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on 03/23/09 | By Justin Delos Reyes | Filed Under: Reviews, Avant
If you want to get to know Avant, don't bother sneaking backstage at one of his concerts. Don't wait for him to reply to your MySpace messages either. To get close to the man, all you need to do is this: 1) Buy his new album, 2) Load it into your CD or mp3 player, and 3) Listen as he speaks through a mix ...Read
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(1) | Tags: Avant, Break Ya Back, Out of Character, Material Things
R&B singers Avant and KeKe Wyatt have gone overboard for love -or- Love Overboard that is.
Avant and Wyatt, who struck gold with the 2001 hit "Nothing In This World" are reuniting on stage in Je'Caryous Johnson's new stage play "Love Overboard,' Singersroom has learned.
Avant tells Singersroom the new play will make stops in New York, Washington D.C., Atlanta and several oth ...Read
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(3) | Tags: avant, keke wyatt, reunite, new album, love overboard play, tour
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on 12/09/08 | By Njai Joszor | Filed Under: R&B News, Avant
Avant’s upcoming self-titled release, AVANT, out December 9th, will
mark his 5th career album and his first release on new label, Capitol
Records. The lead single from his latest effort “When It Hurts,”
continues to climb the charts, recently breaking into the Top 10 and
Top 20 at radio formats Urban AC and Urban Mainstream, respectively.
“Seven years and five albums deep, I’ve got a re ...Read
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(2) | Tags: avant, break ya back, self titled, album, capitol
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on 12/05/08 | By Njai Joszor | Filed Under: R&B News, Avant
R&B singer Avant has sprung a leak -- well sort of -- the "Break Ya Back (In A Good Way)" singer is offering an exclusive preview of his Capitol Records debut through Tuesday.
Set for release, Dec. 9, Avant's new album and follow up to the 2006 effort "Director," features the lead single "When It Hurts".
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on 11/15/08 | By Njai Joszor | Filed Under: R&B News, Avant
R&B singer Avant is ready to unleash his most provocative video to date entitled "Break Ya Back...(In A Good Way)"..
In a teaser video below, Avant appears to be shedding just about everything for the single, taken from his forthcoming Capitol debut "Avant," due in stores Dec. 9.
Following a new trend within his upcoming album, an album that also features Read
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on 11/10/08 | By Njai Joszor | Filed Under: R&B News, Avant
When Avant said he wanted to come back with something different, the R&B singer neglected to mention his "Out of Character" vision of 'going both ways'.
"I had a dream about this situation and I thought about writing about it," says Avant, referring to a song on his upcoming album that asks his woman to experiment with 'going both ways'.
"Everybody has crazy dreams; sometimes y ...Read
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on 09/29/08 | By Njai Joszor | Filed Under: R&B News, Avant
Fans will have to wait a little while longer for R&B singer Avant's new self-titled album.
Set to become his first project under a new contract with Capitol Records, Avant's latest project has been reset for Dec.9 instead of the original Oct. 28 release.
As previously reported on Singersroom, Avant has teamed up with Trackmasters, The Architects and Anonymous for the new album wh ...Read
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on 08/29/08 | By Njai Joszor | Filed Under: R&B News, Avant
R&B singer Avant has set October 28th as the release date for his self-titled Capitol Records debut.
Following the 2006 effort "Director," Avant teamed up with Trackmasters (LL Cool J), Antonio Dixon & Eric
Dawkins a.k.a Anonymous Entertainment (Fantasia) and The Architects
(Missy Elliott) for "Avant," the first release under a new deal with Capitol Records. < ...Read
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on 01/29/08 | Gary 'JM' Gentles | Filed Under: R&B News, Avant
After several hit albums and over ten hit singles, R&B singer Avant says he just wants to be appreciated. Avant who left Geffen records last year to sign with capitol (J. Holiday, Cherish, LaToya Luckett), says he is glad he signed with a label that could take him to the next left instead of just meeting a revenue satisfaction.
“I felt like I wasn’t being utilized in the right manner ...Read
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