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2nd Chance (Karen Clark Sheard album)

Field	Value
name	2nd Chance
type	Album
artist	Karen Clark Sheard
cover	2ndchance.jpg
released	July 30, 2002
length	59:40
label	Elektra
prev_title	Finally Karen
prev_year	1997
next_title	The Heavens Are Telling
next_year	2003

Urban contemporary gospel
contemporary R&B
Tim & Bob
Karen Clark Sheard
Missy Elliott
Donald Lawrence
Walter Millsap III
PAJAM
Richard Smallwood
Mike City
Timbaland
Walter Millsap III

2nd Chance * is the second studio album by American gospel musician Karen Clark Sheard. It was released on July 30, 2002 on Elektra Records. The release was much anticipated for several reasons; Sheard was only the second gospel artist signed to Elektra Records, and this was her debut for the label. It was also her first release since the success of her Grammy-nominated debut Finally Karen, and a long bout with illness had delayed any releases from her since. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Gospel Charts, #3 on the Billboard Contemporary Christian Charts, #27 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Charts, and #82 on the Billboard 200.

In 2001, Clark-Sheard was faced with a life-threatening crisis when a blood vessel burst during a scheduled hernia surgery. Her doctors only gave her a 2% chance of survival due to her complications. After the blood clot was surgically removed, Clark-Sheard fell into a coma. The coma lasted three and a half weeks, but Clark-Sheard says she made a miraculous recovery. Despite citing hernia surgery, fans continue to speculate Clark-Sheard underwent a gastric bypass operation which led to complications of hernia and brain aneurysm since after the ordeal Sheard returned in 2001 having lost a significant amount of weight. This was later confirmed in the 2020 Clark Sisters biopic.

Though the release performed well on the charts and Clark-Sheard's vocals were in excellent form, the slick contemporary R&B production was not openly embraced by Sheard's core audience of traditional gospel music listeners. The 2003 follow-up release The Heavens Are Telling returned to the formula of her hugely successful, well-received, and Grammy-nominated debut Finally Karen by offering half of the album as a collection of live tracks, and half as a collection of upbeat studio productions.

Track listing

Notes

denotes co-producer

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak
position

References

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[http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2002/2ndchance.html Christianity Today Review]
"Charts & Awards for Karen Clark Sheard". Allmusic.
Taylor, LaTonya. (February 20, 2006). "Back From The Dead". Christianity Today.
[http://www.gospelcity.com/dynamic/artist-articles/interviews/54 Gospel City Interview] {{webarchive. link. (2005-03-07)
[http://www.christianmusicplanet.com/magazine/viewarticle.asp?id=525 Christian Music Planet]

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