Nestled among tracks from in-demand producers like Bloodshy & Avant and Stargate, this was something of a gear-shift as the sole contribution from Cutfather. Not necessarily as an obvious single, though. When the Jordin Sparks album was released in America back in 2007, One Step At A Time was an immediate stand-out. We had to wait a little longer for it because the label opted to re-release Tattoo in Europe first. Luckily, Jordin had No Air up her sleeve and having achieved an international breakthrough, One Step At A Time became the third single from the album. Her first non- Idol single Tattoo was a #8 hit in America, although a bit of a non-starter here (it reached #51). Fundamentally, this made Jordin Sparks commercially viable on an international scale. Why Jordin Sparks, then? Well, it was at least partly circumstantial her identity was arguably less clearly defined as a recording artist, which ultimately led to a debut album that was primarily guided by current music trends, including that duet with Chris Brown.
2012 is proving to be even more exciting as Sparks makes her feature filmdebut as Sparkle in the SONY Pictures film by the same name.Jordin Sparks was one of the first American Idol winners since Kelly Clarkson to get a serious push internationally it’s not that names like Carrie Underwood were completely alien to people in the UK, but there had never been any concerted effort to establish a market for them. In the summer of 2011 Jordin Sparks was featured on thecover of People Magazine’s Summer Double Issue, MOST AMAZING BODIES, sang thetheme song for the Disney film, “African Cats”, released the hot dance single,“I Am Woman” (which became the theme song of the WNBA), and joined New Kids onthe Block/Backstreet Boys as a special guest on their North American summertour. In the Fall of 2010 Jordin alsounveiled her first ever fragrance line with the fruity floriental scent titled,“Because of You”- thoughtfully named by Sparks to pay tribute to her fans thathave helped her to achieve her dreams. Debuting as NinaRosario in the Tony award winning musical In The Heights in the Fall of 2010,Sparks spent 12 weeks on the great white way. So with domination of popular music checked off her bucketlist, what was Sparks going to do next? First up, Broadway. Sparks has toured with Alicia Keys, The Jonas Brothers, andBritney Spears and performed for Presidents Bush and Obama, won two BET Awards,one American Music Award, one People’s Choice Award and has been nominated fortwo MTV Awards and one Grammy. Sparks also co-wrote four tracks on the album, including“911 Emergency,” “Was I The Only One,” “Faith,” and “The Cure.” Cumulatively,her popular singles have sold almost 9 million downloads/ringtones. (Let theMusic Play),” topping the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, becomingJordin’s first #1. Jordin’s secondrelease, 2009’s BATTLFIELD, debuted on the Billboard Album chart at numberseven, with the first single, also called "Battlefield," reaching thetop ten on the Billboard Singles Chart and second single, "S.O.S. Her self-titled debut went platinum,selling over 2 million copies worldwide, with the first three singles going top5 and the album’s second single, “No Air” selling 4 million digital downloads.“No Air” also is the highest selling single by any American Idol contestant andis listed #27 in Billboard’s Top 40 Biggest Duets of All Time. In the four years that have followed, Jordin has releasedtwo albums on 19 Recordings/Jive Records. I won the show I wasa fan of, what could be better?” Thrown right in to the spotlight, and in tothe recording studio, Jordin passed GO and never looked back. Beingon Idol was exciting, exhilarating and slightly traumatic. “I didn’t know it when we were doing the show,but all the interviews and behind-the-scenes stuff prepared me for now. In reflection, it was the best trainingground she could have ever had. It has been nothing short of a whirlwind: The thenyoungest-ever winner of American Idol, Jordin Sparks was just seventeen yearsold when she won the coveted title.