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Incredible (Mary Mary album)

album by Mary Mary

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ6015361 ↗
Source-derived summary

Incredible is the second studio album by American duo Mary Mary. It was released by Columbia Records on July 16, 2002 in the United States. Originally titled The Evolution of Mary Mary, the duo reteamed with Warryn Campbell to work on the majority of the album, with Charlie Bereal, Kenny Bereal, Mike City and Rodney Jerkins providing additional production. Incredible peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard 200, selling 43,000 copies in its first week, and was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album features the singles "In the Morning" and "I Try".

Critical reception

Tim A. Smith from Allmusic found that the project's "music aptly fits its title, Incredible. Superstar producer Warryn Campbell [...] once again works his magic. These sisters rock." Cross Rhythms editor Tony Cummings felt that "with their second project Erica and Tina Campbell cover just about every musical base – banging hip hop beats, black church rave ups, soulful ballads and funky R&B grooves while their lyrics are never less than uplifting."

Chart performance

Incredible debuted and peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard 200, selling 43,000 copies in its first week. The album also entered the top ten of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and topped the Top Gospel Albums chart. While Incredible charted higher than its predecessor Thankful (2000), it sold significantly less.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Incredible (Mary Mary album)” as album by Mary Mary. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002. The account is most persuasive where Incredible, Mary and album can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as album by Mary Mary. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6015361. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2002 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Incredible (Mary Mary album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.