Will Ciara Have Success with Fantasy Ride?

The new year brings in a lot of new perspectives and resolutions for many, including Ciara. The R&B singer is busy recording her upcoming album Fantasy Ride, set for release in Spring 2009. Fantasy Ride has went from being released in 2008 to Spring of 2009, which has been confirmed to be the year that Ciara will drop the album. The exact release date of the album in unclear at this time. However, she is preparing to release a new lead single to create a buzz for the album. "Go Girl" was considered to be the buzz single for the album, but has recently been replaced by "Never Ever." The track is produced by super producer Polow Da Don and will feature rapper Young Jeezy. The single is expected to be released on January 19, 2008 and will be accompanied by a video.

Will Fantasy Ride sell well in this ever changing music industry? Her single "Go Girl" ft. T-Pain was released in 2008 and failed to have a major impact on the billboard charts. In my opinion, the song is very mediocre and definitely was a poor choice for a single. In fact, the song peaked on the Hot 100 charts for one week only at #78. She reached the #26 mark on the R&B/Hip-Hop Charts. With the failure of "Go Girl," I do not have high anticipations for her new single or album. However, with Jeezy on the track and Polow Da Don holding the production down, the song may actually be good. Fantasy Ride will present a different side of the superstar. Hopefully, these differences will win over her fans.