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Jordin Sparks cancels tour start, expects full recovery
New York Post Apr 22, 08 9:00 AM CDT
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"American Idol" champ Jordin Sparks has been forced to cancel April concert dates with Alicia Keys because of dangerous vocal-cord hemorrhaging, the New York Post reports. Even a sneeze could permanently damage the 18-year-old chart-topper, who has been singing nonstop since winning "Idol" last year. However, her handlers say, Sparks is expected to recover fully.
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'Idol' does teen tunes well, soulful grownup not so much
Rolling Stone Nov 23, 07 7:53 PM CST
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American Idol season-six winner Jordin Sparks does a sweet job with a hip-hop flavored R&B debut album thanks to a roster of heavy-hitting producers who backed Beyonce and Rihanna among others, writes Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone . She does Prince funk with "Shy Boy," giving her that trademark high-school girlishness.
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CNN May 24, 07 5:38 AM CDT
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FOX's new American Idol is 17-year-old Jordin Sparks. The teenager outsang and outperformed her last remaining rival Blake Lewis, wowing the Idol judges and hauling in a majority of the record 74 million votes cast. Jordin, the daughter of former New York Giants cornerback Phillippi Sparks, is the youngest ever Idol winner.
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