{{other uses|Permanent (disambiguation)}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Permanently | type = studio | artist = Mark Wills | cover = markalbum3.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2000|01|11}} | recorded = 1999 | venue = | studio = * The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee) * Sound Emporium Studios, The Sound Station and Wedgewood Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) | genre = Country | length = 47:35 | label = Mercury Nashville | producer = Carson Chamberlain | prev_title = Wish You Were Here | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Loving Every Minute | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{Singles | name = Permanently | type = studio | single1 = Back at One | single1date = October 29, 1999<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio & Records October 29, 1999. |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1990s/1999/RR-1999-10-29.pdf}}</ref> | single2 = Almost Doesn't Count | single2date = March 2000 | single3 = (Everything There Is to Know About You) | single3date = August 2000 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000050616|first= Maria Konicki |last=Dinoia |access-date=January 9, 2023}}</ref> }}
'''''Permanently''''' is the third studio album by American country music singer Mark Wills. Released in 2000 on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced three singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart: "Back at One", "Almost Doesn't Count", and (Everything There Is to Know About You", which peaked at Nos. 2, 19, and 33, respectively. "Back at One" was originally recorded by Brian McKnight, and "Almost Doesn't Count" by Brandy.
The album itself peaked at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart and No. 23 on The Billboard 200, making for Wills's highest peaks on these two charts. In addition, ''Permanently'' received RIAA gold certification for U.S. shipments of 500,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite certification|region=United States|type=album|artist=Mark Wills|title=Permanently|access-date=July 24, 2023}}</ref>
==Track listing==
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| title1 = This Can't Be Love | writer1 = Mark Nesler, Tony Martin | length1 = 3:40
| title2 = Rich Man | writer2 = D. Vincent Williams, Rory Feek | length2 = 3:22
| title3 = The Perfect Conversation | writer3 = Billy Kirsch | length3 = 3:55
| title4 = Still Waiting | writer4 = Harley Allen | length4 = 3:31
| title5 = Because I Love You | writer5 = Skip Ewing, Chuck Cannon | length5 = 3:57
| title6 = Right Here | writer6 = Billy Simon, Carson Chamberlain, Randy Boudreaux | length6 = 3:36
| title7 = Time Machine | writer7 = Tim Mensy, Monty Criswell, T. Martin | length7 = 3:49
| title8 = Permanently | writer8 = Steve Bogard, Josh Kear | length8 = 3:11
| title9 = Almost Doesn't Count | writer9 = Shelly Peiken, Guy Roche | length9 = 3:40
| title10 = Forget About Love | writer10 = Gary Harrison, Jeff Silver, Chip Martin | length10 = 3:23
| title11 = In My Arms | writer11 = Mark Wills, Michael White, Criswell | length11 = 4:09
| title12 = Everything There Is to Know About You | writer12 = Lewis Anderson, Bob Regan | length12 = 3:16
| title13 = Back at One | writer13 = Brian McKnight | length13 = 4:06 }}
== Personnel == * Mark Wills – lead vocals * Gary Prim – keyboards * Brent Mason – electric guitars * John D. Willis – acoustic guitars * Paul Franklin – steel guitar * Glenn Worf – bass * Eddie Bayers – drums * Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin * Liana Manis – backing vocals * John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
=== Production === * Carson Chamberlain – producer * John Kelton – recording, mixing * Brady Barnett – recording assistant, additional recording, mix assistant * Mark Nevers – additional recording * Jan Stoupe – additional recording assistant, mix assistant * Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) * Claudia Mize – A&R administrative director * Sonda Perkins – production coordinator * Eric Dout – production assistant * Gina R. Binkley – art direction * Jim Kemp – art direction * Alter Ego Design – design * Matthew Barnes – cover photography * Erin Zoufal – hair * Brenda Melendez – make-up * Jennifer Kemp – stylist * Star Ray Management – management
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Chart (2000) ! Peak<br />position |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' 200{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} | align="center"| 23 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} | align="center"| 3 |- | Canadian ''RPM'' Country Albums{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} | align="center"| 8 |}
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Category:2000 albums Category:Mark Wills albums Category:Albums produced by Carson Chamberlain Category:Mercury Nashville albums