R&B Artists Long Overdue for a New Album
Fans have waited long enough to hear from these performers.
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Tyrese - After a long five years, R&B singer Tyrese finally decides to take a break from acting and promoting his new self-help book How to Get Out of Your Own to get back to why we fell in love with him in the first place. The Compton native's forthcoming album, Open Invitation, set to drop later this year, will be his first release since Alter Ego dropped in 2006.(Photo: Courtesy of J Records)
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Brandy - With the lawsuits, breakups, and other drama, it's no wonder Brandy hasn't dropped a new project since her 2008 effort Human. However, she hasn't ruled out a comeback. The R&B singer recently told BET.com that her upcoming album will be her "last opportunity" and that she's bringing everything she has to this project. We sure hope so.(Photo: Courtesy of Epic Records)
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India.Arie - Once at the forefront of the neo-soul movement, India.Arie has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. However, the four-time Grammy-Award winner hasn't put out any projects since her Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics in 2009. The soul singer has told interviewers that she's working on an album in collaboration with Israeli singer Idan Raichel called Open Door.(Photo: Courtesy of Universal Republic Records)
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Janet Jackson - It's unclear when Janet Jackson will put out another album, especially since she's the one who ended her relationship with her label Island Records after openly stating dissatisfaction with their promotion of her last release, 2008's Discipline.(Photo: Courtesy of Island Records)
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Amerie - Although Amerie released her last project, In Love & War, in late 2009, it wasn't very commercially successful. Granted, it was Amerie's first release since she'd left Columbia Records and formed her own label, Feenix Rising, and it kind of went under the radar. Hopefully her Cymatika Vol. 1 LP, set for release next year, will make up for lost time.(Photo: Courtesy of Def Jam Records)
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