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Jordin Brianna Sparks Born December 22 1989 Is An American Pop/R&B Recording Artist Singer-Songwriter And Actress From Glendale Arizona Who Rose To Fame As The Winner Of The Sixth Season Of American Idol. Sparks Won When She Was 17 Years Old Making Her The Youngest Winner In History. She Followed Her American Idol Victory With The Release Of Her Self-Titled Debut Album In 2007 Which Has Gone Platinum And Has Sold Over 2 Million Copies Worldwide. Sparks' Single No Air Is The Highest Selling Single By Any American Idol Contestant Selling About 4 Million Digital Copies Worldwide. Due To The Success Of Her Debut Album And Its Four Top 20 Singles She Has Received Numerous Awards And Nominations Including An American Music Award In 2008 And Her First Grammy Nomination In 2009. Sparks' Second Album Battlefield Was Released In July 2009 Worldwide And Debuted At #7 In The U.S. Three Spots Higher Than Her First Album. The Album's Lead Single Also Titled Battlefield Peaked In The Top 10 On The Billboard Hot 100 Making It Her Third Top 10 Single And Fifth Consecutive Top 20 Single. Sparks Is The Only Idol Contestant To Have Their First Five Singles Reach The Top 20 On The Billboard Hot 100. "Battlefield" Has Sold Almost 2 Million Copies Worldwide. Sparks Has Sold Over 9 Million Singles Worldwide To Date Making Her One Of The Most Successful Idol Winners. Battlefield's Second Single S.O.S. Let The Music Play Was Her First Song To Top The U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Making It Her First U.S. Number One Single. Sparks Followed Her Success In 2010 By Making Her Debut On Broadway. Sparks Starred As Nina Rosario In The Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical In The Heights. In October 2010 Sparks Confirmed That She Has Begun Work On Her Anticipated Third Studio Album. It's Expected To Be Released In 2011. No Title Has Been Confirmed Yet.
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"Battlefield" Is The Lead Single From Grammy-Nominated American R&B Artist Jordin Sparks' Sophomore Studio Album Released July 14 2009. The Single Was Able To Be Purchased On ITunes As Of May 12th 2009. The Mid-Tempo R&B Track Was Written And Produced By Grammy Nominated Producer/songwriter And One Republic Frontman Ryan Tedder Whose Long List Of Accolades Includes Hits For Fellow American Idol Kelly Clarkson Beyoncé Leona Lewis Timbaland Jennifer Hudson And Rihanna. Wayne Wilkins Louis Biancaniello And Sam Watters Also Co-Wrote The Song. The Song Was Initially Intended For Rihanna But Was Rejected And Given To Sparks Instead. Sparks Told Digital Spy About The Recording Of The Song "What Grabbed Me At First Actually Was The Fact It Was So Big. The Melody Starts Off Very Soft But Then It Gets Massive And Kinda Angsty. I've Had Lots Of Friends Who've Gone Through 'Battlefield' Situations In Their Relationships So When I Was Singing The Song I Put Myself In Their Position And Tried To Imagine What They Were Going Through. I Got So So Into It And I Think You Can Tell." Source Battlefield Songfacts . The Single Received Very Positive Responses So Far All Generating From Online Forums And Blogs. Pop Justice Raves "To Start With You Think 'this Isn't Up To Much' Then By The End Of It You Think 'this Is Going To Be Number One For Precisely 2.5 Months'. There Is A Brilliant Middle Eight Where Everything Falls Out And It's Just Jordin Bellowing "like A Battlefield! Like A Battlefield!" And Then It All Crashes Back In And Then It All Falls Out Again And Then It All Goes Back In Again And It's All Jolly Good." New York Post Said "the Single Is Simply Pure Pop Magic."
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Jordin Brianna Sparks Born December 22 1989 Is An American Pop/R&B Recording Artist Singer-Songwriter And Actress From Glendale Arizona Who Rose To Fame As The Winner Of The Sixth Season Of American Idol. Sparks Won When She Was 17 Years Old Making Her The Youngest Winner In History. She Followed Her American Idol Victory With The Release Of Her Self-Titled Debut Album In 2007 Which Has Gone Platinum And Has Sold Over 2 Million Copies Worldwide. Sparks' Single No Air Is The Highest Selling Single By Any American Idol Contestant Selling About 4 Million Digital Copies Worldwide. Due To The Success Of Her Debut Album And Its Four Top 20 Singles She Has Received Numerous Awards And Nominations Including An American Music Award In 2008 And Her First Grammy Nomination In 2009. Sparks' Second Album Battlefield Was Released In July 2009 Worldwide And Debuted At #7 In The U.S. Three Spots Higher Than Her First Album. The Album's Lead Single Also Titled Battlefield Peaked In The Top 10 On The Billboard Hot 100 Making It Her Third Top 10 Single And Fifth Consecutive Top 20 Single. Sparks Is The Only Idol Contestant To Have Their First Five Singles Reach The Top 20 On The Billboard Hot 100. "Battlefield" Has Sold Almost 2 Million Copies Worldwide. Sparks Has Sold Over 9 Million Singles Worldwide To Date Making Her One Of The Most Successful Idol Winners. Battlefield's Second Single S.O.S. Let The Music Play Was Her First Song To Top The U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Making It Her First U.S. Number One Single. Sparks Followed Her Success In 2010 By Making Her Debut On Broadway. Sparks Starred As Nina Rosario In The Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical In The Heights. In October 2010 Sparks Confirmed That She Has Begun Work On Her Anticipated Third Studio Album. It's Expected To Be Released In 2011. No Title Has Been Confirmed Yet.
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"Battlefield" is the lead single from Grammy-nominated American R&B artist Jordin Sparks' sophomore studio album, released July 14, 2009. The single was able to be purchased on iTunes as of May 12th, 2009.
The mid-tempo R&B track was written and produced by Grammy nominated producer/songwriter and One Republic frontman Ryan Tedder, whose long list of accolades includes hits for fellow American Idol Kelly Clarkson, Beyoncé, Leona Lewis, Timbaland, Jennifer Hudson and Rihanna. Wayne Wilkins, Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters also co-wrote the song. The song was initially intended for Rihanna, but was rejected and given to Sparks instead.
Sparks told Digital Spy about the recording of the song: "What grabbed me at first actually was the fact it was so big. The melody starts off very soft but then it gets massive and kinda angsty. I've had lots of friends who've gone through 'Battlefield' situations in their relationships, so when I was singing the song I put myself in their position and tried to imagine what they were going through. I got so, so into it and I think you can tell." (Source Battlefield Songfacts).
The single received very positive responses so far, all generating from online forums and blogs. Pop Justice raves:
"To start with you think 'this isn't up to much' then by the end of it you think 'this is going to be Number One for precisely 2.5 months'. There is a brilliant middle eight where everything falls out and it's just Jordin bellowing "like a battlefield! Like a battlefield!" and then it all crashes back in and then it all falls out again and then it all goes back in again and it's all jolly good." New York Post said "the single is simply pure pop magic." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.