Mary J. Blige / The Tour

You Gotta Believe

Mary J. Blige · The Tour (1998)

-12.5 LUFS
0.6 True peak
3.7 Loudness range
14.7 Dynamic range
-9.8 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Soul · 1990s louder than 27% of 24 tracks (median -11.7 LUFS)

RnB · 1990s (secondary) louder than 27% of 24 tracks (median -11.7 LUFS)

-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 0 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 0 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 3 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 6 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 8 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 2 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 3 tracks -12.5 -18 LUFS -14 LUFS -9 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Tom Coyne (all tracks) louder than 19% of 134 tracks (median -11.2 LUFS)

Tom Coyne × Soul louder than 27% of 24 tracks (median -11.7 LUFS)

-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 2 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 4 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 13 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 18 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 30 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 31 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 22 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 11 tracks -12.5 -22 LUFS -15 LUFS -8 LUFS

Studio cohort

Sterling Sound (all tracks) louder than 26% of 194 tracks (median -10.9 LUFS)

18th loudest of 24 on this release

Metadata

Year
1998
Label
MCA Records
Genres
Soul, RnB
Catalog
MCSSD-11848
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-14
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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