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''Do You Know'' is the second album by American singer Michelle Williams, released on January 26, 2004 via Sanctuary/Columbia Records. ''Do You Know'' "straddles between contemporary gospel and inspirational R&B" and is described as portraying "a more intimate side of Michelle".〔 It contains a greater percentage of mid and up-tempo songs, along with a much heavier and grander use of live instrumentation. Williams contributed lyrically to the album as she did with her debut album, co-writing a total of six songs. However, ''Do You Know'' is much more diverse, lyrically, than its predecessor ''Heart to Yours'', covering the themes of "spiritual" and "carnal" love and contains retrospective songs about Williams' career thus far, whilst still retaining the inspirational and encouraging lyrics that characterised ''Heart to Yours''.〔 In the US, ''Do You Know'' found fair success on ''Billboard's'' component charts; peaking at number two on the Gospel Albums chart, number three on the Christian Albums chart and number twenty-eight on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. However, the album peaked at one-hundred-and-twenty on the ''Billboard'' 200, making it Williams' lowest-charting album. Though the album was well received by critics, it sold only 10,000 copies in its first week of release. Despite this, the album was later re-released, including two new tracks and has now sold over 78,000 copies in the US alone as of 2008. The album gained Williams a nomination for "Best Gospel Act" at the 2004 MOBO Awards. ==Background and composition== After becoming the first member of Destiny's Child to release a solo album in 2002 (''Heart to Yours''), Williams did not wait long to start work on its follow-up in 2003. Due to the success of ''Heart to Yours'', which topped the US gospel albums chart〔 and became the best-selling gospel album of 2002, anticipation was high for Williams' second album.〔 Before taking over the lead role in the Broadway musical ''Aida'' on November 18, 2003, Williams began working on the album. Williams told MTV that she couldn't "wait for the world to hear () new solo album", describing it as "fresher", "more inspirational" and "more on the secular side". Furthermore, she stated "whether it's gospel or not, I wrote about it", therefore expecting "some of her gospel fans to be a little upset" but wanted to "keep it real". She also discussed one of the album's "primary themes" – "what it's like to be in love" – explaining "(talk about ) mistakes you make when you're in love and how they affect your life" after saying "I was able to experience some things this year and I wrote about them." In describing the album during another interview, this time for ''GospelCity'', Williams said "these songs are just about the real me" and that she "just wrote from () heart" before acknowledging that "it didn't turn out to be as 'gospel-ly' as some would have liked", but "the stuff" that's on the album "is stuff () went through". Williams then said "this whole album is about God's love and me". After being asked "Michelle, as people listen to the album, Do You Know, as they get acquainted with the songs, what are you hoping to bring to their lives?", Williams responded "That everybody live in peace and not settle for anything less than what the Lord wants to bring your way. I know what I went through, I know God is taking me to another level. I had people around me that were not going where I was going – I had to release them from my life." On ''Do You Know'', Williams worked with an even greater variety of producers than she did for her debut album. Producers include; PAJAM, Dawkins & Dawkins, Tommy Sims, Solange Knowles, bandmate Beyoncé Knowles and Williams' brother Erron Williams. As with her debut, Williams contributed greatly to the songwriting of the album, co-writing a total of six tracks on the album.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Do You Know (Michelle Williams album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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