Melanie Amaro “Truly” Album Set for a March 12 Release?

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Is a release date set for the debut album from X Factor Season 1 winner, Melanie Amaro? Walmart has March 12 posted as the release date for her upcoming alum Truly.

Also a tweet from a producer who claims to have collaborated on a song called “Breath My Last” with J.R. Totem and Martin Evens also cites a March 12 release.

Melanie debuted a new single called “Long Distance” from the upcoming album on the X Factor results show that aired December 6.

CORRECTION:  The release date is March 12 not March 13.

 
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  • fuzzywuzzy

    “Phillip has said he is not a great singer again and again”
    On that point, P2 and I agree. lol I respect that fact that P2 has publicly talked about needing to correct his pitch problems in his singing and that he doesn’t regard himself as a good singer. His realistic view of his own abilities is refreshing.

  • http://twitter.com/tinawinabina Tinawina

    Melanie isn’t a pop artist, which is an issue. If they simply allowed
    her to be an Urban AC artist, which from what I’ve heard of her is
    probably her most natural genre, and promoted her as just that, she
    might do fine. Fantasia has certainly made a very nice career out of
    being pretty much an Urban AC artist, and so have several other people.
    She likely wouldn’t put up huge sales by staying in that genre, but she
    could at least have a solid career, which is more than what she’s likely
    to have if they try to force her to become a pop artist.

    Bingo. Quoted for truth.

    Simon won’t let her do what she does best because he wants higher sales/broader appeal than that. But that’s not who she is. It won’t work. Period.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/IYMZ43XMLLAE6RVHJS4M6KNC5Y Dennis

    It’s not even the fact that Melanie isn’t a pop artist, she’s not getting good pop songs. Everything she’s put out is so generic that no one would be interested in it.
    She could do urban type of pop records like Beyonce but they won’t let her do that. They’re pretty much ignoring the urban/r&b market which is where she should be going and sounds the best in. They are at least giving Marcus more urban songs like every song he’s put out like why aren’t they doing that for Melanie. I mean I barely can tell it’s her singing these songs, she sounds nothing like herself.

    I truly think they gave up on her. Marcus and Chris haven’t exactly blazed the charts but I’ve seen them alot more than Melanie. We can blame LA cause I don’t think he’s doing a great job with any of his artists on Epic but she’s apart of Syco /Epic so I don’t know what Simon’s doing with her either. If the album really comes out in March, they have to go back to drawing board, get better URBAN songs, get rid of the generic songs she’s already put out, actually promote her but the chances of them doing this are very slim. If they haven’t done it by now they aren’t going to do it, it’s sad really.

  • http://twitter.com/tinawinabina Tinawina

    She could do urban type of pop records like Beyonce but they won’t let
    her do that. They’re pretty much ignoring the urban/r&b market which
    is where she should be going and sounds the best in. 

    I don’t even see her being that. She can handle it vocally, but with that crossover stuff you also have some kind of compelling presence. Do you see Melanie developing a striking visual presentation to accompany that voice? And I don’t mean her looks. Just… can she become something to distinct to SEE as well as hear? Even Adele has a distinct look and a persona. And in modern R&B, can she be an iconic personality that people really get into, kinda like Keisha Cole? Or Brandy or Elle Varner or Teyana Taylor or whoever…they are not boring to stare at. She strikes me as the type that just stands there and belts the snot out of a song. LOL. That’s more of a grown folks crowd to me.

    But you are right IMO, if they try anything it should be that. But they haven’t. And it is a shame.

  • Karen C

    Melanie isn’t a pop artist, which is an issue. If they simply allowed her to be an Urban AC artist, which from what I’ve heard of her is probably her most natural genre, and promoted her as just that, she might do fine. Fantasia has certainly made a very nice career out of being pretty much an Urban AC artist, and so have several other people. She likely wouldn’t put up huge sales by staying in that genre, but she could at least have a solid career, which is more than what she’s likely to have if they try to force her to become a pop artist.

    Exactly !!!  This is her strength, and she would have done well with this. The problem with her other singles were they were trying to fit her into current pop, and while she has the voice, the songs weren’t that great, and she doesn’t have the image she would have to have to be the type of pop star they were trying to push her as. 

    One problem, not only with XFUSA, but with Idol and The Voice, is that they don’t seem to get that not everyone who does well on the show fits into pop or into the country market.

    I agree this is beginning to change with Interscope on Idol. I also think this problem effects women more than men, because for the most part, the types of music that would be considered pop for females would not be the types that are mainly featured on this type of show. I think this is the reason it is now women that are struggling on these type of shows.

  • http://twitter.com/shoriagirl Shoria

    I read somewhere that Melanie was put in a fat camp to make her look presentable to the public, since she gained a lot of weight after her win.  This is the reason why nobody seen much of her. 

  • Karen C

    Even if that’s true, it didn’t hurt Adele any.  And she looked fine when she was on X Factor.  They should have released her album at least by then.

  • Trina

    I’m willing to believe that Amaro’s management just haven’t been able to get her good TV gigs despite their best efforts, but in the absence of a radio hit, I can’t see why this would change in March.

    ITA. Her absence (and the lack of her name being mentioned on the XF finale) tells me all I need to know about how Simon & co. view her.  And when she did perform and the song didnt make a dent on itunes it makes me think the XF audience doesnt even care anymore. By March it wont get any better, shes going to keep getting more removed from peoples memories unless they start rolling out promo soon.  You would think winning that 5 million would have made the label get her some REALLY hot producers and writers capable of great songs. J.R. Rotem hasnt had a mega hit in a long time.

    Tate has been writing the last 2 days and has already been going through songs for his album. At least theyre moving fast with him. IMO he’ll benefit from the mistakes they made with Melanie.

  • b_james

    I can’t believe they failed her so hard.  Seriously, why wasn’t she putting out singles LAST YEAR and collaborating with some big names?

    I hope she maybe at least can be pushed in Christian music…i feel like that’s her only saving grace at this point.  

  • irockhard

    And I’m willing to bet Simon and Co. will want to forget about S2 as well.

  • http://twitter.com/desireechick Kesia Monteith

    I really think christian music is her real calling. I do like Melanie, so disheartens me to see her being dealt with such poor promo. :(

  • Karen C

    Tate has been writing the last 2 days and has already been going through songs for his album. At least theyre moving fast with him. IMO he’ll benefit from the mistakes they made with Melanie.

    I think the difference is that not only does Tate write his own music, he also knows who he is an artist.  They know they can market him as a country artist, and he might even end up doing well.  I think they weren’t sure how to market Melanie.

  • jdanton2

    I know i will be buying both Melanie and Jessica album.

  • jdanton2

     Long Distance  has  not gotten an add date yet. I assume they will probably have it around the video release or most likely  before the album release .

  • Anny_nanny

    I liked Melanie in its season, not as much as Kris and Josh. But XF this is the most boring show what you could think of. And I hate to see what is happening now. Because I believe these people are coming to the show not only in order to see themselves on TV (the exception is the Voice LOL). They all dream to get a career in business, not to promote Simon’s EGO.

    At this point I don’t see a career for Melanie. Can be christian music possible, I never thought about it. But not urban or pop – she is not very interesting in itself. She can sing surely, but she was not interesting in during the show and I did not see the changes through the year. She is what she is.
    Maybe she should think about a career backup-singer – it’s not about 5M, but after a year she will be happy with this. And I did not put my money that she can’t ever change – she is young.

    And Simon need to change the name of the show, at least in US – this is not about x-factor, it is about “what no one else needs”. I had great hopes that the new show will give me what I missed on Idol, but I returned to AI and was happy in the last season. Let well be alone. May be…

  • http://twitter.com/eilonwya10 Eilonwy

    Radio stations have had the song since December 7, yet there’s no evidence of any test spins, not even the day after the XFUSA performance when the song might have been “news.” 

    Giving it an add date is, by now, a pointless formality. No doubt Amaro’s team will go through with it, just as they went ahead with a video for DFMN after the song had already flopped on radio — but it doesn’t fix anything. ETA: At this point, I have no idea what they should do, as the mess is piled so deep.

    While I recognize there’s a large element of luck and timeliness in making a song a success, I remain flabbergasted by how Amaro’s team seems committed to doing every step as ineptly as possible. Usually with a launch, I may not flove one or another element, but it’s possible to comprehend the justification for why the label/mgmt/promo team did it that way. With Amaro’s launch, it’s one headdesk!WTF moment after another.

  • mmb

    Management and label’s handling of Melanie has been absolutely headscratching.  She wins Xfactor, and then, crickets…for months…nothing except that pepsi commercial…and now they are going to launch her album after the second season of x factor is over, while idol and the voice are on air.  Nothing they have done with her makes sense.  At all.

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