''Supernova'' is the debut

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and is the only one released in her lifetime, prior to her traffic collision-related death in 2002.

Album information

The album's original titles were "Fantasy1.com" and "A New Star is Born", but were eventually changed to "Supernova". The release date for the album was August 16, 2001, the day of her father's birthday, as well as her grandfather's death. This is alluded to in the lyrics of the song "A New Star Is Born". The release date of the album was ultimately pushed back several times. The United States release date was intended to be October 29, 2001, but the album's U.S release was cancelled due to poor sales overseas. The first single, " The Block Party", was sent to radio in July 2001, becoming a top 20 hit in the UK, but it did not perform well in the

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. The second single would have been "Hot!", as was made clear at the end of her music video. However, when the album release was canceled in the United States, all further singles were canceled. Though the album was canceled by Arista, Lopes tried selling the album on her website Eyenetics, but to no success. Since the album was not released in the United States, Lopes had already started to work on new material before her death in 2002. Several tracks from the album were remixed by

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for Lopes' planned ''N.I.N.A'' album. The album was cancelled after Lopes' death, but was leaked online in 2011. Songs from the album were re-released in a remixed form in 2009 as ''

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''.

Track listing

Credits are adapted from the album's Liner NotesLisa "Left Eye" Lopes. "Supernova" (Album Notes). Arista. 2001.

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2001 debut albums Lisa Lopes albums Arista Records albums