" Bust Your Windows" was released as the second single from the album on September 16, 2008, and its music video premiered in October 2008. She later performed the song at the 2008 BET Awards. The song reached number thirty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. and its music video premiered on July 7, 2008. The lead single, " Need U Bad", produced by Missy Elliott, was released on May 13, 2008. She eventually began work for her debut studio album. In 2007, Peter Edge, record executive and then president of J Records, saw interest in her after listening to her demo that she recorded for Christina Milian's single " Say I" (2006), he later which offered her a deal with J Records. After graduation, she was dropped from her record label Jive Records, later scrapping her original debut album which remains unreleased. Sullivan graduated from the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Philadelphia in 2005, where she was a vocal music major. Sullivan signed to Jive Records in 2003 where she later began providing vocals for other artists such as Kindred the Family Soul.
The album earned Sullivan seven Grammy Award nominations and has sold 517,000 copies in the United States and since been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for exceeded sales of one million units. Upon its release, Fearless received generally positive reviews from most music critics who complimented its production and Sullivan's vocals, comparing her to female R&B artists such as Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill. It also produced three singles that attained respectable charting on Billboard 's Hot 100 chart. The album debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 65,000 copies in its first week. Production for the album took place during 2007 to 2008 and was handled by several record producers, including Missy Elliott, Stargate, Carvin & Ivan, Wyclef Jean, Jack Splash and Salaam Remi. It was released on September 23, 2008, through J Records. Fearless is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Jazmine Sullivan.
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