What If We
| What If We | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Brandon Heath | ||||
| Released | August 19, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary Christian music | |||
| Label | Reunion | |||
| Producer | Dan Muckala | |||
| Brandon Heath chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from What If We | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| CCM Magazine | |
| Christian Music Review | |
| Christianity Today | |
| Cross Rhythms |   |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | |
| Louder Than the Music | |
| New Release Tuesday | |
| New Release Tuesday | |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | |
What If We is the second studio album by contemporary Christian musician Brandon Heath. It was released on August 19, 2008 through Provident Label Group. The album debuted at No. 73 on the Billboard 200. During mid and late 2008, the album's first single "Give Me Your Eyes" stayed at No. 1 on R&R's Christian CHR format for 13 consecutive weeks, and was the second most played song of 2008 for the same format. The album received a Grammy Award nomination in 2009 for Best Pop Gospel Album.
Before the record's release, there was originally a batch of 40 songs prepared as possible tracks.Brandon Heath said that he and producer Dan Muckala worked closely together in the process of deciding the final 11-track list; "I'll always love the ones that got left behind too, and who knows—they may make the next record", he says.
What If We was released on August 19, 2008 through the Provident Label Group in the United States. It debuted at No. 73 on the Billboard 200, being his first album to chart on the 200. It also debuted at No. 3 on Nielsen SoundScan's chart for Christian albums, selling over 7,100 copies in the first week.
The album's first single "Give Me Your Eyes" was released in July 2008. In its first week of online release the song made nearly 6,000 downloads. By the second week, another 6,700 copies were sold. "Give Me Your Eyes" stayed at No. 1 on the iTunes Store Christian section from July through February for seven consecutive months, achieving more than 70,000 digital downloads by September 2008. In early 2009, "Wait and See" was released as the album's second single. It reached NO. 5 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart by August 2009.
...
Wikipedia