Nikka Costa (album)

Nikka Costa is the debut studio album by Nikka Costa. It was released in 1981 by CGD Records (Italy) in conjunction with CBS Records when Costa was nine years old, fifteen years before her first album for older audiences was released, and twenty years before her breakthrough album Everybody Got Their Something.

Nikka Costa
Studio album by
Nikka Costa
Released1981 (Europe, South America)
Recorded1981
GenrePop
Length35:29
LabelCGD Records
Columbia-CBS m116061
Producer
Nikka Costa chronology
Nikka Costa
(1981)		 Fairy Tales
(1983)

Background

Costa's cover of "(Out Here) On My Own", originally from the musical film Fame, was released as a single from the album. The single topped the charts in Italy and Europe.[1][2] The single's success prompted suspicions that Costa would be a one-hit wonder, and that her success would be short-lived, but neither of these predictions came true. Instead, by September 1982, the album had sold over 200,000 copies in Italy alone, and about 1.5 million copies worldwide.[3]

Tracklisting

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Someone to Watch Over Me" (from Oh, Kay!)Ira and George Gershwin2:53
2."I Believe in Love"
  • Danny B. Besquet
  • Ronald Jackson
2:56
3."(Out Here) On My Own" (from Fame)Lesley and Michael Gore3:31
4."Grown Up World"Terry Ray, Nikka and Don Costa2:33
5."Through the Eyes of Love" (from Ice Castles)
3:57
6."Go Away, Little Boy"
2:45

Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's Your Dream"
3:27
2."Maybe" (from Annie)
2:53
3."Bubble Full of Rainbows"
3:09
4."Chained to the Blues"
2:21
5."You"
3:17
6."So Glad I Have You"
  • Terry Ray and Nikka Costa
  • Santo Farina
3:47

Sales and certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[4] Platinum 100,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. "Second Cup Cafe: Nikka Costa". CBS News. 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  2. "Nikka Costa still got soul". News.com.au. 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  3. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1982-09-04). "A Year After 'On My Own': Costa's Success Continues". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 59.
  4. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.



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