an astute choice of producers and guests." The New York Times critic Jon Pareles noted that the "album reeks of calculation, and suffers only slightly for it." He found that WHILE "Michael Jackson – minus the weirdness – is Mario's vocal model and strategic guide [...] the music isn't retro. It's full of pointillistic computer productions and electronically tweaked vocals, and some tracks are ingenious." Jason Richard, writing for Now, found that Mario "ebbs and flows through the sophomore-album maturity model employed by every young artist from Avril to Britney, dealing with being done wrong and how he's got to have her and blah blah blah. The record's six-figure beats, provided by Scott Storch and Lil' Jon, are slicker than Aaron Neville's cocoa butter, ensuring that Turning Point will be a perennial fave among BET's 106 & Park fans." Accolades The album was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. Commercial performance Turning Points first appearance was in the US Billboard 200, selling roughly 161,000 copies in the first week, debuting at number thirteen. It was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over 1.2 million copies. The album's last appearance was week 37/2005 in the Belgium Albums Top 50. Its peak position was number 6, on the Dutch Albums Top 100; it stayed there for one week. Its highest entry was number 9 in the Dutch Albums Top 100. Track listing DualDisc bonus tracks "Entire Album in Enhanced Stereo" "Let Me Love You" & "How Could You" (music videos) "Sessions @ AOL Special Live Performances: Let Me Love You & How Could You "Photo Gallery" Notes and sample credits signifies a vocal producer "Girl I Need" contains a portion of the composition "Gimme a Break," written by Robert Christianson, Robert Garrett, and Marley Simms. "Nikes Fresh Out the Box" contains a sample from "You Walk Your Way" and contains a portion of the composition "Shout," both performed by The Isley Brothers. Personnel Credits are adapted from the album’s Liner Notes and AllMusic. Mario – vocals sung by (1–3, 6, 8, 10, 12–13, lead on 4–5, 7, 9, 11) Kamel Abdo – recording engineer (1, 3, 9–10, vocals on 6), mixing (1) Allstar – mixing (12) June Ambrose – stylist Johntá Austin – background vocals (4) Marc Baptiste – photography Jarvis “JRoc” Bonner – Keyboard (1–3, 4, 10–12) Ivan "Orthodox"