NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Records) - Platinum selling Capitol Records recording artist LETOYA has been previewing her upcoming album 'LADY LOVE' on an all-star bus tour sponsored by the popular "Russ Parr Morning Show," with stops in the midwest and Parr's home market, Washington, DC.
LeToya's hit single "Not Anymore," written and co-produced by Grammy winner Ne-Yo, has been a nationwide smash, with Top 10 Urban format airplay, and weeks of strong viewer requests on the BET video countdown show, 106th & Park, where it has been Top 3 recently. LeToya's second single, co-written with Chris Brown, "She Ain't Got...' has taken off with a summer-long video and ballpark tie-in with Major League Baseball in place. Now launching a new single with Ludacris, 'Regret' will lead up the August 25, 2009 release of the 'LADY LOVE' album.
Early in the week, LeToya joined Ace Hood, New Boyz, Yo Gotti, Dorrough, Britni Elise and Mario for an appearance at WENZ/Cleveland, OH. On Tuesday morning, August 4th through Thursday, August 6th, LeToya is scheduled to co-host with Russ Parr for stops at radio affiliates WDHT/Dayton, OH, WIZF/Cincinnati, OH and WGZB/Louisville. Sharing the bill for those days are: Britini Elise, Hurricane Chris, New Boyz, Dorrough and Yo Gotti.
Friday, August 7th, the road show arrives at "Russ Parr Morning Show" station WKYS, in the show's home market, Washington DC. There, LeToya will perform with Bobby V, Mario, Rich Girl, Hurricane Chris, Ace Hood Yo Gotti, Britni Elise & Dorrough.
LeToya was recently a performer and presenter at the 2009 BET Awards, which drew a record-setting 10.6 million cable viewers, The forthcoming 'LADY LOVE' album features productions by Tank, Oak, Bei-Maejor and Neff-U, in addition to Ne-Yo. LeToya co-stars in the upcoming films "The Preacher's Kid" (Warner Premiere) and "Five Killers" (Lionsgate). She also owns and operates two Houston-area fashion boutiques, Lady Elle.
LeToya's self-titled RIAA platinum Capitol debut album entered the Billboard Top 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts at No. 1 in 2006. She has been honored as a Top Songwriter of 2006 by ASCAP, and is co-writer of the Destiny's Child hits "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name," as a founding member of the group.
"The Russ Parr Morning Show" is heard weekdays by millions of listeners in over 30 cities across the country. He is one of the fastest-growing morning show personalities in the country, whose core of loyal young adults extends to fans of all ages.
Russ Parr Bus Tour Dates:
August 3rd - Cleveland
August 4th - Dayton
August 5th - Cincinnati
August 6th - Louisville
August 7th - Washington DC
August 10th - Indianapolis