It Was All a Dream album cover

Studio album 2001

Dream It Was All a Dream

Billboard peak
No.6
RIAA certified
Platinum
Released January 23
2001
Runtime
55:01
Tracks
19
Label
Bad Boy Records

Dream's Bad Boy teen-pop debut from Making the Band: He Loves U Not and This Is Me as early-2000s TRL fixtures.

It Was All a Dream translated a reality-show girl group into mall-pop and soft R&B. He Loves U Not was the breakthrough; This Is Me and related singles kept them on TRL and Radio Disney–adjacent playlists.

The album captures Bad Boy’s early-2000s bid for younger pop audiences—Puff as TV mentor, hooks built for teens, and a short commercial window before lineup changes and the quieter Reality follow-up.

Track list

Production Sean Combs 6 Burns 5 Mario Winans 5 Todd Chapman 5 Curtis Williams 3 Vincent Herbert 3 David Frank 2 Dez Dottin 1 Gordon Dukes 1 Guy Roche 1 Kenny Burns 1 Ric Wake 1 Steve Kipner 1 Tom McLaughlin 1

The Hitmen produced 6 of 17 credited tracks

Singles

  1. He Loves U Not 2000 · No.2 Hot 100 · Gold
  2. This Is Me (Remixes) 2001

Lead and guest artists, from the credits

  1. Dream Lead artist United States