PRO★WHOA! is the fifth "adult" album and eighth album overall by the American soul singer-songwriter Nikka Costa. The album is noteworthy for its music direction change, from the funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 and soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 of its immediate predecessor toward a more pop-oriented aesthetic. Unlike her previous independently released album Pebble to a Pearl

Pebble to a Pearl

Pebble to a Pearl is the fourth album by the American funk/soul singer Nikka Costa. The album was produced by Costa's husband Justin Stanley, who also worked with Jamie Lidell and Beck. It was released independently on Costa and Stanley's label Go Funk Yourself Records, and distributed by the then...

which was distributed by Stax Records

Stax Records

Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...

, PRO★WHOA! will be distributed by her previous label Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

. It was initially scheduled for a September 3, 2010 European release, however the album has been held back as of February, 2011; In April 2011, it was announced via Nikka's Facebook profile that the album would be released on June 21, 2011. As of now, the release format has been changed to EP status, featuring only 6 tracks on the June 21 release. It is currently available for preorder from iTunes and other digital outlets.

Singles

"Ching Ching Ching," the first single from the album, was released in Europe. The song received mainly negative feedback from the fans, however, it entered the German Charts at #77, making it Nikka's first single to chart in Germany since "On My Own" in 1981. The song Not the Only One was chosen as the second single of the album, and is available as a digital download from many German music stores.

Track listing

Official EP release (iTunes) The official tracklist has been confirmed by Nikka's official website. "HeadFirst" "Never Wanna C U Again" "Nylons In A Rip" "Pro*Whoa!" "Stuff" "Chase The Thrill"

Promotional release "Pro*Whoa" "Never Wanna C U Again" "Head First" "Nylons In A Rip" "Not The Only One" "Everybody Loves You When You Are Dead" (featuring Sam Sparro Sam Sparro Sam Sparro is an Australian singer-songwriter, music producer, and former child actor. His stage name was derived from a family nickname, which in turn was inspired by the Dagenham radio mascot Sammy Sparrow... ) "Ching Ching Ching" "Stuff" "Song For Stadiums" "Radio"

Other recorded tracks

• "Joshua"
• "Kick" (featuring INXS
  INXS
  INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
  
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• "I Got You"
• "Live B4 We Die"