})
  • Irv Gotti
  • Rodney Jerkins
  • Keri Lewis (also {{abbr|exec.|executive producer}})
  • Mannie Fresh
  • Andrea Martin
  • Ivan Matias
  • The Neptunes
  • No I.D.
  • Mark Pitts
  • L.A. Reid ({{abbr|exec.|executive producer}})
  • Chink Santana

| prev_title = Snowflakes
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Ultimate Toni Braxton
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{Singles
| name = More Than a Woman
| type = studio
| single1 = Hit the Freeway
| single1date = October 15, 2002
}}
}}

More Than a Woman is the fifth studio album by American singer Toni Braxton. It was released on November 18, 2002, by Arista Records. The album contained both hip hop and urban adult contemporary sounds, as well as some softer and more contemporary melodies. Throughout the project, Braxton worked with her sister Tamar and husband Keri Lewis on most of the songs, who had written and produced material for her previous album. She also worked with hip hop producers and rappers such as Irv Gotti, The Neptunes, Mannie Fresh and Loon, as well as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, protégé Big Bert and his domestic partner, singer Brandy.

With More Than a Woman, Braxton continued the transition that began with previous album, The Heat (2000), which pushed her further into the progressive R&B and hip hop market and away from the adult contemporary and pop-soul background of her previous work with Babyface and L.A. Reid. During the production of her first two albums with Arista's subsidiary LaFace Records, Braxton had little control over the creative and artistic steps she took on her albums; however, after signing a new recording contract following a three-year-long dispute with LaFace, she was able to reflect her creative maturity and evolution in the album's writing and recording.[1]

Upon release, the album was generally well received by critics, who felt it was similar to The Heat but lacked its commercial crossover appeal. More Than a Woman debuted at number thirteen on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 98,000 copies, becoming Braxton's lowest-charting album by then. While lead single "Hit the Freeway" became a top ten hit in Belgium and Denmark, the single and its parent album failed to impact elsewhere, resulting into lackluster sales in general. Disappointed by its performance, which Braxton attributed to the little promotion activities that the Arista management had arranged for her due to her second pregnancy, she parted with her record label due to the album's commercial failure in April 2003.

Background

In 1992, Braxton signed a solo recording contract with LaFace Records, a joint venture between the producing duo Antonio "L.A." Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds from former recording group The Deele, and distributor Arista Records.[1] Her subsequently released first two albums Toni Braxon (1993) and Secrets (1996) became critical and commercial hits and sold a combined 21 million copies, earning $170 million in worldwide sales.[1] By late 1996, Braxton was still waiting for fair financial rewards.[2] Her recording contract with LaFace was substantially below those of other multi-platinum artists and bound her to refund all kinds of expenses the label had financed in advance, including management fees, taxes, and video budgets,[3] earning Braxton a $1,972 royalty check only.[3] In December 1997, after learning that she accumulated more than $1 million in debts, Braxton became embroiled in a legal dispute with LaFace,[4] when she filed a lawsuit asking to be freed from her long-term contractual obligations to the label in the midst of a contract renegotiation.[5] After then being counter-sued by the label for breach of contract, the singer eventually filed for bankruptcy protection in 1998, a move that stalled all legal proceedings between the two parties.[6]

In January 1999, Braxton mended her relationship with Reid and Babyface, when the lawsuit against LaFace was eventually settled after Braxton was awarded higher royalties, a pay raise, and publishing rights to all songs that she had co-written.[4] Soon after, she resumed recording for The Heat, her first album in four years.[4] In an attempt to move her away from Edmonds's formulaic ballad-driven and adult contemporary-oriented material on her previous albums to establish her relevance with a new generation of music consumers, Braxton took bigger control over the artistic steps on The Heat: She consulted a variety of writers and producers to work with her, including Rodney Jerkins, Bryan-Michael Cox, and Jazze Pha, and co-wrote seven of the 12 songs on the album.[7] Preceded by its uptempo lead single "He Wasn't Man Enough", LaFace released The Heat in April 2000, propelling Braxton back to the top of music charts.[8] At a worldwide sales total in excess of four million copies however, the album was less successful than its predecessors.[1]

Composition

Braxton began work on her fifth studio album in early 2002.[9] More Than a Woman is a diverse blend of danceable club numbers, trademark Braxton ballads and experimental tracks which borrow from the genres of rock and jazz.[16] The album was described as a "variety of sonic colors". Her then-husband Keri Lewis, former Mint Condition keyboardist, co-wrote and had a hand in producing four tracks, while her younger sister Tamar Braxton co-wrote six songs and provides backing vocals on all tracks.[17]

Songs

The album's first half alternates between edgy hip hop-flavored fare, the club-ready and more experimental R&B.[19] The album opens with the "feisty" "Let Me Show You the Way (Out)". It was described as "a new woman's anthem for 2003" by BBC Music.[16] Over a hammering hip-hop bassline, angry incessant piano chords and Braxton's calm but commanding vocals lies a telling tale of infidelity, which sets the theme for the majority of the album.[16] The second track "Give It Back" is another hip-hop song, which features rapper Big Tymers and it is a "club-ready track".[19] CD Universe described it as a "moody, mid-tempo track, which boasts a bit of hip-hop flavor.[10] The third track "A Better Man" is a "futuristic R&B ballad".[19] The fourth track and the only single of the album "Hit the Freeway" features Loon and it's an edgy hip-hop flavored track.[19] It was described as "a quintessential Neptunes track - melodic synthesiser, staged handclaps and funky drum patterns - later transpires into an impressive slice of pop R&B." According to BBC Music, the chorus: "Farewell my lonely one, nothing else here can be done, I don't ever wanna see you again" is eagerly contagious.[16]

The fifth track "Lies, Lies, Lies" was written by Keri Lewis and it's "a dramatic, "he-done-me-wrong" ballad with mostly live instrumentation (including rock-charged guitar) and a background vocal arrangement featuring the Braxton sisters.[17] Toni's vocals also provide a mix, as her gravelly tones are pit against an electric guitar.[16] People magazine considered the track "an instant Toni classic, right up there with 'Breathe Again,' 'Let It Flow' and 'Un-Break My Heart.'[17] The sixth track, the romantic slow jam "Rock Me, Roll Me", was described as "a splendid ode to female desire spotted with plucky violins, subtle reverb and Braxton's distinctive harmonies. The second half of the album slips back into more measured R&B.[19] The seventh track "Selfish" is a "slow ballad" about Braxton's jealousy. The eighth track "Do You Remember When" is the only song produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and it harks back to the smooth R&B of Braxton's self-titled debut.[19] The ninth track "Me & My Boyfriend" boasts some Spanish guitar amid its slinky grooves. It features a sample from Tupac Shakur's 1996 cut "Me and My Girlfriend".[17] The tenth track "Tell Me" is a sexy song about performing fantasies for one's love.[33] The eleventh track "And I Love You" is "a requite ballad courtesy of longtime collaborator and mentor Babyface".[19] The twelfth and final track "Always" is a tenderly honed R&B ballad with rich, multi-layered vocals, which add balance to the edgier, street-orientated tracks.[16]

Promotion

Braxton first titled the album Amplified, but changed it to More Than a Woman in post-production to avoid confusion with hip hop artist Q-Tip's solo debut Amplified (1999).[11] The title was ultimately inspired by the Bee Gees song of the same name (1977), which had been prominently played on Braxton's wedding dance with Keri Lewis in April 2001.[12] Scheduled for an October 29 release before being bushed to November 19, 2002,[11] Arista Records originally planned to back the album by a huge promotional plan,[13] including appearances on late-night talk show The Tonight Show, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Wayne Brady Show, Late Night with David Letterman, an NBC Today Show outdoor concert, and the lighting of the Christmas tree at New York City's Rockefeller Center.[14] However, in September 2002, while gearing up for the release of the album, Braxton discovered she was pregnant with her second child and she was subsequently forced to cancel many scheduled performances due to complications.[15]

Executives at the label were reportedly frustrated with the timing of her second pregnancy since the complicated pregnancy confined her to bed rest and thus prevented her from doing the extensive promotion for More Than A Woman.[1] Braxton, being under the impression that Arista Records treated her pregnancy "like a disease",[16] asked to delay the album until 2003, but the label refused.[15] As a result, the promotional campaign in support of the album was often reduced to interviews.[15] In addition to a $675,000 television blitz, Braxton also took part in numerous online promotions with AOL, BET, VH1, Launch.com, MSN, and Oxygen.[46] Arista also intended to work on furthering Braxton's reach with lifestyle marketing in locals as disparate as urban beauty salons and gay clubs.[17] Because of her pregnancy, international publicity for More Than a Woman primarily consisted of a two-day event in Los Angeles in late October 2002.[17]

Singles

In support of the album, Arista originally planned to release "No More Love", a sample-heavy track produced by and featuring former Murder Inc. Records head Irv Gotti, as the first single from More Than a Woman.[18] However, after Gotti had leaked to a New York City radio station, Braxton and Arista decided to scrap its release and the song was subsequently excluded from the final track listing.[19] Instead, the Neptunes-produced "Hit the Freeway", a collaboration with Bad Boy rapper Loon, was selected as the album's lead single. It peaked at number 86 on Billboard Hot 100, number 32 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and number two on the Hot Dance Club Play.[20]

"Me & My Boyfriend" was set to be a single at some point, but rapper Jay-Z and singer Beyoncé released the single "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" around the same time, which also sampled its beat from rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 song "Me and My Girlfriend", and Braxton refrained from releasing her version as a single, accusing Jay-Z of stealing her idea.[21] Arista settled on ballad "A Better Man" instead. Sent to radio in fall 2002, the single was left unsupported by the label however, although promotional CDs were made available for radio.[22][23] Additionally, to service radio shows, a double A-side vinyl for "Give It Back" and "Let Me Show You the Way (Out)" was released.[24]

Critical reception

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|rev2 = BBC Music
|rev2Score = positive[26]
|rev3 = Billboard
|rev3score = average[27]
|rev4 = Blender
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}[59]
|rev5 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev5score = B[28]
|rev6 = People
|rev6Score = Positive[29]
|rev7 = Robert Christgau
|rev7score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}[30]
|rev8 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[31]
|rev9 = Slant Magazine
|rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[32]
|rev10 = Yahoo! Music UK
|rev10score = {{Rating|7|10}}[33]
}}

At Metacritic, which assigns a rated mean out of 100 from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 77, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on eight reviews.[34] Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave to the album four stars out of five. He felt that More Than a Woman is "so consistent, so much a continuation of its predecessor, The Heat, that it may be hard to pinpoint distinctive characteristics."[25] He complained that "it lacks a single as undeniable as "He Wasn't Man Enough" [though] much of the album is in a similar sexy spirit."[25] He concluded the review, stating that " it was easily one of the most satisfying listens of its kind released that year, and another fine record by Toni Braxton."[25] Blender wrote a positive review, saying that "while her wailing contemporaries go off the rails with exaggeration, Braxton merely tightens her groove and rides these mellow, meaty melodies."[34] Chuck Arnold wrote for People that "her sultry, husky alto shines as she bends and jazzily twists notes with that special Toni touch."[29] Arnold realized that "Although the rest of the album doesn't quite match that quality, it's still easily More than your average R&B-pop fare."[29] Launch.com was positive towards the theme of the songs, writing that "all this anger's not just therapeutic – it also makes her transition to hard hip-hop diva seem sensible, instead of just a marketing move, by grounding it in something real."[34]

Keysha Davis from BBC Music thought that More Than a Woman would "sell bucket-loads."[26] She praised Braxton for serving "both middle-of-the-road listeners with her high-powered ballads, as well the comrades of the streets with her attitude-ridden take on modern day living."[26] While discussing the album's hip hop songs, Chris Willman from Entertainment Weekly wrote that "she has sudden hip-hop pretensions, it's low-key hip-hop, the electronic throbs provides a surprisingly suitable bed for her controlled boudoir cooing."[28] While comparing the album between her previous release The Heat, he called it "hotter than her predominantly adult contemporary previous album" and concluded writing that the album "proves to be the singer's most consistent effort" since her self-titled 1993 debut album.[32]

Commercial performance

More Than a Woman debuted and peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard 200, selling 98,000 copies in its first week.[35] It marked Braxton's lowest opening sales for a non-Christmas-themed studio album up to then and was a considerable decline from her previous effort The Heat, which had opened to sales of 199,000 units in 2000.[35] On Billboard{{'}}s component charts, it reached number five on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming Braxton's first solo album to miss the top spot.[35] In total, More Than a Woman sold 438,000 copies and was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for the shipment of over 500,000 copies in the United States.[36] Elsewhere, More Than a Woman was unable to match the commercial success of Braxton's first three studio albums. While it failed to enter most international music markets, the album reached the top 40 of the German Albums Chart and debuted at number 23 on the Swiss Albums Chart.

Braxton considered More Than a Woman a commercial "flop-flop."[84] Disappointed by its underperformance and the little promotion activities Arista Records had arranged after releasing the first single "Hit the Freeway", Braxton requested her manager Barry Hankerson to obtain a release for her from any future recording obligations to the label.[37] On March 14, 2003, Braxton issued a press statement saying she was leaving Arista for Hankerson's Universal-distributed Blackground Records, on which she released her sixth studio album Libra in 2005.[38] An ABC News article, published in 2012, revealed Braxton's discontent with the success of the project when asked about the commercial failure of her albums from the mid to late 2000s: "Those albums – that's like that one-night stand that you don't want to talk about", she said. "You don't want anyone to know about those records that didn't do well. I had a few of those. Definitely a few."[39]

Track listing

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Let Me Show You the Way (Out)
| writer1 = {{hlist|Toni Braxton|Keri Lewis|Tamar Braxton|Ernest D. Wilson|Curtis Mayfield}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|No I.D.|Keri{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length1 = 4:19
| title2 = Give It Back
| note2 = featuring Big Tymers
| writer2 = {{hlist|Toni Braxton|Tamar Braxton|Bryan Williams|Byron Thomas}}
| extra2 = Mannie Fresh
| length2 = 3:38
| title3 = A Better Man
| writer3 = {{hlist|Ivan Matias|Andrea Martin|Gerrard C. Baker}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Matias|Martin|G. Baker|Keri{{ref|b|[b]}}|Mark Pitts{{ref|c|[c]}}}}
| length3 = 4:00
| title4 = Hit the Freeway
| note4 = featuring Loon
| writer4 = {{hlist|Pharrell Williams|Chauncey Hawkins}}
| extra4 = The Neptunes
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Lies, Lies, Lies
| writer5 = {{hlist|Lewis|Stokley}}
| extra5 = Keri
| length5 = 5:10
| title6 = Rock Me, Roll Me
| writer6 = {{hlist|Toni Braxton|Lewis|Tamar Braxton}}
| extra6 = Keri
| length6 = 4:57
| title7 = Selfish
| writer7 = {{hlist|Toni Braxton|Robert Smith|Kenisha Pratt|Brandy Smith|Tamar Braxton|Blake English}}
| extra7 = Robert "Big Bert" Smith
| length7 = 3:47
| title8 = Do You Remember When
| writer8 = {{hlist|Toni Braxton|Rodney Jerkins|Fred Jerkins III|LaShawn Daniels}}
| extra8 = Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
| length8 = 4:03
| title9 = Me & My Boyfriend
| writer9 = {{hlist|Toni Braxton|Tamar Braxton|Andre Parker|Irving Lorenzo|Tupac Shakur|Tyrone Wrice|Ricky Rouse|Darryl Harper}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Chink Santana|Irv Gotti}}
| length9 = 3:44
| title10 = Tell Me
| writer10 = {{hlist|Toni Braxton|Lewis|Anthony Bias|Anita Baker|Louis Johnson}}
| extra10 = Keri
| length10 = 4:10
| title11 = And I Love You
| writer11 = {{hlist|Babyface|Daryl Simmons}}
| extra11 = Babyface
| length11 = 4:02
| title12 = Always
| writer12 = {{hlist|Toni Braxton|R. Smith|Tamar Braxton|Pratt|B. Smith|English}}
| extra12 = R. Smith
| length12 = 4:29
}}Notes
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  • {{sup|{{note|b|b}}}} signifies a vocal producer
  • {{sup|{{note|c|c}}}} signifies an additional producer
Sample credits
  • "Let Me Show You the Way (Out)" contains excerpts from "Love's Happening", written by Curtis Mayfield.
  • "Me & My Boyfriend" contains excerpts from "Me and My Girlfriend", written by Tupac Shakur, Tyrone Wrice, Ricky Rouse, and Darryl Harper.
  • "Tell Me" contains interpolations from the composition "Sweet Love", written by Anthony Bias, Anita Baker, and Louis Johnson.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of More Than a Woman.[40]

{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Musicians
  • Toni Braxton – vocals, background vocals {{small|(all tracks)}}
  • No I.D. – all instruments, programming {{small|(track 1)}}
  • Keri – arrangement {{small|(tracks 1, 5, 10)}}; drum programming, keyboards {{small|(tracks 5, 6, 10)}}; Rhodes, guitar {{small|(track 5)}}
  • Tamar Braxton – background vocals {{small|(all tracks)}}
  • Terrence "Bearwolf" Williams – keyboards {{small|(track 2)}}
  • Baby – rap vocals {{small|(track 2)}}
  • Mannie Fresh – rap vocals {{small|(track 2)}}
  • Andrea Martin – arrangement, background vocals {{small|(track 3)}}
  • Ivan Matias – arrangement {{small|(track 3)}}
  • Gerrard C. Baker – all instruments, programming {{small|(track 3)}}
  • Pharrell Williams – instruments, instrument arrangements, additional vocals {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Chad Hugo – instruments, instrument arrangements, additional vocals {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Loon – rap vocals {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Chris "Daddy" Dave – drums {{small|(track 5)}}
  • Keith Lewis – guitar {{small|(track 5)}}
  • O'Dell – guitar {{small|(track 5)}}
  • Stokley – acoustic guitar, solo guitar, background vocals {{small|(track 5)}}
  • Ricky Kinchen – bass {{small|(track 5)}}
  • Blake English – guitar {{small|(tracks 7, 12)}}
  • Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins – all music {{small|(track 8)}}
  • Tomi Martin – guitar {{small|(track 8)}}
  • Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements {{small|(track 8)}}
  • Ricky Rouse – guitar {{small|(track 9)}}
  • Babyface – drum programming, keyboards, bass {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Clare Fischer – orchestra arrangements, orchestra conducting {{small|(track 12)}}
  • Robert "Big Bert" Smith – keyboards {{small|(track 12)}}
  • Brent Fischer – orchestra arrangements, orchestra conducting {{small|(track 6)}}; orchestra project coordinator, orchestra management
  • Assa Drori – violin
  • Amy Hershberger – violin
  • Joe Ketendjian – violin
  • Armen Garabedian – violin
  • Pat Aiken – violin
  • Sally Berman – violin
  • Brian Benning – violin
  • Irma Neumann – violin
  • Agnes Gottschewski – violin
  • Phillip Levy – violin
  • Rebecca Bunnell – violin
  • Johana Krejci – violin
  • Henry Gronnier – violin
  • Dennis Molchan – violin
  • Miwako Watanabe – violin
  • Julie Rogers – violin
  • Kazi Pitelka – viola
  • Jorge Moraga – viola
  • Carole Kleister-Castillo – viola
  • Thomas Diener – viola
  • Renita Koven – viola
  • Lynn Grants – viola
  • Cecilia Tasn – cello
  • Maurice Grants – cello
  • Dan Smith – cello
  • Earl Madison – cello
  • Oscar Hidalgo – contrabass
  • Drew Dembowski – contrabass
{{col-2}}Technical
  • No I.D. – production {{small|(track 1)}}
  • Keri – co-production, Pro Tools editing {{small|(track 1)}}; recording {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 10)}}; vocal production {{small|(track 3)}}; production {{small|(tracks 5, 6, 10)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 5, 6)}}; executive production
  • Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing {{small|(tracks 1, 6, 10)}}
  • Dion Peters – mixing assistance {{small|(track 1)}}
  • Mannie Fresh – production {{small|(track 2)}}
  • Mark "DJ Exit" Goodchild – recording {{small|(track 2)}}
  • Leslie Brathwaite – mixing {{small|(track 2)}}
  • Ivan Matias – production {{small|(track 3)}}
  • Andrea Martin – production {{small|(track 3)}}
  • Gerrard C. Baker – production {{small|(track 3)}}
  • Mark Pitts – additional production {{small|(track 3)}}
  • Victor Mancusi – recording, mixing {{small|(track 3)}}
  • Rene Antelmann – mixing assistance {{small|(track 3)}}
  • Kirk Lightburn – song coordination {{small|(track 3)}}
  • The Neptunes – production {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Andrew "Drew" Coleman – recording {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Frannie Graham – recording assistance {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Cedric Anderson – recording assistance {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Phil Tan – mixing {{small|(track 4)}}
  • John Horesco IV – mixing assistance {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Steve Hodge – mixing {{small|(track 5)}}
  • Larry Mah – string recording {{small|(track 6)}}
  • Stephen Glicken – mixing assistance {{small|(tracks 6, 12)}}
  • Robert "Big Bert" Smith – production {{small|(tracks 7, 12)}}
  • Blake English – recording, mixing {{small|(tracks 7, 12)}}
  • Paul Foley – recording {{small|(tracks 7, 12)}}
  • Yen-Hue Tan – recording assistance {{small|(tracks 7, 12)}}
  • Spencer Swanson – recording assistance {{small|(tracks 7, 12)}}
  • Mike Houge – recording assistance {{small|(tracks 7, 12)}}
  • Brett Liebermann – mixing assistance {{small|(track 7)}}
  • Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins – production, mixing {{small|(track 8)}}
  • Fabian Marasciullo – recording {{small|(track 8)}}
  • Dexter Simmons – mixing {{small|(track 8)}}
  • John Kurlander – string recording {{small|(track 8)}}
  • Chink Santana – production {{small|(track 9)}}
  • Irv Gotti – production {{small|(track 9)}}
  • Brian Springer – recording, mixing {{small|(track 9)}}
  • Babyface – production {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Paul Boutin – recording {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Edward Quesada – recording assistance {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Craig Taylor – recording assistance {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Tim Roberts – mixing assistance {{small|(track 11)}}
  • John Hanes – additional Pro Tools engineering {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Ivy Skoff – production coordination {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Jean-Marie Horvat – recording {{small|(track 12)}}
  • Brent Fischer – orchestra management, orchestra project coordination
  • Assa Drori – orchestra management
  • Toni Braxton – executive production
  • Antonio "L.A." Reid – executive production
  • Herb Powers Jr. – mastering
  • Allen D. Hong – project coordination
  • Evelyn Beauman – project assistance
Artwork
  • Richard Thomas Jennings – art direction
  • Tony Duran – cover and matching interior photo
  • Daniela Federici – inside photo
{{col-end}}

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2002)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[41] 66
European Albums (Music & Media)[42] 88
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[43] 114
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Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
US Billboard 200[44] 194
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[45] 60
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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Toni Braxton|title=More Than a Woman|award=Gold|type=album|date=December 13, 2002|accessdate=October 20, 2014}}{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

Release history

RegionDateLabel{{abbr|Ref.|Reference
Germany November 18, 2002 Sony[46]
United States November 19, 2002 Arista[47]
Japan November 27, 2002 Sony[48]

Notes

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References

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