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Post by K. on May 22, 2012 19:51:08 GMT -5
I can't believe it's been 8 years since we last got music from her already. Her album is one of my favorite albums by an American Idol contestant. She worked with an incredible array of seasoned veterans in the music industry, and one of my favorite producers, Barry Eastmond. The album was like a throwback to the days when singers like Anita Baker, Miki Howard and Regina Belle were big at Urban radio. Was she dropped from Peak? They probably put way more money into her project than they got out of it. The album only scanned 42k after being out for about a year and a half according to an earlier post in this thread. That had to be a huge loss for a small jazz/R&B label like Peak. I tweeted her a few years ago and she answered me, but I don't even remember what I asked her or if it was about new music. lol I don't know that it was that big of a loss. The average album sells less than 1,000 copies. Of course, most albums lose money. But 42k is about $500k in sales. She didn't work with mega producers who were charging tens of thousands per track. There wasn't a ton of promotion or expensive music videos. I would actually think they probably broke even, but just barely (and not enough to warrant them investing in a second album, obviously).
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Post by George on Aug 29, 2013 14:28:13 GMT -5
She's performing at Oakland Pride this weekend!
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Aug 29, 2013 21:05:50 GMT -5
I almost forgot who she was. I'm im free Sunday, I may go see her.
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Post by JACKIE on Apr 5, 2016 22:11:57 GMT -5
I loved Laytoya and wish it had been her and Fantasia in the finals. I hope she is performing on Thursday!
She also had one of the best idol performances ever.....
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Post by George on Nov 16, 2021 4:05:12 GMT -5
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Post by George on Feb 15, 2022 14:12:50 GMT -5
A feature with Anthony Hamilton? YES!
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Post by Kishi KCM on Mar 30, 2022 4:29:23 GMT -5
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Post by syrus on Nov 13, 2022 14:44:31 GMT -5
She is featured on Daryl Simmons’ new album. She still sounds great!
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