Vanessa Williams is gearing up for the release of The Real Thing, her 13th album and Concord Records debut, on June 2nd with not one but three new videos from the project. She somehow found time while portraying the decadently evil Wilhelmina Slater on ABC's Ugly Betty to record The Real Thing with help from a who's who of songwriters and producers including Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Stevie Wonder, Rex Rideout and Babel Gilberto, who penned "Close To You," for which the first video can be viewed below. "Close To You" finds Vanessa embracing the bossa nova rhythms of Brazil and even singing in Portuguese. Videos for the tracks "Just Friends" and "Breathless" can be found after the bounce. All of these songs and videos are sophisticated and sexy, just like the woman singing them. And Vanessa looks so good in all of these clips it's sickening. Enjoy and be sure to pick up the new album when it hits stores next week.
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