Hope for Haiti Now
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| Live album from various artists | |||||||
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Publication |
January 23, 2010 |
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admission |
2010 |
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| Label (s) | MTV Networks Europe | ||||||
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Title (number) |
20th |
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running time |
78:29 |
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Hope for Haiti Now is a live album by various artists who contributed to the Hope for Haiti Now benefit campaign. This supported the victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti . All sales of the album and its songs go to Haiti charities, including the International Red Cross and Red Crescent and Wyclef Jean ’s Yele Haiti Foundation. Hope for Haiti Now has 19 live performances from the Hope for Haiti Now fundraising marathon : A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief , as well as the studio version of " Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) " by Jay-Z , Bono , The Edge and Rihanna .
The album could already be pre-ordered on January 22, 2010 on iTunes before the charity marathon . It set a record for being the most pre-ordered album in one day in iTunes history. The album sold 171,000 copies in the first weekend and the first digital album, which reached number one on the Billboard 200 album charts in two days.
The album is also available on Amazon.com and Rhapsody .
Track list
| # | title | text | Performers | length |
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| 1 | "Send Me an Angel" | Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | 3:43 |
| 2 | "A Message 2010" | Guy Berryman , Jonny Buckland , Will Champion , Chris Martin | Coldplay | 4:04 |
| 3 | " We Shall Overcome " | Charles Albert Tindley | Bruce Springsteen | 2:52 |
| 4th | "Time to Love" / " Bridge over Troubled Water " | Stevie Wonder / Paul Simon | Stevie Wonder | 4:01 |
| 5 | "I'll Stand by You" | Chrissie Hynde , Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg | Shakira feat. The roots | 3:55 |
| 6th | "Motherless Child" | Traditional | John Legend | 4:11 |
| 7th | "Hard Times Come Again No More" | Stephen Foster | Mary J. Blige feat The Roots | 3:57 |
| 8th | "Breathless" | Kevin Griffin | Taylor Swift | 3:51 |
| 9 | "Lift Me Up" | Christina Aguilera , Linda Perry | Christina Aguilera | 3:45 |
| 10 | "Driven to Tears" | Gordon Sumner | Sting | 3:34 |
| 11 | "Halo" | Ryan Tedder , Evan Bogart, Beyoncé Knowles | Beyoncé | 3:31 |
| 12 | "Lean on Me" | Bill Withers | Sheryl Crow , Kid Rock , Keith Urban | 3:36 |
| 13 | " Like A Prayer " | Madonna Ciccone , Patrick Leonard | Madonna | 3:29 |
| 14th | " Hallelujah " | Leonard Cohen | Justin Timberlake feat. Matt Morris & Charlie Sexton | 4:15 |
| 15th | " Let It Be " | John Lennon , Paul McCartney | Jennifer Hudson feat. The roots | 3:53 |
| 16 | "Many Rivers to Cross" | Jimmy Cliff | Emeline Michel | 3:01 |
| 17th | " Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) " (Live Version) | Shawn Carter , Paul Hewson, David Evans , Kassem Dean, Robyn Fenty | Jay-Z feat. Bono , The Edge & Rihanna | 4:27 |
| 18th | "Alone and Forsaken" | Hank Williams | Dave Matthews feat. Neil Young | 3:30 |
| 19th | " Rivers of Babylon " / "Yele" (Medley) | Brent Dowe , Trevor McNaughton | Wyclef Jean | 3:55 |
| 20th | " Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) " (1.0 Version) | Paul Hewson, David Evans , Kassem Dean, Robyn Fenty | Shawn Carter , Bono , The Edge , Rihanna | 4:20 |
Commercial win
Hope for Haiti Now debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 , with 171,000 copies sold in the first two days alone. The album also reached number 1 on the charts in Austria , Canada and France .
| Charts (2010) | Top position |
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 Austria
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1 |
 United States
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1 |
| Charts (2010) | position |
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United States
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82 |
Web links
- Report on “Hope for Haiti Now” on prnewswire.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Jayson Rodriguez: 'Hope For Haiti Now' Performances: A Track-By-Track List. MTV Europe , January 22, 2010, accessed June 19, 2011 .
- ↑ 'Hope For Haiti' telethon draws, and raises, millions. The Hollywood Reporter , January 23, 2010, archived from the original on March 5, 2010 ; accessed on June 19, 2011 (English).
- ↑ a b c Caulfield, Keith: Hope For Haiti 'Album Debuts At No. 1 on Billboard 200. billboard.com, January 27, 2010, accessed June 19, 2011 .
- ↑ Austriancharts, the Austrian hit parade and music portal: HOPE FOR HAITI NOW (ALBUM). austriancharts.at, accessed on June 19, 2011 .
- ^ Billboard: Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200. Nielsen Business Media, Inc , accessed December 31, 2010 (English).