Out the Box (Jean album)

Out the Box is the second studio album release by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Jean and was released on December 9, 2008 in digital-only format by Sony BMG. The album consists of ten tracks, five of them in English and another five translated in Spanish.

Background

According to Jean's MySpace profile, the purpose of the album's unique format (with five English songs and five Spanish-translated songs) was to appeal more to the American audience, both English and Spanish-speaking people. The album was released in digital-only format, and sold on the iTunes Store, Rhapsody and Microsoft's Zune Marketplace in three different formats. The standard version is sold on Rhapsody, another version is sold on iTunes with two bonus tracks, and another version is sold on the Zune Marketplace with two other different bonus tracks.

Although Jean has been signed to a major record label since 2006, both On and Out the Box have received very little promotion, and promotion for the albums depend solely online mainly through MySpace and iTunes. On January 20, 2008 however, two of the album tracks, "Stop the Clock" and the Spanish version "Peligro de Extinción" were released on iTunes as both the "Single of the Week" and the "Canción de la Semana" (Song of the Week).

Out the Box (Tonéx album)

Out The Box is Gospel and R&B singer Tonéx's first live album and third major release. It was recorded Live on September 19, 2003 at The San Diego Civic Theater. The single "Work On Me" reached #3 on Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart. "Out the Box" is Certified Platinum selling well over 980,000 copies.

Background

On September 19, 2003 at 2:30 P.M. in the afternoon, over 400 people were already lined up outside the San Diego Civic Theatre for the Out the Box live recording. The recording did not start until 8:00 P.M. that evening. The anticipation was high for Tonéx's first live recording. An over capacity crowd of over 3,500 people stood shrieking with applause, eagerly awaiting Tonéx to emerge from a 9-foot tall music box. From that point…it was on! Tonéx and a multicultural 40-voice choir called The Peculiar People, a seven piece band, three piece horn section, and four dancers mesmerized the audience for over three hours. They did their best to capture what happened that night. The screams you hear are real, not added. The anointing they experienced that night was real, not contrived.