We knew something was up when there was nary a peep or a shred of promo for American Idol winner, Candice Glover’s album Music Speaks in the run up to its October 8 release date.
Unsurprisingly, the album has been postponed until February 18, according to tweets from a Billboard reporter.
Basically, it appears that the record, which was set to drop during the prime pre-Christmas album rush, is instead being dumped during the winter doldrums. January and February have the slowest album release sales of the entire year.
Initially, Interscope/19R planned to release Music Speaks in July to capitalize on the typical post Idol buzz. Well, there actually wasn’t any coming off the low-rated season 12. Maybe that’s why the label postponed the album until after the tour.
But now, it appears they’ve completely lost faith in her. She’s a talented vocalist. She won the competition and is entitled to some effort on the part of the label to make her a success. She could follow season 3 winner, Fantasia, into the R&B genre. I don’t know why they just don’t promote the hell out of her there.
Will she even get a second single? With the newly renovated Idol already on the air, will anyone even care? Albums from Katharine McPhee and Jessica Sanchez–runner ups of seasons 5 and 11 respectively, sold poorly after their album releases were pushed into the new year.
Here are the tweets. Notably, season 1 of American Idol ran during the summer, so there would have been no window to release a Kelly Clarkson album before the end of the year.
2013 @AmericanIdol winner Candice Glover has moved her debut album release from Oct. 8 to Feb. 18, 2014.
— Keith Caulfield (@keith_caulfield) September 30, 2013
Candice Glover is 1st @AmericanIdol winner not to release their 1st post-“Idol” album in same year as win since Kelly Clarkson (02/03). — Keith Caulfield (@keith_caulfield) September 30, 2013
@tigervixxxen Not shelved. Moved to February 2014.
— Keith Caulfield (@keith_caulfield) September 30, 2013
ETA: Interscope is confirming via twitter:
@CandiceGlover will be releasing her debut album #MusicSpeaks on Feb 18th 2014. Still a ways a way but dont forget to mark your calendar!!
— Interscope Promotion (@INTERSCOPEPROMO) September 30, 2013
ETA: Candice is premiering her new single on her Ustream. No major radio debut? It’s like she’s left to promote herself…
I'll be ustreaming later this week to answer all questions, as well as premiering my new single :) #excited #MusicSpeaks
— Candice Glover (@CandiceGlover) September 30, 2013
