
Shortly after that, she launched her career as a headliner with the similarly successful "Need U Bad," the first single off Fearless (2008), a Top Ten album that garnered seven Grammy nominations, including Best R&B Album and Best New Artist. Stymied before she was able to release an album recorded in her mid-teens, the Philadelphian broke through in her late teens as a songwriter with "Say I" (2006), a Top 40 hit for Christina Milian. Given the versatility the R&B artist has displayed as a gospel-reared and stage-trained powerhouse vocalist, the production would require a large and exceptionally talented ensemble to do right by the source material. Jazmine Sullivan has authored the kind of songbook that could form the basis of a jukebox musical. Although Sullivan has released only two full-lengths since then, namely Love Me Back (2010).


