Artist: BRI</br>Genre: Gospel/Christian Music</br>Product Type: Compact Disc</br>Release Date: 25-MAR-2016</br>Returns Accepted?: Yes</br></br>Product Description</br></br>The passionate voice of urban inspirational singer Bri (Briana Babineaux) is carving out a unique niche for the 21-year old college student.  In less than a year?? she??s become one of the most buzzed about singers on social media  counts superstars like Rhianna?? Brandy  Drake among her nearly 400??000 Instagram ??Followers??.  Before any radio airplay?? hundreds of thousands of fans enjoyed hearing her heartfelt cover songs on YouTube.    Born August 26?? 1994?? Bri??s journey started on the island of Hawaii where her father was doing his stint with The Marines; later he moved his family to his hometown of Lafayette?? Louisiana.  Her parents separate"as two & Bri began singing in the church at the age of five where her stepfather is a pastor at Refuge Temple Ministries; ??I never planned to become a professional singer???? she laughs.  Instead?? a gifted high school athlete?? she earned a track scholarship to McNeese State University but after a semester she moved on to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a criminal justice major.  ??At that point I was focused on becoming an attorney???? she says.  Then?? fate entered.  During the fall of 2014?? Bri was despondent after a romantic breakup.  Upon hanging out with her friends to get her mind off of her heartache?? fooling around?? Bri started to sing Tonex??s ??Make Me Over"sted a camera phone video of it on YouTube & within hours her riveting cover had gone viral.  ??I guess I was releasing all of my hurt & emotions through the song???? Bri recalls.  That one video & subsequently others kicked off the #Brination phenomenon garnering a fan base that increased exponentially.  After turning down several offers to record RB music?? the Louisiana native signed with Marquis Boone Enterprises (of Casey J success) releasing her debut gospel song ??I??ll Be The One?? in June (of 2015) & watched it spring onto four different Billboard Magazine sales charts including the Gospel Digital Songs chart where it hit the top spot.  Since that time?? the song has now become a Top 20 gospel radio hit & is inciting demand for Bri??s much-anticipated debut album 'Keys To My Heart' (Marquis Boone Enterprises?? LLC/Tyscot Records?? LLC) releasing March 25?? 2016.  Korey Bowie