Tuesday 1st August 2006
Image Copyright: Dusan Reljin
Single: Torn – released September 25th
Album: LeToya – released October 9th
“I just want to get my voice heard again and to allow people to know me outside of a group situation. I also want young girls who look up to me to know not to give up, even when people try and take you away from your destiny.” LeToya
EMI Records is proud to present the debut solo album by US R&B star LeToya. As an original member of Destiny’s Child, LeToya co-wrote the group’s signature songs ‘Bills Bills Bills’ and ‘Say My Name.’ Now, with her self-titled solo album, the powerful singer wants millions of her fans to be saying her name all over again. That’s why after a few years away from the music industry spotlight, the singer felt that naming her album ‘LeToya’ would be the best way to reintroduce herself. “It’s the world’s first time hearing me and getting to know me as a solo artist,” she says, “so what better way to get them to know me than call it ‘LeToya’?”
LeToya Luckett met Beyonce Knowles in elementary school back in their native Houston and together they became the integral members of the original Destiny’s Child, writing many of the group’s earliest hits together. LeToya was in Destiny’s Child for seven years as they broke through to become one of the biggest acts on the planet with their second album ‘The Writing’s On The Wall’, which sold over 1 million copies in the UK, became certified eight-times platinum in the US and chalked up over 12 million sales around the world.
Now she’s back with her own album, featuring the US hit single ‘Torn’ which has already topped the urban charts in the US and is riding high with thirteen weeks in the Billboard Hot 100. It’s also topped the US R&B airplay chart and the Chris Robinson-directed video has been a huge success hitting #1 on the BET chart and winning massive rotation across VH1 Soul and MTV Hits amongst many other channels.
‘LeToya’ is a dynamic, enticing mixture of songs and styles that reflects the many facets of its namesake, who penned all the tracks but one. ‘Torn’ is the most emotional and personal song on the album, concerning a woman who finds herself at a critical juncture in a strained relationship, whilst on ‘Gangsta Grillz’, an innovative screwed-R&B hybrid that features Mike Jones and Killa Kyleon, LeToya salutes her hometown of Houston, where she runs the successful clothing and accessory store Lady Elle. In the upbeat, Scott Storch-produced ‘I’m Good’ she cuts loose a no-good man while ‘This Song’, produced by Jermaine Dupri and written by Johnta Austin and Brian Michael Cox, finds her in the mood for love once more. And taking it back to the dancefloor, LeToya delivers two more uptempo cuts, ‘Tear Da Club Up’ with Bun B and Jazze Pha and ‘All Eyes On Me’, which features Paul Wall.
The full track listing is as follows:
1. Intro
2. U Got What I Need
3. So Special
4. Torn
5. What Love Can Do
6. She Don't
7. Tear Da Club Up (H-Town Version) - feat. Bun B & Jazze Pha
8. All Eyes On Me - feat. Paul Wall
9. Hey Fella - feat. Slim Thug
10. Gangsta Grillz - feat. Mike Jones & Killa Kyleone
11. Obvious
12. I'm Good
13. This Song
14. Outro
15. Torn (So So Def Remix) - feat. Mike Jones & Rick Ross
Enhanced element:
1. LeToya, The H-Town Chick
2. Torn (video)
LeToya is currently appearing as a special guest on Mary J Blige’s ‘The Breakthrough Experience’ summer tour of the US which runs through July and August to early September. After the tour concludes in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, LeToya heads to the UK to promote both ‘Torn’ and her self-titled album.
Click here to buy 'LeToya - LeToya'
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