Within its first week of release, the album sold over 200,000 copies in the United States alone, while it debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart, eventually ascending to #1 on March 5, 2005, becoming Charles' first #1 album since Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music in 1962. The release of Genius Loves Company served as Charles' two-hundred fiftieth of his recording career, as well as his last recorded effort before his death on June 10, 2004. Genius Loves Company proved to be a comeback success for Ray Charles, in terms of sales and critical response, quickly becoming his first top-10 album in forty years and the best-selling record of his career.
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Reception Professional ratings Review scores On February 13, 2005, the album was awarded eight Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. It also became Charles' second to reach number one on the Billboard 200, after Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962). On February 2, 2005, Genius Loves Company was certified triple-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America following sales of over three million copies in the United States. It served as the first original non-compilation release by Hear Music, as well as one of Ray Charles' most commercially successful albums. The album was produced by Concord A&R man, John Burk, who approached Charles with the concept of a duets album for a collaboration of Concord Records and Hear Music, the record label owned by the coffee chain Starbucks. Genius Loves Company was the last album recorded and completed by Charles before his death in June 2004. King, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson and Bonnie Raitt. The album consists of rhythm and blues, soul, country, blues, jazz and pop standards performed by Charles and several guest musicians, such as Natalie Cole, Elton John, James Taylor, Norah Jones, B.B. Recording sessions for the album took place between June 2003 and March 2004. Genius Loves Company is the final studio album by rhythm and blues and soul musician Ray Charles, posthumously released August 31, 2004, on Concord Records. Genius Loves Company was the last album recorded and completed by Charles before his death in June 2004.Problems playing this file? See media help. King, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, and Bonnie Raitt. The album consists of rhythm and blues, soul, country, blues, jazz, and pop standards performed by Charles and several guest musicians, such as Natalie Cole, Elton John, James Taylor, Norah Jones, B.B. 'Genius Loves Company' is the final studio album by rhythm and blues and soul musician Ray Charles, posthumously released August 31, 2004. The album is known as one of Ray Charles' most commercially successful albums.
Genius Loves Company was the last album recorded and completed by Charles before his death in June 2004 and is issued on Vinyl for the first time
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