An awesome track showcasing Kristinia's vocals. The third track features the ballad 'Speak Up' feature a collaboration with producer Ryan Tedder (who also provides the music). This track is her second single (along with 'Sabotage', as a double-A sided single). The second track 'Future Love' a cover of the boy band – Varsity Fanclub's popular track features a more pop with a slight more upbeat tempo than the original. J!-ENT described the songs on the album, stating "The first track 'Somebody' features a collaboration with Mel & Mus (who produced the track and does the music) and for the most part, a catchy dance track. The music found on Exposed is primarily R&B, as well as pop and dance. She worked with him for five years and, two days before her nineteenth birthday, signed to a new division of Island Def Jam Records founded by Edmonds and Jeff Burroughs called Sodapop Records, and immediately began working on Exposed.
At 14, DeBarge was introduced to Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. Due to her performance on the show, several producers began to consider DeBarge to be added to their label. However, she was not one of the five to progress from that group into the final ten.
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She was featured in the first group of ten semifinalists and sang the song " Reflection" from the Disney movie Mulan. DeBarge progressed to the semifinal round of twenty contestants. During the summer of 2003, DeBarge was a contestant on the American Idol spin-off, American Juniors. They worked until 4 am recording a duet, which made her father realize that she was serious about beginning a singing career. When she was 12, her father took her into a recording studio. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds made the biggest contribution having worked on four songs: "Cried Me a River", "Doesn't Everybody Want to Fall in Love", "It's Gotta Be Love" and "Disconnect".ĭeBarge began singing when she was 3 years old, but did not begin to take it seriously until she was 12. For this album he co-wrote and produced "Speak Up" as well as the single "Future Love", previously recorded and released in 2008 by American boyband Varsity Fanclub. Other notable credits go to songwriter and producer Ryan Tedder, who is best known for crafting Leona Lewis' worldwide number one " Bleeding Love", Beyoncé Knowles's top 5 hit " Halo" and Jordin Sparks' top 10 hit " Battlefield". The album includes two songs which DeBarge wrote herself: "Cried Me a River" and "It's Gotta Be Love". I hurt, I get scared, I get nervous and I'm not always at my best – but I try my best. "I want to show people that they're not alone. With great variations between track themes, namely from the pain of breaking up in "Cried Me A River" to the excitement of falling in love in "Doesn't Everybody Want To Fall In Love", DeBarge has a personal connection to each song on the album: However, the deluxe edition failed to raise album sales, selling only 1,000 copies in its first week. The deluxe edition features two remixes of "Goodbye" and "Sabotage", as well as the music video for the two songs. On December 15, 2009, a deluxe edition of the album was released only on iTunes, in an attempt to boost album sales. The album received positive reviews from major critical websites, such as Blues & Soul, People Magazine, and AllMusic. Įxposed received generally positive reviews from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 69/100 from Metacritic. The single became her second consecutive single to miss out on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, however, it did peak at number 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart. The third single, "Future Love" (featuring rapper Pitbull), was released on November 10, 2009. Despite the success of her previous single, "Sabotage" failed to chart on any chart worldwide. Originally, the song was to be released along with "Future Love", however, those plans were scrapped, and "Sabotage" became the stand-alone second single. The second single was "Sabotage", which was released on August 18, 2009. It also charted fairly well in countries such as Sweden. The song reached the Top 20 in the Hot 100, Canada, as well as the Australian Hitseekers Chart. The first of these singles, titled " Goodbye" has become DeBarge's biggest hit to date. The album spawned three different singles. The album features production and writing from the likes of Babyface and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder amongst others. DeBarge began recording the album in 2008, and had been writing the album since 2006. The album debuted at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 with 16,539 copies sold the first week. Its music incorporates pop and R&B styles. Exposed is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Kristinia DeBarge, released on Jby Island Records and Sodapop Records.