Just wanted to recommend Jesse McCartney's new album 'Departure'. The former Disney star has ditched the soppy ballads and presents us with a mature, accomplished and thoroughly enjoyable third album.



The album's first single 'Leavin' is already soaring up the UK charts and hits such as 'It's Over' and 'How Do You Sleep' are already making their presence known on download charts. 'Departure' debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 chart with sales of 30,281 copies in its first week. The album was released in the UK on June 16th.

And if I haven't convinced you enough already then you might want to consider the fact that Jesse - alongside Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic - wrote the huge 2007 smash hit 'Bleeding Love'. Yes, really!

Now go buy the new album!