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Mucho amor
Much Love es el álbum debut de la cantante británica Shola Ama. Fue lanzado por Freakstreet y WEA el 1 de septiembre de 1997 en el Reino Unido. Ama trabajó con el grupo de compositores D'Influence en la mayor parte del álbum, con Shaun LaBelle, Livio Harris y Paul Waller proporcionando producción adicional. Much Love fue precedido por dos singles de los diez mejores éxitos: una portada de "You Might Need Somebody", originalmente hecho famoso por Randy Crawford, y el seguimiento de "You're the One I Love".
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1997 studio album by Shola Ama
Much Love Released 1 September 1997 Recorded 1995–1997 Genre R&B [ 1] Length 51 :56 Labels
Producers
Much Love is the debut album by British singer Shola Ama . It was released by Freakstreet and WEA on 1 September 1997 in the United Kingdom. Ama worked with songwriting collective D'Influence on the majority of the album, with Shaun LaBelle, Livio Harris, and Paul Waller providing additional production. Much Love was preceded by two top ten hit singles: a cover of "You Might Need Somebody ", originally made famous by Randy Crawford , and follow-up "You're the One I Love ".[ 4] "Who's Loving My Baby" and "Much Love" were also released as singles, both reaching the UK top twenty.[ 4]
The album reached the top ten of the UK Albums Chart , peaking at number six, and entered the top twenty in Germany and the top thirty in France, and the Netherlands. In the United Kingdom, it was eventually certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), indicating sales in excess of 100,000 copies. Following the success of the album, Ama won a Brit Award for Best British Female and two MOBO Awards for Best Newcomer and Best R&B Act.[ 5]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "You're the One I Love " Stevie Bensusen Shaun LaBelle LaBelle 4:12 2. "Much Love" LaBelle 3:56 3. "You Might Need Somebody " D'Influence 4:50 4. "Who's Loving My Baby" Livio Harris Melvin Britt II Jorge Corante Harris 4:38 5. "Celebrate" D'Influence 4:30 6. "I Love Your Ways" Ama Baden-Powell Kwaten Marston Webb D'Influence 4:19 7. "We Got a Vibe" LaBelle 4:04 8. "Summer Love" Ama Baden-Powell Kwaten Marston Webb D'Influence 4:44 9. "(I Don't Know) Interlude" Ama Baden-Powell Kwaten Marston Webb D'Influence 1:47 10. "I Can Show You" Waller 4:26 11. "All Mine" Ama Baden-Powell Kwaten Marston Webb D'Influence 4:46 12. "One Love" Ama Baden-Powell Kwaten Marston Webb D'Influence 5:27
Sample credits
"I Love Your Ways" contains a replayed element of "Give Me the Sunshine" by Leo's Sunshipp.
Adapted from AllMusic .[ 6]
San Acharya – A&R
Shola Ama – primary artist, vocals, background vocals
Ed Baden-Powell – bass, drum programming, guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, keyboards, string arrangements
Toby Baker – bass, keyboards
David Barry – guitar
Carlton Batts – mastering
Joe Belmaati – keyboards, programming
Melvin Britt – background vocals
Sue Ann Carwell – vocal arrangement, background vocals
Rob Chiarelli – mixing
Jorge Corante – drum programming, keyboards, piano
Cutfather – producer, remixing
D'Influence – arranger, mixing, producer
Michael "Mickey D" Davis – A&R, executive producer
Terry Dexter – background vocals
Marcella Ffrench – background vocals
Mark Franks – engineer
Guido Zen – engineer
Livio Harris – arranger, producer, background vocals
Stephen Hussey – strings
Anthony Jeffries – engineer
Kwame Kwaten – bass, executive producer, keyboards, moog bass
Shaun LaBelle – arranger, bass, drum programming, producer, synthesizer
Ed Lover – engineer
Steve Marston – horn
Patrick McMahon – engineer
Yan Memmi – engineer, mixing
Rod Michaels – engineer
Randee Saint Nicholas – photography
Dik Shopteau – engineer
Paul Waller – arranger, drum programming, keyboards, mixing, producer
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↑ "1997: Mary J. Blige, Eternal, Simply Red and The Prodigy – MOBO Awards" . mobo.com . Retrieved 11 January 2017 .
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↑ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF) . Music & Media . Vol. 14, no. 38. 20 September 1997. p. 13. Retrieved 11 August 2025 – via World Radio History.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Shola Ama – Much Love ". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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↑ "Album & Compilation - Classifica settimanale 49/1997" (in Italian). FIMI . Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2025 .
↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 13/9/1997 – Top 100 ". Official Charts Company .
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Shola Ama – Much Love ". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
↑ "Official R&B Albums Chart on 13/9/1997 – Top 40 ". Official Charts Company .
↑ "End of Year Album Chart – 1997" . Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2025 .
↑ "French album certifications – Shola Ama – Much Love" (in French). SNEP . Retrieved 11 August 2025 .
↑ Dezzani, Mark (28 November 1998). "Mtv Italy Seen Making Strides In Its 1st Year" . Billboard. p. 40. Retrieved 8 November 2023 .
↑ "British album certifications – Shola Ama – Much Love" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 25 October 2018 . Select albums in the Formats field. Type Much Love Shola Ama in the "Search:" field.