Here is the official video for "Goodbye Game", the latest single taken from Chrisette Michele's newly-released album 'Let Freedom Reign'.

Soul songstress Chrisette Michele has premiered the video for "I'm A Star", the lead single from her forthcoming album 'Let Freedom Reign'.

Soul star Chrisette Michele has unveiled the official artwork for 'Let Freedom Reign', her forthcoming studio album set for release on November 30th.

As 2009 comes to an end, here is Celebrity Bug's annual list of our favorite 10 albums of year. Soul crooner Maxwell earns our vote as the Best Album of 2009 for his stellar return with the critically-acclaimed 'BLACKsummers'night', and our nine other selections appear in no particular order.

As always, there are albums from the previous year that still enthrall us and here are our choices for the albums of 2008 that made just as much of an impact in 2009 as they did upon their original release in the preceding year.

R&B star Chrisette Michele visits the salon in the viral video for her “Fragile (Remix)” featuring Wale, which was directed by the songstress.

R&B songstress Chrisette Michele appeared on 'The Mo'Nique Show' to perform her stellar single "Blame It On Me", from her chart-topping album, Epiphany.

Stunning vocal job.

 

Tracy Morgan Intro

Beastie Boys Tribute (Wale, KRS-1 & Gym Class Heroes)

Public Enemy

Warren G & Trey Songz - "Regulate"

Onyx - "Slam"

Ludacris & Scarface

Ja Rule & Ashanti Medley

[Happy Belated Birthday to Ashanti, who turned 29 yesterday]

Method Man, Redman & Mary J. Blige Medley

Rick Ross - "Hustlin"

DMX & Gym Class Heroes - "Party Up (Up in Here)"

LL Cool J Tribute (Eminem, The Roots & DJ Jazzy Jeff)

Closing Medley
(Kid Rock, EPMD, Fabolous, Foxy Brown, Ghostface, Chrisette Michele & Wale)

Mariah Carey featuring Gucci Mane - "Obsessed (Remix)"



Mario featuring Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett - "Break Up"

Chrisette Michelle featuring Ne-Yo - "What You Do"

T.I. featuring Mary J. Blige - "Remember Me"



Jeremih - "Imma Star (Everywhere You Are)"

In its series premiere, BET's Rising Icons honored Chrisette Michele as one of the young stars with a future that shines bright. The Dream, Keri Hilson and Ryan Leslie are among the stars that will be honored in feature episodes.

Nice set.

R&B stars LeToya, Chrisette Michele, Teairra Mari and Adrienne Bailon grace the pages of VIBE in the magazine's final fashion spread.

The girls are joined by NFL players Will Demps, Osi Umenyiora, Dwight Freeney, Kerry Rhodes and Devin Thomas, respectively. Hotness on both fronts.

Yesterday, Grammy winner Chrisette Michele appeared on 'The Wendy Williams Show' to performed her latest single "What You Do".

Nice Performance.

Nearly two years after the release of her debut album, I Am, Chrisette Michele reemerges with her sophomore effort, Epiphany.

This time with the help of Compound Entertainment, which consists of Claude Kelly, Chuck Harmony and singer/songwriter Ne-Yo, Chrisette infuses her jazz vocal styles with an elaborated Pop feel that verges on Hip-Hop/Soul.

The titled track, “Epiphany”, begins the set with her singing two key words, “it’s over”, and those very words would continue to be a recurring theme throughout the album. The track eyes the songstress finally grasping the urge and strength to leave a womanizer after being done wrong time and time again.

“Notebook”, travels into to teen territory as she writes x’s and o’s in the struggle to express just how she feels about a special person, while “What You Do”, which features Ne-Yo, sees the songstress giving an ultimatum of staying or leaving depending on how he chooses to express his feelings. The track is basically saying actions speak louder than words, which is a situation that tends to become a problem in relationships day in and day out, because actions tends to outweigh saying “I love you”, especially if you aren’t backing that statement up.

“Blame It On Me”, showcases her simply wanting out no matter what the expense, and even taking the misplaced blame for the failed relationship. Aside from that, it’s just such an impressive track and manages to roll into overdrive with her rich and emotional vocal delivery.

“All I Ever Think About”, deals with the complication of those sweet memories shared with a special person that she just can’t seem to get off her mind or heart, while “Playin’ Our Song”, moves into up-tempo territory and although a solid offering, it proves that slow cuts and ballads are just a much tighter fit with her voice.

“Another One”, deals with insecurity as she notices personality changes when her man is around a crowd, which is a feature that makes her consider moving on to the next.

“On My Own”, highlights that the songstress needs to find a way to stand on her own feet and fight her own battles, while “Fragile”, sees her wanting the comfort her man around, because her heart has reached its breaking point.

“Mr. Right”, talks about finally finding that guy that is her saving grace and completes her puzzle, which is done with the use of a retro old-school vibe. It’s a track that Lauryn Hill could have easily recorded during the era of her 1998 effort, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

“Porcelain Doll”, is an empowering anthem where the songstress boasts that she is not a trophy, but rather a full grown woman, while the dramatic closer, “I’m Okay”, sees the songstress rehashing the memories of a failed romance with the use of her exceptionally controlled vocal delivery.

In conclusion, there are a lot of great things about the album, starting with how it plays out like the stages of a breakup from the confrontation, the actual breaking up, being on you own, and finally making the transition into a new relationship, which in this case turns out to be just as bad as the first.

Other positive things include her trying to do something different from her first effort and though, at times, the writing skills of Ne-Yo can be sort of limited, the combination was great, because it didn’t completely compromise her jazzy and often bluesy sound.

In fact, based on quality, Chrisette’s album rightfully occupied the No.1 seat over fellow R&B star Ciara, and even though, Ciara will likely sell the most in the long run that still doesn’t take away from the quality of Chrisette’s riveting project.

Celebrity Bug’s Key Tracks: “Blame It On Me”, “Epiphany”, “On My Own”, & “Notebook”

Chrisette Michele was backed by The Roots for a punched-up version of her single “Epiphany” on Friday's episode of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'.

Great Performance.

In what has been documented as one of the most riveting battles in SoundScan's history, underdog Chrisette Michelle came out on top in the battle for No.1 with fellow singer Ciara.

Michele scores her first No.1 album as her sophomore set, Epiphany, debuts atop the list with 83,000 copies sold. She edges out the seventh week of the Hannah Montana: the Movie soundtrack (No. 2 with 82,000) and the arrival of Ciara's third album Fantasy Ride (LaFace) at No. 3 with just under 81,000.

The bad news? Michele's opening of 83,000 is the lowest sum for a No. 1-debuting album in Nielsen SoundScan's 18-year history. However, this is easily Michele's best sales week. Her previous best frame came when her I Am debut started with 27,000 in July of 2007. The set debuted and peaked at No. 29.

As for Ciara, Fantasy Ride is her third top three debut in as many tries. Her freshman 2004 effort Goodies entered the list at No. 3 with 125,000, while 2006's The Evolution blasted onto the tally at No. 1 with 338,000. Seemingly, despite the fair amount of heat generated by Fantasy Ride's first single "Love Sex Magic" (featuring Justin Timberlake), the album clocks Ciara's lowest first-week sum yet.

Hot on the promotional trail for her new album, Fantasy Ride, Ciara performed her single, "Never Ever", on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".



Grammy winner Chrisette Michele performed her second single, "Blame It On Me", on 'The Late Show with David Letterman'.



Soulja Boy turned his swag on during a performance on Monday's 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'.



The original 'American Idol' Kelly Clarkson performed her latest single, "I Do Not Hook Up", on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".