Kelly Rowland preps third studio album!

It has now been revealed that Kelly Rowland's third studio album will be self-titled and released on 21 September 2010. The album is preceded by the singles, "Commander", "Rose Coloured Glasses" and "Grown Ass Woman".

"Commander" has already been receiving major airplay reaching and serves as the first international single from the album. "Rose Coloured Glasses" has been sent to US mainstream radio while "Grown Ass Woman" has been sent to urban radio.

The official video for "Commander" also premiered a while back, take a look at it below and let me know what you think!

Rowland continues promotion for the album, performing "Commander" on the '5 O'Clock' show in the UK recently. Take a look at her performance below.

Overall, it looks like the project is off to a good start with promotion beginning early and the label putting a rather high priority on the album. I hope that the singles start to take off, especially in the US.

Kelly picks new single!

This is probably the best news I've heard all day. The first official single from Kelly Rowland's upcoming third studio album has now been announced as "Grown Ass Woman". The original single, "Shake Them Haters Off" has been scrapped and it is now uncertain as to whether or not it will even appear on the final album tracklisting. I posted the track yesterday so you can take a listen to it below and let me know what you think.

I think this is great news. As I mentioned previously, I really like what Ne-Yo and Stargate have done on the track and I can see this having some moderate success on the charts depending on how hard Kelly pushes the single. What do you think of the new single choice?

Kelly grows up on new leak!

My girl, Kelly Rowland shows her mature side on the fourth track to leak from her upcoming third solo studio album. The track titled "Grown Ass Woman" was penned by Ne-Yo and produced by Stargate and is really another winner from her recent studio sessions. Take a listen to it below and let me know what you think!

Again, another solid track from Rowland. I like the production, it's something a bit different to what we're accustomed to from a Stargate and Ne-Yo collaboration (see replicas "Irreplaceable", "With You", "Tatoo"). The key here are the lyrics, which of course are courtesy of Ne-Yo. I think he really did a great job in trying to capture what Kelly wanted to say and as usual presented another radio friendly track that should sit very well on her upcoming album.

Tidbit: I hope Kelly's project doesn't suffer the same fate that Toni Braxton's did with constant leaks forcing the album to be pushed back.