Monday, October 4, 2010

Entertainment> Music Singer Faith Evans

LOS ANGELES - Faith Evans is a pragmatist -- while she's hard at work promoting her new album, she's also outlining a book, promoting a line of hair-care products, shooting a pilot for a reality show and developing a TV sitcom.
"Music is still the huge love of my life," Evans says. "It's a fun business, but the checks don't come as regularly. And when they do, they're not always the same amount," she adds with a laugh. "I'm taking advantage of all the revenue streams I can."
Those streams also include Prolific Music Group, Evans' imprint through which she will release her sixth album, "Something About Faith," distributed by eOne Music. The October 5 project marks the singer's return after a five-year hiatus and 15 years since her first album, "Faith." Anthemic love ballad "Gone Already" is the new set's lead single, which is No. 39 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Evans, a former Al B. Sure! and Christopher Williams backup singer, launched her career in 1995 when she became the first female artist signed to Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment. The Grammy Award winner and widow of hip-hop icon the Notorious B.I.G. recorded three platinum albums -- including "Keep the Faith" and "Faithfully" -- before segueing to Capitol in 2003 for two more albums: gold-certified "The First Lady" and "A Faithful Christmas."
Personnel changes at Capitol and a fourth pregnancy prompted Evans' five-year break and the launch of her other pursuits. Jump-starting her nonmusical endeavors was her best-selling 2008 autobiography, "Keep the Faith."

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