Vanessa Williams to release new album

Check out this article about Vanessa Williams' upcoming album.

Vanessa Williams takes a break from playing Wilhelmina Slater on ABC's Ugly Betty and gets back to making music. She releases The Real Thing, on Concord Records, June 2.

Her first album in four years has touches of jazz, samba, salsa, pop and R&B.

"I had been wanting to do a Latin-flavored album since I played a ballroom dancer in the (salsa) movie Dance With Me," Williams says.

She called on old friends, including Keith Thomas, who did such hits as Save the Best for Last and Colors of the Wind, and Rob Mathes, who worked on Williams' Christmas albums. She also sings Babyface songs Loving You and Just Friends.

She says Ugly Betty's schedule will keep her from touring extensively, though she plans to introduce new music at shows in Atlantic City in May.

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Blast From The Past: Vanessa Williams

Today's Blast From The Past is Vanessa Williams. The UglyBetty star had a pop/R&B career and she experience big success from the later 80's to late 90's. Since the millenium, she has concentrated on acting but has still managed to record a Christmas album and a Jazz album. She certainly has the voice, and also the looks - she won the 1981 Miss America competition! This song is "Happiness", and R&B hit from her 1997 album "Next". "Next" is my favourite Vanessa album -- pure gold, great R&B songs on there, shame it was her last studio album. Fingers crossed, Vanessa will head back into the studio for another album soon after her success on Ugly Betty.

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