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Seal IV is the fourth studio album by Seal. It follows the aborted sessions for Togetherland, which was scrapped because Seal thought it was not up to the standard of his previous work.

Seal IV
Studio album by Seal
Released	9 September 2003
Genre	Soul pop
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Trevor Horn Mark Batson Seal (exec.) Jill Sinclair (exec.)
Seal chronology
Togetherland (Unreleased) Seal IV (2003) Best 1991–2004 (2004)
Singles from Seal IV
"Get It Together" Released: 16 December 2002 "Love's Divine" Released: 8 May 2003 "Waiting for You" Released: 5 November 2003

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	56/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C[3]
PopMatters	[1][4]
Q	[1]
Rolling Stone	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5[7]
Uncut	[1]

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number four.[8] In the United States, it debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, making it his highest-charting album to date.[9]

Track listing

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[a]} signifies additional production and remix

Personnel

• Seal – vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, guitar
• Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards, bass guitar
• Mark Batson – keyboards, bass guitar, piano, Hammond organ, programming
• Chris Bruce – bass guitar, guitar
• Earl Harvin, Ian Thomas – drums
• Luís Jardim – percussion
• Trevor Horn – guitar, piano, bass guitar, keyboards
• Gus Isidore, Tim Cansfield, Tim Pierce, Heitor Pereira, Steven McDonald – guitar
• Charlie Russell – programming
• Alan Griffiths – programming, guitar
• Tessa Niles – backing vocals
• Pete Murray – keyboards, piano
• Carlos Rios – keyboards
• Gavyn Wright – strings
• Nick Ingman, Steve Sidwell – string, horn and choir arrangements

Charts

Chart (2003–2004)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10]	65
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11]	7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13]	7
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[14]	17
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15]	7
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16]	23
French Albums (SNEP)[17]	5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[19]	24
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20]	21
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21]	23
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[22]	4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24]	1
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	4
US Billboard 200[9]	3

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[25]	Platinum	30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[26]	Gold	50,000^
France (SNEP)[27]	Platinum	300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[28]	2× Platinum	400,000^
Portugal (AFP)[29]	Gold	20,000^
Sweden (GLF)[30]	Gold	30,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31]	Platinum	40,000^
United States (RIAA)[32]	Gold	500,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Seal IV at Metacritic

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