So Damn Happy (Aretha Franklin Album)
So Damn Happy is a 2003 studio album by Aretha Franklin for Arista Records. Her first studio album since her Gold-certified A Rose Is Still a Rose in 1998, it included the Grammy-winning track, "Wonderful".
The album peaked at #33 on Billboard's album chart and #11 on the R&B Albums chart. As of 2012, the album had sold 304,000 copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Shortly after its release, Franklin left Arista after a stay of 23 years. She later announced plans to start her own Detroit-based record label, Aretha Records.
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