Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Keri Hilson delayed

Billboard is reporting that Keri Hilson's debut, In a Perfect World, has been pushed back to early 2009. Hilson failed to turn the album's first single, "Energy," into a hit, peaking at only #78 on the Hot 100. Hilson is best known for her Timbaland collaboration "The Way I Are," which hit #3 on the Hot 100 and #1 in the UK last year.

Her fate is strangely similar to another Timbaland collaborator, Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls. Scherzinger's debut album, Her Name Is Nicole, was set for release last fall until the failure of both its singles to chart on the Hot 100 put its future in jeopardy. While she is apparently still reworking that album for a 2009 release, she's gone back to PCD for their recent second album.

Both Hilson and Scherzinger's albums featured a who's-who of pop music collaborators. In addition to Timbaland, Nate "Danja" Hills and Polow da Don are linked with both projects.

4 comments:

J.Mensah said...

Isit wrong that I'm really not looking foward to this album lol... U know on ur Personal Charts, do u use iTunes play counts to calculate positions at all?

Cook In / Dine Out said...

No, I don't. It would vary too much. Some weeks I listen a lot (at work, on the metro, etc.). Other weeks if I'm really busy I don't. There'd be too many ties in any event.

Anonymous said...

OMG! have u heard? Madonna, Britney n Justin will be performing together on Madonna S&S tour

Cook In / Dine Out said...

I saw. Are you going to see Madonna in London? I've seen her twice in D.C. (2001 and 2004). Both were good, but Re-Invention was definitely better.