Happy Mandisa Day! Also: Sundance Head and Sabrina Sloan Set to Record an Album of Duets
Today is the release day for “True Beauty,” Mandisa’s, (9th place Season 5), new album on Sparrow records, EMI’s Gospel imprint. Right now, the single from the album “Only the World” sits at #3 on the Hot Singles Sales chart and at #6 and #8 respectively on the Hot Christian Adult Contemporary chart and Hot Christian songs chart.
Mandisa has also released a book, “IdolEyes”. More information about her book and new album can be found on her MySpace.
Here’s an interesting piece of news from Entertainment Weekly, Season 6 Top 24 contestants Sabrina Sloan and Sundance Head, both signed to Universal, will be recording an album of duets together.
More after the jump
American Idol’s Sabrina Sloan has signed a recording contract with Universal Motown, and her first project will be a CD of duets with fellow season 6 semifinalist Sundance Head, the singer confirmed in an exclusive interview with EW.com. ”The feel will be soulful songs with a contemporary twist à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ kind of Al Green meets OutKast,” said Sloan, noting that she and Head will hit the studio in August, with the hopes of making a late November release date.Jolene Cherry, senior VP of A&R at Universal Motown, said the album will be produced by Peter Collins (Bon Jovi, Rush) and include a mix of new and classic material.
And despite some initial reservations about the duets concept, Sloan said she hopes the combined power of hers and Head’s fan bases will help them get noticed in a music scene increasingly crowded with Idol alumni.
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38 Responses to “Happy Mandisa Day! Also: Sundance Head and Sabrina Sloan Set to Record an Album of Duets”
Good luck Sundance and Sabrina! I only hope the best for that powerhouse Mandisa!
Is it me or is Sabrina darker than her Idol days? Looks like she poured on the coppertone.
I was pleased when I read that Mandisa’s single was charting well. That girl has a great big voice and I think she will do well in the genre of her choice, which at the time seems to be Gospel/Contemporary Christian. So hooray for Mandisa, may she have a very successful album debut.
Count me as one who believes that Blake has a label/contract and has for a while. I’m not in any angst over it either way because I have faith in his talent and his popularity. I’m mostly looking forward to hearing his cd. :smile1_tb:
I like Sundance a lot and think that he has a lot of talent even if it didn’t come out very often on the show. I’m not so keen on Sabrina and really was shocked when I first heard of their duet album. I guess I’ll wait and see but would be more likely to buy a Sundance album than this one.
Happy Mandisa Day!
Hey bean99, thanks for your post.
At least now I am not the only in this blog who believes in Blake’s future.
By the way, good luck Mandisa! Hope you are very successful in the gospel world, you have an incredible voice!
I believe in Blake’s future, but I agree with Trina that we have to be realistic. I remember last season all the “deadlines” that the Elliott fans were waiting on and each one passed with no news. And it was argued then – “Elliott has such potential?! How could people be passing on him?” the same way that it is now with Blake. Well, that’s the way the industry works.
Time will tell, but I’m not making any predictions that he’s going to be as huge as Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson and sign some huge recording contract, because we DON’T know that. We can speculate all we want, but we don’t know shit.
Optimism is great, but it’s my personal opinion that a little realism is needed too.
As far as Sundance and Sabrina – eh. I never really liked either of them, so I doubt I’ll be buying that cd…
You are right Sarah, but hey…
At least Blake is signed and managed by 19 and Elliott wasn’t. Simon Fuller is backing him up which helps a lot.
Also Blake is the runnerup, whom I would think was way more popular than Elliott. JMHO. I love Elliott too by the way.
I know one has to keep it real but I am pretty positive Blake’s future is bright. I just have this feeling and I am looking forward to his solo career. Hey I am a BIG fan, what can I say. It would seem crazy to me that a major label would pass him up. Just saying. Anyways, all I got left now is to pray for him to get signed. Please !
So… using this same logic, *** would be as popular as Blake. And we see how she’s done.
I am using Elliott as an EXAMPLE. My point is that when the 90 days come and go with no news, JUST like last year, people will be saying “end of the tour”, JUST like last year.
Well, I could understand how Elliott be passed over by major labels. he had almost no charisma on stage (then) and besides the great voice, there didn’t seem to be much there. It’s easy to see how Katharine or even Blake are just an easier investment than Elliott was at that time. As for Katharine, she DID get a major label deal and still is getting a lot of attention. She’s all over the place on television, on magazine covers, and she will be in the movies. In no way is Katharine McPhee failure.
Remember that it’s NOT like last year. There is NO NEWS from anyone other than Sabrina/Sundance (who apparently are getting a deal just to record an album of duets – covers if you will). There SHOULD be something said about Jordin since she did win, but nothing has been said. Therefore, I don’t think we can use previous years as templates at this point.
I don’t think Elliott’s a good comparison with Blake either. Elliott was popular but didn’t get anywhere near the crowd reaction in concert that Blake seems to. Elliott has the great voice but I agree with Dulce about his lack of stage presence which Blake has a ton of. It’s worked out very well for Elliott so all’s well now.
Sarah, I’m not one of the fans that assumes that Blake will be the next Kelly, Carrie, or Daughtry but I do feel he’ll do well. Why not be optimistic about his chances? I hope for the best but it’s not going to change my life if I’m wrong. Just like last season with Chris, I’ll be doing my part by buying his cd and can’t control anything beyond that.
There was a poster named Truth Teller who predicted how the S5 idols would do selling CDs. He was an exec with 30 yrs. in the music biz and completely nailed it for the top 4: Tay/Kat – disappoint, Chris – hit, Elliott – needs one good song. I’d love to hear what he has to say about Season 6 prospects.
Blake and E are only similiar in that it’s odd they haven’t been signed yet way. As the runner up, it would be amazing if Blake wasn’t signed. Third place idol finishers usually go nowhere (like 4th place finishers.) Chris and Elliott changed that up a bit though.
Josh Gracin is another 4th place finisher who did well with his first album. No where near the success of Chris D. but US sales were about the same or better than second place finishers Bo, Diana, Justin and Kat who had major label signings.
Was Josh Gracin really in 4th place? I always thought he stayed in as long as he did because he was a Marine and a country singer who always seem to do well.