Album in the Works: "Braxton Family Christmas" (The Braxtons)

It took over 25 years, but The Braxtons are finally all together as the five sisters have finally come together to crease a holiday album for us all to enjoy. That's right, Toni, Tamar, Towanda, Trina, and Traci have finally gotten into the recording studio after years of attempts that have been highlighted on their hit We TV reality show Braxton Family Values.

With that said, the Braxton Family Christmas album is due out October 30 on Def Jam and even their brother Michael, has gotten into the mix. The album is set to feature original songs entitled "Under The Christmas Tree" and "Everyday Is Christmas" as well as  holiday classics such as "This Christmas" and "O Holy Night."

Braxton Family Christmas will be available for pre-order from all digital retailers on October 16th and you can check out the official tracklisting of the album below!

Album in the Works: "Wildheart" (Miguel)

After rising further to fame and recognition with his 2012 sophomore album Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel is slated to release his anticipated forthcoming third album Wildheart, which now has a set release date.

Since releasing the lead single "Coffee" from his forthcoming Wildheart LP, Miguel has announced that his new album will drop just in time for the summer as it's slated for release on June 30th.

With that said, yesterday, Miguel stopped by Hot 97's Ebro in the Morning and discussed his time attending the Met Gala, his forthcoming album Wildheart and opens up about his relationship. Peep his latest interview below and lookout for his upcoming album Wildheart when it's released June 30th.

Album in the Works: "Reality Show" (Jazmine Sullivan)

Amidst the commotion that has followed the release of D'Angelo's Black Messiah, Jazmine Sullivan's label quietly placed the preorder for the beloved songstresses' highly anticipated third album Reality Show on iTunes.

Slated for a January 13, 2015 release date, the album cover and tracklisting were unveiled and it appears as though the set's Meek Mill-assisted lead single "Dumb" will be the only feature this time around.

Featuring production from Salaam Remi, Key Wane, Chuck Harmony, Da Internz, and DJ Dahi, if the singles from the set represent how Reality Show is going to be, Jazmine is working with another solid body of work on her hands.

With that said, peep the official album cover above and get into the tracklisting below for Reality Show:

Album in the Works: "Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?" (K. Michelle)

Earlier today, K. Michelle took to Twitter to reveal to fans the name and album cover of her highly anticipated forthcoming sophomore album Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?.

Slated for release December 9th, Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart? follows K. Michelle's critically acclaimed and commercially successful debut album Rebellious Soul and is led by the set's first single "Love 'Em All."

With that said, peep the teaser trailer for her forthcoming album which she debuted on Revolt TV earlier today and lookout for Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? when it's released December 9th.

Album in the Works: "Strong As Glass" (Goapele)

Goapele is gearing up to release her fifth studio album Strong As Glass next month on October 21st via Primary Wave and as an official followup to 2011's Break of Dawn, the 10-track set is led off by her current single "Hey Boy."

Featuring collaborations with Snoop Dogg as well as Eric Benét, the release of Strong As Glass will be followed by a North American tour to support her latest album. With that said, peep the official album cover art above and the tracklisting below and Enjoy!

Album in the Works: "The London Sessions" (Mary J. Blige)

Mary J. Blige, The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul went to London this past summer to work with a who's who of UK's current hitmakers including Emeli Sandé, Disclosure, Sam Smith, Naughty Boy, Eg White, as well as Sam Romans and from her time across the pond, she created The London Sessions, her first album with Capital Records that is slated for release on December 2nd.

Featuring twelve new songs from Blige, the set is led by "Whole Damn Year," as well as the Sam Smith co-written "Therapy," which was inspired by Amy Winehouse. Offered as the official follow-up to 2011's My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act I), Blige also released a Christmas album last year and earlier this summer released brand new material for the Think Like A Man Too soundtrack

With that said, The London Sessions will arrive on December 2nd via Capitol Records and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. Peep the official tracklisting below and also take a listen to her newest joint "Therapy," which was released today.

Album in the Works: "The London Sessions" (Mary J. Blige)

A few days late on this, but as I always say, better late than never. With that said, Mary J. Blige is gearing up to release a new album later this year and after collaborating with Disclosure and Sam Smith on their own respected project, Mary has caught the UK music bug and is set to collaborate with the who's who of the UK music scene.

Entitled The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige is teaming up with Emeli Sandé, Sam Smith, Naughty Boy, and Disclosure amongst others and is set for release in the UK on November 24th and then December 2nd in the US. Helmed by executive producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins"it will be Blige's first album to be released on Capital Records, after ending her longtime partnership with Interscope.

The lead single from the forthcoming project from Blige is entitled "Therapy," which she co-wrote with  Sam Smith and Eg White and will be available for instant download on September 23rd via pre-order.

With that said, lookout for The London Sessions when it's released here in the States on December 2nd and peep a behind-the-scenes trailer about the making of Blige's upcoming album.

Album in the Works: "True Romance" (Estelle)

Estelle is putting the finishing touches on her forthcoming fourth album True Romance and while her and her independent label get ready to release her LP on November 4th, Estelle has released the official album cover artwork as well as the tracklisting for the project.

Serving as the official followup to 2012's All of Me, True Romance features 12 songs including previous releases "Conqueror" as well as "Make Her Say (Beat It Up)." True Rimance is divided into four themes—courage, passion, true romance, and bullshit and you can pre-order on iTunes now.

With that said, peep the True Romance Tracklisting below and lookout for its release on November 4th.

Album in the Works: "Sweet Talker" (Jessie J)

While Jessie J is currently running high on the success of her latest single the Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj assisted "Bang Bang," as she continues to reign on the Billboard Hot 100 as it currently sits at #10 (making it Ariana's third single currently in the Billboard Hot 100), Jessie has taken the time to announce her album title, release date and single artwork.

Entitled Sweet Talker, its Jessie's third studio album, but second to be released here in the States and is set to arrive on October 13 in the U.K. followed by the worldwide release on October 14. Featuring contributions from the likes of  Diplo, Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, Max Martin, and 2 Chainz, who's featured on "Burning Up."

With that said, peep the official album cover above and Enjoy!

Album in the Works: "JHUD" (Jennifer Hudson)

After releasing the set's debut single "I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)" last year, Jennifer Hudson has finally revealed the album title to her anticipated third album as well as it's release date.

Entitled JHUD and the official followup to 2011's I Remember Me, which is slated for release on September 23rd, Jennifer took to Twitter yesterday to reveal the official album cover.

My new album JHUD is coming Tues, Sept 23rd !! So excited to give yal the first look at the cover! pic.twitter.com/SstgS6cRTf
— Jennifer Hudson (@IAMJHUD) August 11, 2014

Sharing the cover and release date, JHUD is inspired from the sounds of the '70s and '80s as you can already tell from the set's singles "I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)," "Walk It Out" and more recently her R. Kelly assisted single "It's Your World."

Album in the Works: "Souled Out" (Jhené Aiko)

Earlier this week, Jhené Aiko unveiled the official album cover art for forthcoming debut album Souled Out and now the rising singer/songwriter has released the official album tracklisting for the set due in stores September 9th.

The current tracklisting of Souled Out will include 12 tracks from Jhené including singles "To Love & Die" as well as "The Pressue" in addition to the Common featured "Pretty Bird" and "Promises," which features her daughter Namiko as well as her late brother Miyagi, who passed away in 2012 from cancer.

Production on the album features the likes of No I.D., Key Wane, Fisticuffs, James Fauntleroy and Dot Da Genius and you can peep the official tracklisting for Souled Out below!

Album in the Works: "My Everything" (Ariana Grande)

Ariana Grande is gearing up to release her sophomore album My Everything, less than a year after releasing her sublime debut album Yours Truly. With barely any downtime, Ariana has pegged August 25th the date that she releases her forthcoming LP that is set to feature appearances by Big Sean, The Weeknd, A$AP Ferg, Childish Gambino, Zedd, Chashmere Cat and Iggy Azalea, who appears the set's hit single "Problem."

Featuring twelve tracks, the standard edition of My Everything features production from  Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco ("Why Try"), Max Martin, Rodney Jerkins, Pop & Oak, and even One Direction's own Harry Styles, who wrote "A Little Bit of Your Heart." The deluxe edition, will feature three additional tracks, though the details on those have been kept underwraps so far.

With that said, peep the official tracklisting for My Everything below and lookout for its release August 25th!

Album in the Works: "X" (Ed Sheeran)

After releasing his Pharrell produced single "Sing." Ed Sheeran has unveiled the official album cover art and tracklisting for his sophomore album X.

Slated for release on June 23, X serves as Ed's official follow-up to his debut album, 2011's  +. Featuring production from the likes of  Rick Rubin, Jeff Bhasker, Benny Blanco, Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid, and Jake Gosling, the twelve joint were revealed via his Instagram.

When speaking about his forthcoming album to Rolling Stones, Ed further opened up stating "I wanted raw, honest songs from the heart...When you hear that Kesha-Pitbull song, you know it's a hit, but it doesn’t make you want to cry or laugh or sit in a corner for five hours just repeating it."

With that said, X will be available for pre-order on iTunes starting Friday and you can peep the official tracklisting below.


X Tracklisting

1. "One"
2. "Mess"
3. "Sing"
4. "Don’t"
5. "Nina"
6. "Photo"
7. "Bloodstream"
8. "Tenerife"
9. "Runaway"
10. "The Man"
11. "Thinking Out Loud"
12. "Afire Love"

Album in the Works: "Braveheart" (Ashanti)

It seems like the wait is finally over for Ashanti fans as March 4th has been pegged as the official release date for her highly anticipated and often delayed fifth album Braveheart via Written Entertainment/Entertainment One.

After revealing the release date, Ashanti has also revealed the official tracklisting and that the likes of French Montana, Jeremih and Beenie Man will be making appearances in addition to her Rick-Ross assisted-single "I Got It." Target will also offer an exclusive deluxe edition and the next single from Braveheart has been revealed to be her Beenie Man assisted joint "First Real Love."

In addition to putting the finishing touches on Braveheart, Ashanti has also been working on music for the upcoming Tupac biopic, to be released in 2015.

Peep the tracklisting below and lookout for Braveheart when it's released March 4th.

Album in the Works: "Incomparable" (Faith Evans)

Fresh off of a Grammy-nominations for her compilation album R&B Divas, Faith Evans has released a teaser trailer for her forthcoming sixth studio album Incomparable, which is slated for release later this year.

In addition to dropping her first solo album since 2010's Something About Faith, Faith is slated to rejoin the cast of TV One's hit reality show R&B Divas: Atlanta later this year for the third season of the show.

While the teaser trailer only gives us an announcement that Incomparable will be released this year, in addition to going over her stats that include seven album (five studio albums, one holiday album, one compilation), seven Grammy-nominations and a win for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be Missing You" with Diddy back in 1998 as well as being a New York Times Bestseller for her autobiography Keep the Faith: A Memoir, it should be interesting to hear what Faith's forthcoming album has to offer.

Whether it will be a return to her roots or an evolution of her classic 90s sound, time will tell what Incomparable has to offer, though the involvement of Missy Elliott and Karen Clark Sheard have been rumored for quite some time.

Either way it turns out, peep the promotional video for Incomparable below and lookout for its release later this year.

Album in the Works: "Cut2BK" EP (Bridget Kelly)

"Special Delivery" songstress and Roc Nation darling Bridget Kelly was slated to release her debut album Something Different this year, but we move further into November and with no official single to follow her Kendrick Lamar assisted joint "Street Dreamin'," is appears as though 2014 will be the year of Something Different.

With that said, Bridget Kelly took to her official Twitter page yesterday to update her growing fanbase with an announcement of new music in the form of her upcoming EP "Cut2BK."

No more lies, no more delays. On 12/10/13 the new music will arrive!!!!!!!!!!!
— Bridget Kelly (@theycallmeBK) November 21, 2013

Slated for release on December 10th, "Cut2BK" will include 5 new joints and while there is no word on what songs will appear on Bridget's forthcoming EP, maybe her rumored Jerry Wonda-produced single "Goosebumps" will be featured on "Cut2BK" to serve as a connection to Something Different,

With that said, lookout for Bridget Kelly's debut album Something Different in early 2014 and in the meantime, revisit her joint "Special Delivery" after the jump!

Album in the Works: "Unconditional Love" (Ruben Studdard)

While Ruben Studdard is currently on NBC's weight-loss reality show The Biggest Loser, he is also putting is sights back on music with a new album Unconditional Love slated for release this February via Verve Records.

Unconditional Love is Ruben's first album with Verve and will serve as his official followup to his 2012 release Letters from Birmingham. Slated to feature a majority of covers and two original joints, including the first single, "Meant To Be," which will see its release tomorrow on November 19, Verve Charimand and 16-time Grammy Award winning producer  David Foster will serve as one of the producers for Ruben's coming album.

Featuring covers of "My Love" by the Beatles, The Carpenters classic, "Close To You" which features the legendary Stevie Wonder on harmonica, the Bonnie Raitt classic "I Can’t Make You Love Me,"  a cover of Teddy Pendergrass' "Close The Door" which was produced by Grammy-nominated crooner Eric Benét who also produced Ruben's rendition of Boz Scaggs's classic hit "Look What You’ve Done To Me" and a powerhouse duet with Lalah Hathaway on the Syreeta Wright and Billy Preston classic "With You I'm Born Again."

Remarking on the album, Ruben stated that "Unconditional Love is my most romantic album yet. I've wanted to record many of these love songs for a really long time. It’s the most heartfelt album I've ever recorded and includes many of my favorite songs from all different eras."

With that said, keep posted as I will be posted his new single "Meant To Be" tomorrow when it's officially released!

Album in the Works: "The Truth" (Ledisi)

I don't know about you, but I am so excited for Ledisi's forthcoming album The Truth, which is slated for release on February 11th, 2014. Announcing the album's title and official release date earlier today as a bit of a Halloween treat for those of us who've been wearing her latest single "I Blame You" out, Ledisi recently shot the official music video for the set's lead single and I can't wait to see her rock Black Girls Rock this sunday on BET.

With that said, peep her official tweets announcing her new album below and lookout for The Truth when it's released right before Valentine's Day on February 11th!

Album in the Works: "Love, Marriage & Divorce" (Babyface & Toni Braxton)

Toni Braxton and Babyface's collaborative album Love, Marriage & Divorce was originally slated for release this December before getting pushed up to November 25th, but now it seems as though their Motown Records album is getting yet another release date.

Getting pushed back to February 4th, Love, Marriage & Divorce will now see a release during the first quarter of 2014 even though "Hurt You" is currently steaming up the charts since the release of the official video a few weeks ago.

With that said, I will keep you posted of any updates on the status of Love, Marriage & Divorce and I am sure another single from the project will hit the charts before the February 4th release date.

Album in the Works: "Winter Loveland" (Tamar Braxton)

While Tamar Braxton is still promoting her new album Love & War, which was just released last month, she is also getting ready you in the holiday spirit with her forthcoming first Christmas album Winter Loveland, which is set for release next month.

Slated for a November 11th release via Streamline/Epic Records. Winter Loveland is already up for  pre-order at Amazon. Featuring classics such as "Santa Baby," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "Silent Night" in addition to some originals such as "She Can Have You" and "No Gift," Winter Loveland and Love and War seem to be perfect stocking stuffers if you ask me.

Peep the official tracklisting of Winter Loveland below and lookout for the album when it's released next month on November 11th!