Corinne Bailey Rae Debuts In Billboard’s Top 10
Grammy Award-winner Corinne Bailey Rae’s new CD The Sea entered the Billboard 200 at No. 7, selling more than 53,000 copies its first week. Her sophomore CD features the smooth jazz single “Closer.” She’s made several recent TV appearances to promote the CD, and is scheduled to perform March 1 on Late Show with David Letterman, March 8 on Jimmy Kimmel Live an April 4 on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
The Sea, whose 11 songs are all written by Bailey Rae, is her follow-up to her 2006 self-titled CD that included the smooth jazz hits “Put Your Records On,” “Like a Star” and “Trouble Sleeping.” She’s also had smooth jazz singles with two collaborations, the first with “River” from Herbie Hancock’s Grammy-winning River: The Joni Letters. The second was “Free,” a song from an album by bassist Marcus Miller.
Bailey Rae has announced 16 dates on a spring tour of North America. It starts April 9 in Vancouver, BC, and runs through May 14 in Baltimore. The tour, the singer’s first since 2007, includes a stop April 17 at the high-profile Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Southern California.