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"Jennifer Lopez-Brave"

Brave is the 6th studio album by American pop singer Jennifer Lopez, released on Epic Records on October 6, 2007 in Australia, October 9, 2007 in North America, and October 15, 2007 in Europe. It debuted at number twelve on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 53,000 copies sold in its first week. Brave became Jennifer Lopez's least commercially successful album to date selling 600,000 copies worldwide.

In a MTV News interview while on the[music video set for "Me Haces Falta", Lopez promised fans "danceable music" on this album. This album returned Lopez to pop, R&B, and hip hop sound since her previous English-language studio album, Rebirth. Jennifer Lopez stated the album is "dance, funk, R&B, hip-hop, all that stuff, all mixed up together to make some great pop music". JLO described Brave as "a little Jamiroquai, a little Sade. It's real feel-good music". Lopez recurited producers such as J. R. Rotem, Bloodshy & Avant, Midi Mafia, and Ryan Tedder. On March 27, 2007, on Total Request Live, Lopez stated there are no featured appearances and chose between four uptempo songs for the first single. The first single chosen was "Do It Well". Lopez played a track in Las Vegas in late April and stated she was going on her first tour with a mix of English and Spanish music.

Plans for the re-release of "Brave" have most likely been canceled. However, the song reached #1 on the South Korean chart, and held its place inside the top five for more than twenty-three weeks since its debut. The song also reached number seven on the Russian Airplay Chart and number fourteen in Ukraine. Due to digital sales, "Mile in These Shoes" charted in Finland at number sixteen on the singles chart and number fourteen on the download chart.

Singles

• The lead single, "Do It Well", was considered somewhat successful; it reached the top ten in Italy and the top twenty in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Norway.

• "Hold It Don't Drop It" was released as the second single in certain European territories only.

• The third single was set to be the title track "Brave", and it was even posted on Michael Haussman's official website that filming of the music video for the single had completed. However, neither the single nor the video ever surfaced.

Track listing

1. "Stay Together" (Jonathan Rotem, Chasity Nwagbara, Evan "Kidd" Bogart) – 3:31
2. "Forever" (Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Patrick "j.Que" Smith, Chauncey Hollis) – 3:38
3. "Hold It Don't Drop It" (Kevin Risto, Waynne Nugent, Jennifer Lopez, Allen Phillip Lees, Tawana Dabney, Janet Sewell, Cynthia Lissette, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 3:55
   • Contains a sample of Tavares' "It Only Takes a Minute" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter)
4. "Do It Well" (Ryan Tedder, Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson) – 3:05
   • Contains a sample of Eddie Kendricks' "Keep on Truckin'" (Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson)
5. "Gotta Be There" (Adam Gibbs, Michael Chesser, Crystal Johnson, Travis Cherry, Leon Ware, Arthur Ross) – 3:57
   • Contains a sample of Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (Leon Ware, Arthur Ross)
6. "Never Gonna Give Up" (Michelle Lynn Bell, Peter Wade Keusch, Lopez) – 4:21
7. "Mile in These Shoes" (Chasity Nwagbara, Onique Williams) – 3:16
8. "The Way It Is" (Bell, Keusch, Lopez, Rhonda Robinson, Gennaro Leone, Bruce Rudd) – 3:07
   • Contains a sample of Great Pride's "She's a Lady" (Gennaro Leone, Bruce Rudd)
9. "Be Mine" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, John Hill, Caleb Shreve, Lopez, Bobby Hebb) – 3:20
   • Contains a sample of Paul Mauriat's "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb)
10. "I Need Love" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, Hill, Shreve, Lopez, Bill Withers) – 3:52
    • Contains a sample of Bill Withers' "Use Me" (Bill Withers)
11. "Wrong When You're Gone" (Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson, Keri Hilson) – 3:58
12. "Brave" (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson) – 4:21

European, Australian, Brazilian and Japanese edition

13. "Do It Well" (Remix featuring Ludacris) – 3:34

Deluxe edition bonus DVD

1. "Get Right" (featuring Fabolous) (Video) – 3:52
2. "Hold You Down" (featuring Fat Joe) (Video) – 4:32
3. "Qué Hiciste" (Video) – 4:17
4. "Me Haces Falta" (Video) – 3:33

iTunes bonus trakcs

• "Do It Well" (Monto Blanco Radio Mix) (iTunes bonus track in some countries) – 3:03
• "Do It Well" (Ashanti Boyz Remix) (iTunes bonus track in some countries) – 3:42
• "Frozen Moments" (Bell, Keusch) (Canadian iTunes bonus track) – 3:45

Target edition

Includes exclusive fan package with T-shirt.

Circuit City edition

Includes exclusive free calendar.