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''Unexpected'' is the third solo studio album by American singer Michelle Williams, released via Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment in North America on October 7, 2008 (see 2008 in music).〔(Unexpected: Michelle Williams: Music )〕 It is Williams' first full length dance-influenced commercial pop album, moving away from the gospel style of her previous efforts. ''Unexpected'' was Williams' last release through Columbia. Recording sessions for the album originally began in 2005, with the songs being mostly mid-tempo contemporary R&B and soul songs, however, after playing the "first sketch" of the album to her mother, Williams says she was "challenged" to go back and record songs that "people could dance to" and so in 2007 Williams began working extensively with producer, songwriter and arranger Rico Love to create an entirely new album – which Williams would later sum up simply as "unexpected". ''Unexpected'' fuses dance-pop, R&B and electronic music to form a wide selection of up-tempo, beat-driven, club-oriented songs which gradually calm into slower material more R&B in sound and style. Despite being a critical success, the album debuted and peaked at number forty-two and number eleven on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and US ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively, selling 14,618 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The album spawned three singles – "We Break the Dawn", which preceded the release of the album, "The Greatest" and "Hello Heartbreak".〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Billboard.com )〕 ==Background== With the release of two previous albums, ''Heart to Yours'' and ''Do You Know'', Williams had established herself as a promising success in the gospel music industry, topping and dominating the US ''Billboard'' Gospel Albums chart in 2002, selling over 200,000 units of her debut album and 78,000 of her second. Williams had also pursued acting, starring in the Broadway musical ''Aida'' in 2003 and the 2007 touring production of ''The Color Purple'' which earned her an award for "Lead Female Actress" in 2008 at the 18th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards. In addition to this, Williams made her television debut via three episodes on UPN's ''Half & Half'' as "Naomi". In 2005 however, during an interview with MTV about Destiny's Child's ''#1's'' album and last single "Stand Up For Love", Beyoncé Knowles said Williams was "working on her third solo album" which "may veer from gospel" to a more "mainstream R&B" sound. Also referenced in the article is Williams' cover of the Al Green classic, "Let's Stay Together" that was not only featured in a Gap commercial but also on the ''Roll Bounce'' soundtrack. In 2006, Williams confirmed her change of musical direction and sound explaining, "I know my first two albums were gospel, but I'm going to do some soul music because I love R&B music, so I'm excited about that opportunity" at Clive Davis's annual pre-Grammy party. Williams also expressed great interest in working with Anthony Hamilton, John Legend and Bonnie Raitt, stating that the album would "hopefully" "be out at the end of () year () early next year".〔 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「Unexpected (Michelle Williams album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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