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}} ''The Entertainer'' is the third studio album by English recording artist Alesha Dixon. It was released on 29 November 2010 in the United Kingdom by Asylum Records, and Atlantic Records in the United States. The album's lead single, "Drummer Boy", was released on 5 September 2010. The album's second single, "Radio", was released on 28 November 2010. The album was originally planned to be named ''Unleashed'', however the plans were scrapped and ''The Entertainer'' was decided upon instead. ==Background and development== In early 2010, Dixon began work on ''The Entertainer'' her third studio album. On 15 March Dixon flew to Denmark to begin recording with Soulshock & Karlin, the producers of Dixon's "Breathe Slow". Dixon's fan site later reported that Dixon had secured a recording session with Rodney Jerkins, a record producer who has produced records for Michael Jackson's final studio album ''Invincible'' and most recently produced Lady Gaga and Beyoncé's "Telephone". In May 2010 the ''Daily Star'' claimed that Dixon has been working with producer Jim Beanz and that Beanz stated "We're going to build some up-tempo dance songs to take the UK and the US by storm". She hopes to release the album in the US. Dixon herself later confirmed via a diary update on her official site that she had recorded two new tracks with Soulshock & Karlin and also revealed she had just finished recording a new track named "Bionic". Dixon described "Bionic" as "a powerful, fun, quirky song all about being strong when life tests you".〔 On 16 June Dixon revealed on a post on her fansite that the upcoming album is to be called ''Unleashed'', and on 30 June her fansite president revealed the lead single is a track called "Drummer Boy", produced by Haitian-American producer, Shama Joseph or "ShamRock". Dixon has also announced that she has worked with Busbee, who wrote Alexandra Burke's "Bad Boys", on new tracks for her album, and has also announced that she and Gary Barlow have "become good friends" and he is to write for her new album. Dixon has stated that for her new album, ''The Entertainer'', she is departing from the image of her previous album ''The Alesha Show'', and has chosen to rap in some of the album's songs again, like she once did as member of girlband Mis-Teeq. Dixon stated with regards to ''The Entertainer'': "The album shows lots of different layers. There's character songs like 'Drummer Boy', 'Baddest Chick', 'The Entertainer' that are really about playing a role. And then there are songs like 'Cool With Me' and 'Love In A Box' that deal with real issues."〔 Dixon also stated her ambitions to release the album in the United States in a BBC interview.〔 Dixon described the album in an interview with ''Company'' magazine that "I think this album is the one people expected me to do when I left Mis-Teeq", also describing it as "a lot tougher". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Entertainer (Alesha Dixon album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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