Four-time Grammy-nominated R&B artist, Eric Benét announces today the release of his new album The Co-Star, available now on all streaming platforms!
Marking his first full-length offering in almost a decade, Benét expands upon the concept of his recent DUETS EP to bring forth an idea almost 10 years in the making. Over the course of the 13-track album, Benét positions himself as the “co-star” to a cast of high-caliber duet partners – highlighting some of the genre’s most iconic female voices. Using classic R&B as a vehicle to fuse both old and new sounds, The Co-Star promises to take listeners on a genre-bending journey with each collaboration.
Intentional with every vocal partner, Benét enlists the likes of various Grammy Award-winners, multi-time nominees, and up-and-coming musical tastemakers, including Ari Lennox, Alex Isley, India.Arie, Judith Hill, Goapele, Melanie Fiona, Jordin Sparks and Autumn Paige. Throughout the album, Benét even calls upon artists like all-female Brazilian music trio SalDoce to connect bossa nova beats, and vocal powerhouse Pia Toscano to balance swelling orchestral moments.
He is also joined by notable names from his recent chart-topping EP like Chanté Moore, Tamar Braxton, Ledisi, LaTocha, and Corinne Bailey Rae. An undoubtably strong return to the Billboard Adult R&B Charts, the EP’s “Something We Can Make Love To” with Tamar Braxton peaked at #1, as “So Distracted” with Chanté Moore continues to claim the charts with a Top 5 position. Once again tapping in some of genre’s strongest female voices for this latest project, Benét boasts yet another ground-breaking re-entry to the R&B space with The Co-Star.
The Co-Star Track List
1. Gaslight with Ari Lennox
2. Remember Love with Alex Isley
3. Can’t Wait with Keri Hilson
4. Must Be Love with India.Arie
5. Fly Away with Corinne Bailey Rae
6. Something We Can Make Love To with Tamar Braxton
7. Southern Pride with Judith Hill
8. More Of The Same with Goapele
9. Me & Mine with Melanie Fiona
10. Change with Jordin Sparks and Autumn Paige
11. So Distracted with Chanté Moore
12. Too Soon with SalDoce
13. Eres Mi Vida with Pia Toscano
ABOUT ERIC BENÉT
Born and raised in Milwaukee, Eric Benét grew up surrounded by music as he so aptly describes it, ‘on a cellular level.’ His siblings loved to sing and harmonize together, and the family had subscriptions to all the industry music magazines, so the seeds were being planted.
His music group Benét, put a demo together scored their first record deal with EMI in 1991. After the record didn’t generate a hit single, the label dropped them. Life was challenging at the time – Eric was a single father to daughter India after his partner was killed in a car accident and making ends meet by working at UPS. During that time, he made a few more demos which found their way to Alison Ball at Warner Bros. Records who had been with EMI. She knew a hit when she heard one and his second album, True to Myself, was released to great acclaim in 1996. He followed with A Day in the Life (1999) which generated his first #1 single with Tamia, Spend My Life. His life changed dramatically after that time, and he started touring internationally finding tremendous joy in hearing his music and lyrics sung by fans all over the world.
