Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen
| Jewels In the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen | ||||
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| Compilation album by Aretha Franklin | ||||
| Released |
November 12, 2007  July 5, 2008  [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1980–2007 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul, pop | |||
| Length | 63:05 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
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| Rolling Stone |  [3] |
Jewels In The Crown is a duets compilation album by American Soul singer Aretha Franklin. It was released in 2007 by Arista,[4] and comprises a combination of classic duets spanning Franklin's career, and two newly recorded duets with Fantasia and John Legend. It also contains two live duets, one from 1993, the other from 1998. The album concludes with a previously released rendition of "Nessun Dorma", of which Franklin had performed a version at the Grammy Awards of 1998, when she filled in last minute for Luciano Pavarotti.
The first and only single, "Put You Up On Game" featuring Fantasia, was released to radio on October 1, 2007. The single peaked at a disappointing #41 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and never charted on the Pop side. However it was Aretha's biggest R&B hit since "Here We Go Again" reached the top 30 in 1998.
During her career Franklin has also recorded duets with Ray Charles, The Four Tops, and James Brown; however, these songs are not included on the album; neither is a duet she reportedly recorded with Christina Aguilera.[5]
The album peaked at a modest #54 on the Billboard album chart, and at #7 on the R&B Albums chart. As of 2012, the album had reportedly sold close to 65,000 copies in the United States.
