Chiefly produced by Shep Crawford and Missy Elliott along with co-producer Bink!, the album debuted and peaked at number 46 on the US Billboard 200 chart and spawned three singles, including debut single " Can't Go for That," and " Stranger in My House," which reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her highest-charting single yet. In 2000, Tamia transitioned from mentor Quincy Jones's Qwest Records to the Elektra label to produce and release her second studio album A Nu Day under the guidance of chairman Sylvia Rhone and consummate A&R executive Merlin Bobb. More became Tamia's third consecutive album to earn a Juno Award nomination in the R&B/Soul Recording of the Year category. In support of More, Tamia was featured as a special guest on the Verizon Ladies First Tour, co-headlined by Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott, which became one of the biggest tours of the year.
Lead single " Officially Missing You" and follow-up " Questions" scored moderate success however, reaching the top 40 of Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Preceded by the international top ten hit " Into You", a collaboration with rapper Fabolous from his second studio album Street Dreams (2003) based on Tamia's 1998 single " So into You", More spawned three singles.
It marked the highest-selling week of her career up to that point, doubling her prior best Nielsen SoundScan week, and as of 2018, remains the highest-charting album of Tamia's catalogue in the United States. More debuted and peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 and number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with first week sales of 71,000 copies. Criticism mainly targeted the amount of fillers as well as the album's occasionally inconsistent production. The album was released to generally mixed reception from music critics, who applauded Tamia's vocal performances and noted its sophisticated sound. Kelly to revamp parts of the album which saw her also reteaming with frequent partners such as Jermaine Dupri, Shep Crawford and Mario Winans.
With the illness in remission, she resumed work on the album later that year and arranged additional recording sessions with producers Poke & Tone, Spanador and R. Created over a period of three years, in which the singer gave birth to her first child, the album, initially titled Still, was indefinitely bumped from its original August 2003 schedule after Tamia was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and forced to undergo treatment. It was released by Elektra Records on Apin North America. More is the third studio album by Canadian R&B recording artist Tamia.
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