clockwise from top: Rolando Villazón, Philippe Jaroussky, Josh Groban, Clay Aiken, Odd Nordstoga, Michael Bublé.To me, that's what it looks like - at least musically. So many of my favourite artists have new albums coming out this year. According to amazon.fr, Philippe Jaroussky gets the honour of starting the party with his album of French songs, out in just a few days. In March, Rolando Villazon will release and album of Händel arias.
As far as the rest of the spring goes I don't have that much information (yet), but the anticipation of autumn makes up for it. Josh Groban has hinted his album will be out in late summer or early autumn, while Michael Bublé is also working on an album to be released around the same time. Odd Nordstoga is not resting on his laurels after his album success "Pilegrim" last year, and will have a new album out this autumn as well.
As for Clay Aiken's situation, nothing is certain yet. He did mention recording another album of cover songs, after his album of original songs - "On my way here" - failed to impress the critics. But recently it's been all over media sites and blogs that Clay has been dropped from his label RCA, so in terms of his music career his future doesn't look that bright. I hope however that he gets signed by another label and gets the chance to record whatever he wants, not just what people tell him to - and maybe even write more of his own songs.
If you know of any other good albums coming out this year, please let me know by commenting on this post!
