Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
Release Date: Nov 20, 2007
Genre(s): Rock, Pop
Record label: Jive
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Album Review: Jordin Sparks by Jordin Sparks
Excellent, Based on 1 Critic
Entertainment Weekly - 79
Based on rating B+
Based on rating B+
As a younger teen, American Idol‘s latest winner, Jordin Sparks, was a plus-size model. Now 17, she has a debut album arriving with minus-size expectations. Chalk that up both to sixth-season Idol fatigue and to doubts about whether her TV likability would count for much on a CD. First single ”Tattoo” wasn’t encouraging, with producers Stargate copping from their own ”Irreplaceable” yet making Sparks sound bland enough that Beyoncé wouldn’t mind the rip-off.