The Chronicles of TK is the debut album from Tynisha Keli originally titled, "Even If It Takes Forever". The album debuted at number twelve on the Japanese Albums Chart with sales of over 10,192 copies in the first week.[citation needed] The album was released digitally on April 21, 2009, with a physical release following on April 28. On June 26, the album had a physical release in Europe.[citation needed]
Background
Keli delivers her story with uplifting optimism, setting vignettes from her life, both happy and sad, to an irresistible backdrop of urban-influenced rhythmic groove and touching R&B balladry crafted by leading songwriters and producers Kara DioGuardi and J.R. Rotem,[6] who between them have worked with such artists as Pink, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Gwen Stefani, Kelly Clarkson, Ashlee Simpson, and Ashley Tisdale.
The original recording sessions spawned contributions from Soulshock & Karlin: Carsten Schack and Kenneth Karlin ("Lonely Days"), James Poyser ("There Goes My Baby"),[7]Mario Barrett ("The Greatest Performer"), Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith ("Stay or Go") and The Jam: Michael Mani & Jordan Omley ("My Everything"),[8] but none of the tracks made it to the final cut.[9][10][11][12]
The track listing for the original intended release of the album was confirmed on Tynisha's official MySpace, when the album was originally entitled Even If It Takes Forever.[18] Apart from the final 3 tracks being included on The Chronicles of TK, "All Aboard", "Stay" and "Defeated" were later released on The Underdogs (2024), "Like Everybody Else" and "Let It Go" were released on The Underdogs, Vol. 2 (2024), and "Cry" was released on Dark Horses (2025).
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