''What If We Were Real'' is the fourth studio album by CCM singer

Mandisa Mandisa Lynn Hundley (born October 2, 1976), known professionally as Mandisa, is an American gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist. Her career began as a contestant in the fifth season of ''American Idol'', in which she finished in ...

. The album was released on April 5, 2011 on

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. This album received a nomination at 54th Grammy Awards for

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Background

Mandisa began work on the album in July 2010. She also co-wrote three songs on the album. The album also features a guest appearance from

tobyMac Toby McKeehan (born Kevin Michael McKeehan; October 22, 1964), better known by his stage name TobyMac (styled tobyMac or TOBYMAC), is an American contemporary Christian music singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He was first known ...

on the song "Good Morning".

Singles

The first single off of the album was "Stronger". It peaked at number one on the

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chart and as of August 31, 2011, has sold 194,000 copies. "Waiting for Tomorrow" was the second single and peaked at number nine on the

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chart. "Good Morning" featuring Christian artist

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was the third single. It sold 138,000 copies. On October 11, 2014 it has been certified Gold by RIAA.

Track listing

Commercial performance

The album sold 8,000 copies, debuting at No. 66 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart and at number two on the

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chart. The album debuted with higher sales and peaked in better chart positions than her previous album, '' Freedom''. It has sold a total of 196,000 copies as of August 2012.

Background

Singles

Track listing

Commercial performance

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References