CIARA THANKFUL SHE LEARNED FROM HER EARLY MISTAKES

R&B singer Ciara will release her sophomore album, Ciara: The Evolution, on December 5th. The album will feature production by Rodney Jerkins, Pharrell Williams, will.i.am, Lil Jon, and Polow with a guest appearance by 50 Cent. The first single from the album is “Promise.”

Ciara is currently on a 16-city club tour to preview tracks from the new album. The tour will hit Canada this weekend and is scheduled to wrap on December 10th at the Nokia Theater in New York City. In addition to club dates, Ciara will play several large radio station sponsored shows on December 1st at the Los Angeles’ Staples Center, December 8th in Hartford, Connecticut and December 16th in Miami.

“I had my experience of signing a bad publishing deal when I was younger. I’m glad that experienced that at the mediocre stages of my career because I think it only makes you more wise and just prepared me for the next step. And now I just did an administration deal which is way much better. And just knowing how to do different things and work on different deal points which makes a big difference.”

Ciara recently shared that she was happy that she signed a bad publishing deal early in her career because it allowed her to learn from her mistakes before striking it big. She said,