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First Love (Karina Pasian album)

Field	Value
name	First Love
type	Studio
artist	Karina
cover	karinafirstlove.jpg
released	August 19, 2008
length	40:49
label	Def Jam
next_title	Something Warm to Wear
next_year	2020
misc	{{Singles
name	First Love
type	studio
single1	16 @ War
single1date	April 29, 2008
single2	Can't Find the Words
single2date	June 16, 2008

Gordon Chambers
Cheese
The-Dream
Barry Eastmond
Kuk Harrell
Marshall Leathers
Los da Mystro
Ne-Yo
Oak
Tricky Stewart
Syience
Troy Taylor
Don Vito

First Love is the debut studio album by Dominican-American R&B singer Karina Pasian. It was released by Def Jam on August 19, 2008 in the United States. The album debuted and peaked at number 57 on the US Billboard 200 and produced the singles "16 @ War" and "Can't Find the Words." First Love sold 9,000 copies in its first week. On December 3, 2008, it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album but lost to Mary J. Blige's Growing Pains (2007).

Background

In 2006, after a bidding war between Bad Boy Records, Interscope and Def Jam, Pasian signed with the latter. The singer recorded over 70 songs for the album, including a collaboration with John Legend called "Promise" that didn't make the album.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Andy Kellman found that material on First Love was "age-appropriate, a rare thing from a teenaged major-label artist in 2008 [...] Still, the album is as needed as Keke Palmer's So Uncool and Tiffany Evans – proud and smart, real and relatable, packed with substance." DJBooth.net felt that Pasian's "musical maturity" was stopping First Love "from becoming a great album. It’s as if she spent so much time proving to the world that she’s not just a teenage girl at times forgets how to be a teenage girl [...] It’s no surprise then the best song on the album comes when Karina embraces her age, but does so with in a deeply moving way."

Commercial performance

First Love debuted and peaked at number 57 on the US Billboard 200 in the week of September 6, 2008, with first week sales of 9,000 physical copies. It also reached number 11 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. By December 2008, the album had sold a total of 28,408 copies.

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak
position	US Billboard 200	US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
57
11

References

[https://www.amazon.com/First-Love-Karina/dp/B0018Q7K44 First Love: Karina]. Accessed May 22, 2008.
(2008-05-14). "Karina Pasian Debut Album First Love, In Stores August 19th!". So Hood Magazine.
Ivey, Nile. (2008-05-06). "Karina Pasian: Ready For War". [[Black Entertainment Television.
Conepcion, Mariel. (April 14, 2008). "Breaking & Entering: Karina Pasia". [[Billboard (magazine).
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"DJBooth.net review".
"Billboard 200 (2008-09-06)". [[Billboard (magazine).
"Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (2008-09-06)". [[Billboard (magazine).

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