Brave (Jennifer Lopez album)

***Brave*** is the sixth studio album by American singer and entertainer Jennifer Lopez. It was released on October 6, 2007 by Epic Records. It is Lopez's fifth English-language studio album. It debuted at number twelve on the U.S. _Billboard_ 200 with 53,000 copies sold in its first week. It became Lopez's least successful album to date, selling just 600,000 units worldwide to date.

## Track listing

1. "Stay Together" (Jonathan Rotem, Chasity Nwagbara, Evan "Kidd" Bogart) – 3:31
1. "Forever" (Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Patrick "j.Que" Smith, Chauncey Hollis) – 3:38
1. "Hold It Don't Drop It" (Kevin Risto, Waynne Nugent, Jennifer Lopez, Allen Phillip Lees, Tawana Dabney, Janet Sewell, Cynthia Lissette, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 3:55
    - Contains a sample of Tavares' "It Only Takes a Minute" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter)
1. "Do It Well" (Ryan Tedder, Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson) – 3:05
    - Contains a sample of Eddie Kendricks' "Keep on Truckin'" (Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson)
1. "Gotta Be There" (Adam Gibbs, Michael Chesser, Crystal Johnson, Travis Cherry, Leon Ware, Arthur Ross) – 3:57
    - Contains a sample of Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (Leon Ware, Arthur Ross)
1. "Never Gonna Give Up" (Michelle Lynn Bell, Peter Wade Keusch, Lopez) – 4:21
1. "Mile in These Shoes" (Chasity Nwagbara, Onique Williams) – 3:16
1. "The Way It Is" (Bell, Keusch, Lopez, Rhonda Robinson, Gennaro Leone, Bruce Rudd) – 3:07
    - Contains a sample of Great Pride's "She's a Lady" (Gennaro Leone, Bruce Rudd)
1. "Be Mine" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, John Hill, Caleb Shreve, Lopez, Bobby Hebb) – 3:20
    - Contains a sample of Paul Mauriat's "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb)
1. "I Need Love" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, Hill, Shreve, Lopez, Bill Withers) – 3:52
    - Contains a sample of Bill Withers' "Use Me" (Bill Withers)
1. "Wrong When You're Gone" (Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson, Keri Hilson) – 3:58
1. "Brave" (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson) – 4:21

- Bonus tracks
- "Do It Well" (featuring Ludacris) <small>(bonus track on all editions)</small> – 3:34
- "Do It Well" (Monto Blanco Radio Mix) <small>(iTunes bonus track in some countries)</small> – 3:03
- "Do It Well" (Ashanti Boyz Remix) <small>(iTunes bonus track in some countries)</small> – 3:42
- "Frozen Moments" (Bell, Keusch) <small>(Canadian iTunes bonus track)</small> – 3:45

- Deluxe edition bonus DVD
1. "Get Right" (featuring Fabolous) (Video) – 3:52
1. "Hold You Down" (featuring Fat Joe) (Video) – 4:32
1. "Qué Hiciste" (Video) – 4:17
1. "Me Haces Falta" (Video) – 3:33

- Target edition
Includes exclusive fan package with T-shirt.

- Circuit City edition
Includes exclusive free calendar.

## Personnel

- Pedro Alfonso – Violin, Viola
- Jim Annunziato – Engineer
- Scott Barns – Make-Up
- Michelle Lynn Bell – Producer, Vocal Arrangement
- Michelle Bell – Vocals (bckgr)
- Big D – Producer
- Chuck Brody – Producer
- CFOS – Mixing Assistant
- Travis Cherry – Producer
- Clutch – Producer
- Brandon Creed – A&R
- Alec Deruggiero – Engineer
- Warren "Oak" Felder – Producer
- William Garrett – Keyboards, Engineer
- Larry Gold – Conductor, String Arrangements
- Alexei Hay – Photography
- John Hill – Producer, Mixing
- Keri Hilson – Vocals (bckgr)
- Hit Boy – Programming, Producer, Instrumentation
- Peter Wade Keusch – Synthesizer, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Vocal Arrangement
- Gelly Kusuma – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Jennifer Lopez – Executive Producer
- Manny Marroquin – Mixing
- Julie Ann Marsibilio – A&R
- Josh McDonnell – Guitar, Engineer
- Keith Naftaly – A&R
- Candice Nelson – Vocals (bckgr)
- Chasity Nwagbara – Vocals (bckgr)
- Ken Paves – Hair Stylist
- Philosophy – Producer
- Herb Powers – Mastering
- Julio C. Reyes – Engineer, String Arrangements, Vocal Producer
- Jared Robbins – Mixing Assistant
- Corey Rooney – Executive Producer, Brass Arrangement, Vocal Producer
- José Juan Sánchez – Engineer
- Ryan Santomauro – A&R
- Sizzler Ponderosa – Vocals (bckgr)
- Chris Soper – Mixing Assistant
- Corey Stocker – Engineer
- Bruce Swedien – Mixing
- Ryan Tedder – Programming, Producer, Instrumentation
- Mike Tschupp – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Peter Wade – Synthesizer, Guitar, Programming, Mixing
- Chasity Wagbara – Vocals (bckgr)
- Bruce Waynne – Producer, Engineer
- Daniel Werner – A&R
- Monique Williams – Vocals (bckgr)

## Charts

|align="left"|Chart (2007)|style="text-align:center;"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Australian ARIA Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|46|
|align="left"|Austrian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|35|
|align="left"|Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders)|style="text-align:center;"|36|
|align="left"|Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia)|style="text-align:center;"|18|
|align="left"|Canadian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|13|
|align="left"|Dutch Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|24|
|align="left"|French SNEP Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|28|
|align="left"|German Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|41|
|align="left"|Greek International Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|2|
|align="left"|Greek Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|5|
|align="left"|Hungarian Mahasz Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|17|
|align="left"|Italian FIMI Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|10|
|align="left"|Japanese Oricon Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|6|
|align="left"|Mexican Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|36|
|align="left"|Polish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|31|
|align="left"|Spanish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|21|
|align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|59|
|align="left"|Swiss Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|6|
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|24|
|align="left"|U.S. _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|12|

## Sales and certifications

|Chart|Sales (certification)|
| --- | --- |
|Europe|300,000+|
|France|15,000+|
|Italy|21,000+ (silver)|
|Japan|70,000+|
|Russia|40,000 (2× platinum)|
|United Kingdom|30,000|
|United States|250,000|
|Worldwide|600,000+|

## Release history

|Region|Date||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Poland|October 4, 2007||
|Germany|October 5, 2007||
|United States|rowspan=4|October 9, 2007|
|Canada|||
|Mexico|||
|Israel|||
|Greece|rowspan=2|October 10, 2007|
|Japan|||
|Thailand|October 11, 2007||
|Australia|October 13, 2007||
|United Kingdom|rowspan=2|October 15, 2007|
|Europe|||
|Philippines|October 16, 2007||
|Brazil|October 19, 2007||
|Russia|October 20, 2007||
|Cuba|October 25, 2007||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Brave
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Jennifer Lopez
- **released**: October 6, 2007
- **recorded**: 2006–2007
- **length**: 47:58
- **label**: Epic Records, Epic
- **prev title**: El Cantante (soundtrack), El Cantante
- **prev year**: 2007
- **next title**: Love?
- **next year**: 2011