Day by Day (Yolanda Adams album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Day By Day | type = studio | artist = [[Yolanda Adams]] | cover = Day By Day (Yolanda Adams album - cover art).jpg | alt = | released = August 30, 2005 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 54:14 | label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] | producer = *[[The Avila Brothers]] *[[Gordon Chambers]] *[[Mike City]] *[[Shep Crawford]] *Barry Eastmond *[[Kirk Franklin]] *Phil Galdston *[[Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis]] *[[Rickey Minor]] *[[Troy Taylor (record producer)|Troy Taylor]] *Gregory Curtis | prev_title = [[Believe (Yolanda Adams album)|Believe]] | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = [[What a Wonderful Time]] | next_year = 2007 | misc = {{Singles | name = Day By Day | type = studio | single1 = [[Be Blessed]] | single1date = 2005 | single2 = Victory | single2date = 2005 | single3 = Someone Watching Over You | single3date = 2005 | single4 = This Too Shall Pass [https://www.discogs.com/release/7571750-Yolanda-Adams-This-Too-Shall-Pass] | single4date = 2005 }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r735009|pure_url=yes|}}|title=Yolanda Adams - Day by Day Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic|first=Andree|last=Farias|accessdate=January 18, 2024}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Cross Rhythms (magazine)|Cross Rhythms]]'' | rev2Score = {{rating|8|10|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=square}}<ref name="Cross Rhythms">{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Poulton |title=Yolanda Adams - Day By Day |url=https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Yolanda_Adams/Day_By_Day/14155/ |publisher=[[Cross Rhythms]] |accessdate=February 24, 2024 |date=April 10, 2006 }}</ref> |rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' |rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=yolanda+adams&pg=PA1947|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|page=1992|author=[[Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|date=27 May 2011|edition=5|isbn=978-0857125958|accessdate=January 18, 2024|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> }} '''''Day By Day''''' is the ninth studio album by American singer [[Yolanda Adams]]. It was released by [[Atlantic Records]] on August 30, 2005 in the United States. The album was nominated for a [[Dove Award|Dove Award for Urban of the Year]] at the [[37th GMA Dove Awards]].<ref>[http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707074958/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm |date=2011-07-07 }} on About.com; Jones, Kim</ref> It also earned two [[Grammy Award]] nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance|Best Gospel Performance]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song|Best Gospel Song]], with "Be Blessed" winning the former category at the [[48th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/yolanda-adams/105 | title=Yolanda Adams {{!}} ARTIST {{!}} GRAMMY.com | work=[[Grammy Awards]] | accessdate=January 14, 2024 }}</ref>

==Commercial reception== ''Day by Day'' is Adams' highest-charting album, debuting at number 23 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number 4 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]], with first week sales of 29,316;<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/00s/05/RR-2005-09-09-IDX-29.pdf | title=HITS TOP 50 ALBUMS: THE INDUSTRY'S NO, I RETAIL CHART September 9, 2005 | magazine=[[Radio & Records]] | page=27 | via=worldradiohistory.com | date=September 9, 2005 | accessdate=January 14, 2024 }}</ref> besting her previous peaks of number 24 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with ''[[Mountain High...Valley Low]]'' (1999).<ref name="BB200"/><ref name="BBR&B"/> Furthermore, ''Day by Day'' is her fourth consecutive number-one album on the US [[Top Gospel Albums]] chart, where it spent 3 weeks at number-one.<ref name="BBGospel"/> In its second week, the album sold 23,820 units, a 19% dip from its first week.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-09-16.pdf#page=28 | title=HITS TOP 50 ALBUMS: THE INDUSTRY'S NO, I RETAIL CHART September 16, 2005 | magazine=[[Radio & Records]] | page=26 | via=worldradiohistory.com | date=September 16, 2005 | accessdate=January 14, 2024 }}</ref> It went on to spend a total of 22 weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 56 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it ranked at number 86 on the 2006 year-end chart.<ref name="BBR&B YE"/> On Top Gospel Albums, the album accumulated a total of 100 weeks<ref name="BBGospel"/> and ranked at number 5 on the 2006 year-end chart.<ref name="BBGospel YE"/>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Victory | writer1 = Gregory Curtis | extra1 = Curtis | length1 = 4:43 | title2 = Tonight | note2 = featuring [[Kirk Franklin]] | writer2 = Kirk Franklin | extra2 = Franklin | length2 = 4:58 | title3 = Someone Watching Over You | writer3 = {{hlist|[[Barry Eastmond]]|[[Gordon Chambers]]|Phil Galdston}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Eastmond|Chambers|Galdston}} | length3 = 4:58 | title4 = Alwaysness | writer4 = {{hlist|[[The Avila Brothers]]|[[Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis]]|Adams}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Jam and Lewis|The Avila Brothers Brothers}} | length4 = 5:07 | title5 = Day By Day | writer5 = Curtis | extra5 = Curtis | length5 = 3:56 | title6 = Lift Him Up | note6 = featuring [[Donnie McClurkin]] & [[Mary Mary]] | writer6 = {{hlist|Harris III|[[Big Jim Wright]]|Lewis|Adams}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Jam and Lewis|Wright}} | length6 = 4:59 | title7 = It's Gon Be Nice | writer7 = {{hlist|[[Shep Crawford]]|Adams}} | extra7 = Crawford | length7 = 2:59 | title8 = [[Be Blessed]] | writer8 = {{hlist|Harris III|Wright|Lewis|Adams}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Jam and Lewis|Wright}} | length8 = 5:47 | title9 = Better Than Gold | writer9 = {{hlist|Chambers|Galdston|[[Troy Taylor (record producer)|Troy Taylor]]}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Chambers|Galdston|Taylor}} | length9 = 3:38 | title10 = Show Me | writer10 = Franklin | extra10 = Franklin | length10 = 4:12 | title11 = I'm Grateful | writer11 = [[Mike City]] | extra11 = Flowers | length11 = 3:38 | title12 = This Too Shall Pass | writer12 = {{hlist|Connie Ray Harrington|Ty Kelly Lacy}} | extra12 = [[Rickey Minor]] | length12 = 5:00 }}

==Charts==

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col"|Chart (2005) ! scope="col"|Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|23|artist=Yolanda Adams|refname=BB200|accessdate=July 13, 2020|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardGospel|1|artist=Yolanda Adams|refname=BBGospel|accessdate=July 13, 2020|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|4|artist=Yolanda Adams|refname=BBR&B|accessdate=July 13, 2020|rowheader=true}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"|Chart (2005) ! scope="col"|Position |- ! scope="row"|US Top Gospel Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Billboard The Year in Music & Touring 2005: Top Gospel Albums|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2005/BB-2005-12-24.pdf#page=116|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 24, 2005|accessdate=January 18, 2024|via=World Radio History}}</ref> |align="center"|7 |- ! scope="col"|Chart (2006) ! scope="col"|Position |- ! scope="row"|US Top Gospel Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The Year in Music & Touring 2006: Top Gospel Albums|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-12-23.pdf#page=114|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 23, 2006|accessdate=January 18, 2024|via=World Radio History}}</ref><ref name="BBGospel YE">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/gospel-albums|title=Top Gospel Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 24, 2020}}</ref> | 5 |- ! scope="row"|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="BBR&B YE">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 24, 2020}}</ref> | 86 |- !scope="col"|Chart (2007) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|US Top Gospel Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/gospel-albums/|title=Gospel Albums Year End 2007|work=[[Billboard.com]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|accessdate=January 18, 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | 33 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r735009|label=''Day By Day''}}

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