"Sparkle" actress and American Idol winner Jordin Sparks is back at work on her third studio album.
Trading some of her pop roots for more R&B, the "No Air" singer says this album will be a bit different than her past two.
"It's going to be different from what my fans have heard before," Sparks says. "With (2009's) 'Battlefield' it was pop/rock and a little bit of pop/R&B, but I'm going for more of the R&B side now, so it's like R&B/pop instead of pop/R&B."
Writing a lot more, Sparks says there are at least seven songs she feels "strongly about."
Taking studio time with Harvey Mason and Da Internz, Sparks tells Billboard she feels bad that fans have had to wait a few years.
"I feel bad because my fans are getting impatient; they're asking me all the time, when is new music coming?' Soon, but it's been so long since I put out an album I don't want to rush it," says Sparks. "I really want it to be perfect and really represent the place I'm in and the sounds I want to do."
For now fans can catch her in theaters and on the soundtrack for "Sparkle."
