Album by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
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Facing Future Israel Kamakawiwoʻole , released in 1993. The best-selling album of all time by a Hawaiian artist, Facing Future combines traditional Hawaiian-language songs, hapa-haole songs with traditional instrumentation, and two Jawaiian (Island reggae) tracks.
The album's sales have been driven not only by its popularity with Hawaiian audiences but by its popularity in the mainland United States and around the world, particularly the track "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World ", which has been used in various films (Finding Forrester Meet Joe Black 50 First Dates Fred Claus Hubble Son of the Mask ER Cold Case Jon & Kate Plus 8 Life On Mars Glee Scrubs eToys ). Facing Future reached platinum status in 2005.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole – ukulele, vocalsDel Beazley – guitar
Mel Amina – guitar
Gaylord Holomalia – keyboards, programming
Analu ʻAina – electric bass (uncredited)
Roland Cazimero – acoustic bass, guitar
Mike Muldoon – percussion Production
Produced by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and Jon de Mello
Engineered and mixed by Milan Bertosa
Mastered by Jon Golden Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
2010 year-end chart performance for Facing Future
Chart (2010)
Rank
German Albums Chart
26
2011 year-end chart performance for Facing Future
Chart (2011)
Rank
German Albums Chart
76
Swiss Albums Chart
61
Certifications and sales
Certifications and sales for Facing Future
Region
Certification
Certified units /sales
Germany (BVMI )
Platinum
500,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)
Gold
25,000
United States (RIAA )
Platinum
1,000,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone.
References
"Facing Future " . AllMusic . Retrieved 2012-02-15.Star-Bulletin staff. "Brudda Iz's 'Facing Future' goes platinum, a first for Hawaii" . Honolulu Star-Bulletin . Retrieved October 22, 2009.
"Facing Future" . Billboard.com . Retrieved 2 December 2012."MTV | Album Top 50 KW 2 | charts" . MTV.de. 2011-01-07. Archived from the original on 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2011-01-14."Newcomer-Charts: Ella Endlich ist angekommen" . media control. 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2011-01-14."VIVA Album Jahrescharts 2010 - 2010 | Charts" . VIVA.tv. Archived from the original on 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2011-01-14.":: MTV | Album Jahrescharts 2011 | charts" . Mtv.de. 2011-12-31. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-02-15.Steffen Hung. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2011" . hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Israel; 'Facing Future')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 3 May 2019."The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Facing Future')" . IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2019."American album certifications – Israel – Facing Future" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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