After a year of taking 2021 by storm with the lauded Heaux Tales, Jazmine Sullivan announces today that Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe will be released February 11 via RCA Records. More details will be revealed over the coming weeks. Click here to pre-save.
Released January 8, 2021, Heaux Tales debuted at #1 on the R&B Albums chart, #2 on the R&B/Hip Hop chart and #4 on the Billboard 200 chart, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Heaux Tales marked Sullivan’s second #1 R&B Albums chart debut, fifth Top 5 R&B/Hip-Hop Albums debut and her highest debut on the Billboard 200 chart. The recently RIAA-certified Platinum track, “Pick Up Your Feelings,” earned Jazmine her first #1 on both the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay and Mediabase R&B Airplay charts and peaked at #9 at R&B/Hip-Hop radio.
The year-long impact of Heaux Tales landed the project at #1 on several best of the year lists, including NPR, Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork, Vulture; and within the top 10 on The New York Times (#4), FADER (#5), Complex (#5), Rolling Stone (#7), Billboard (#9), Time (#10), and more.
Sullivan is currently nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album,Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for “Pick Up Your Feelings,” upping her total to fifteen nominations. Additionally, Sullivan is nominated for four 2022 NAACP Image Awards, including Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Album. Last year, she won a BET Award for Album of the Year, plustwoSoul Train Music Awards for Best Album/Mixtape and Best R&B/Soul Female Artist.
Upon release, Heaux Tales immediately resonated with fans and fellow creatives (Cardi B, Issa Rae, Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Summer Walker), and over the years, peers such as Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, Monica, have praised her singing and songwriting skills. With stellar performances on NPR Music’s Tiny Desk, Super Bowl LV and more, Jazmine’s mind-blowing vocals have turned into a master class crash course for several singing challenges on TikTok, resulting in They Have The Range dubbing Jazmine Sullivan their #1 vocal moment for the year.
On February 15, Sullivan will kick off her long-awaited “The Heaux Tales Tour,” with Tiana Major9as the opening performer. Produced by Live Nation, the 25-city tour will make stops across North America in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Nashville, Atlanta, Jazmine’s hometown of Philadelphia, and more before wrapping up in Chicago, IL at the House of Blues Chicago on March 30. See below for full tour dates.
THE HEAUX TALES TOUR DATES:
Tue Feb 15 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Thu Feb 17 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
Sun Feb 20 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
Tue Feb 22 – Oakland, CA – Paramount Theatre-Oakland
Wed Feb 23 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Fri Feb 25 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
Sat Feb 26 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Mon Feb 28 – Denver, CO – Summit
Wed Mar 02 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Fri Mar 04 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
Sun Mar 06 – New Orleans, LA – Fillmore New Orleans
Tue Mar 08 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
Wed Mar 09 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
Sat Mar 12 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
Sun Mar 13 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Wed Mar 16 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston
Thu Mar 17 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
Fri Mar 18 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia
Sun Mar 20 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Tue Mar 22 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
Wed Mar 23 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland
Fri Mar 25 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Sun Mar 27 – Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
Tue Mar 29 – Minneapolis, MN – Fillmore Minneapolis
Wed Mar 30 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues Chicago
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*Photo: Myesha Evon Gardner