Ciara: The Evolution

***Ciara: The Evolution*** (simply known as ***The Evolution***) is the second studio album by American recording artist Ciara, released on December 5, 2006, by LaFace Records. It was released two years after Ciara's debut _Goodies_. The album features guest appearances from fellow R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly who featured on the remix to the lead single "Promise", rappers Chamillionaire, 50 Cent and Lil Jon.

## Reviews

_Ciara: The Evolution_ received mixed reviews from music critics.

## Track listing

- Notes
- Track listing and credits from album booklet.
- <sup></sup> signifies a vocal producer
- <sup></sup> signifies a co-producer

- Sample credits
- "That's Right" contains samples from "Fix It in the Mix" written by Tony Butler, as performed by Pretty Tony and "Jam the Box" written by Tony Butler and Sherman Nealy, as performed by Pretty Tony.
- "C.R.U.S.H." contains a portion of the composition "122 BPM", written by Larry Linn.
- "Make It Last Forever" contains a sample from "Think (About It)", written by James Brown, as performed by Lyn Collins and contains a portion of the composition "It Takes Two", written by James Brown and Robert Ginyard.
- "Do It" contains samples from "You Really Got Me", written by Raymond Davies, as performed by The Kinks and "Push It", written by Herby Azor and Raymond Davies, as performed by Salt-N-Pepa.

## Personnel

- Executive Producers: Ciara Harris and Phillana Williams
- Management: Phillana Williams for TPF Management
- Mastered by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, NYC
- A&R: Mark Pitts and Ethiopia Habtemariam
- A&R Administration: Shay Young
- A&R Coordination: Leticia Hillard and Jill Tschogl

- Sample Clearance: David Schmidt, Kobie "The Quarterback" Brown, Donato Guadagnoli
- Art Direction and Design: Courtney Walter
- Photography: Markus Klinko and Indrani
- Styling: John Moore
- Make Up: Yolonda Frederick for Goldfinger Creative
- Mix engineer:  Dylan "3-D" Dresdow
- Hair: Shirlena Allen for Dawn To Dusk Agency

## Charts

|style="text-align:left"|Chart (2006–07)|style="text-align:left"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:left"|Canadian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|32|
|style="text-align:left"|Canadian R&B Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|5|
|style="text-align:left"|Oricon International Album Chart|style="text-align:center;"|8|
|style="text-align:left"|U.S. _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|1|
|style="text-align:left"|U.S. _Billboard_ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|style="text-align:center;"|1|
|style="text-align:left"|Australian Top 50 Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|76|
|style="text-align:left"|Australian Urban Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|12|
|style="text-align:left"|Austria Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|68|
|style="text-align:left"|Belgium Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|43|
|style="text-align:left"|French Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|49|
|style="text-align:left"|German Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|32|
|style="text-align:left"|Irish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|29|
|style="text-align:left"|New Zealand RIANZ Top  40 Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|21|
|style="text-align:left"|Switzerland Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|15|
|style="text-align:left"|Taiwan Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|2|
|style="text-align:left"|UK Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|17|
|style="text-align:left"|Japan Oricon Album Chart|style="text-align:center;"|30|

## Certifications

|style="text-align:left"|Region|style="text-align:left"|Certification|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom <small>(BPI)</small>|style="text-align:center"|Silver|
|style="text-align:left"|United States <small>(RIAA)</small>|style="text-align:center"|Platinum|
|style="text-align:left"|Russia <small>(NFPP)</small>|style="text-align:center;"|Gold|

## Release history

|Region|Date|Label|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|United States|rowspan="2"|December 5, 2006|rowspan="15"|LaFace Records|
|Canada|||||
|Japan|December 6, 2006||||
|Indonesia|December 20, 2006||||
|Greece|February 6, 2007||||
|New Zealand|March 25, 2007||||
|Italy|April 6, 2007||||
|United Kingdom|April 9, 2007||||
|Australia|rowspan="2"|April 13, 2007|||
|Germany|||||
|France|April 16, 2007||||
|Brazil|May 30, 2008||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Ciara: The Evolution
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Ciara
- **recorded**: 2005–2006
- **genre**: *Hip hop music, Hip hop
*crunk
*Contemporary R&B, R&B
- **length**: 59:26
- **prev title**: Goodies (album), Goodies
- **prev year**: 2004
- **next title**: Fantasy Ride
- **next year**: 2006