<#8220;My mother told me long ago/Look inside yourself/And then you<#8217;ll know/You have the strength/To reach your dream.<#8221; <#8220;I<#8217;ll Try<#8221;

Melissa Jiménez hasn<#8217;t been singing since she was born<#8230; it just seems that way. The 22-year-old New York native, New Jersey-raised performer says her parents swear she was carrying a tune by the time she was one, but it wasn<#8217;t until Melissa was 14 that she joined her father Horacio<#8217;s 10 piece Orchestra, stepping in for her mom Maria and never turning back.

That journey has culminated in the release of her impressive SRC/Universal Motown Records debut album, Signed Sealed Delivered, marking the arrival of this multi-talented artist who is equally adept singing, dancing, songwriting, arranging and producing, a combination that has people calling her a cross between Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Jiménez worked with a variety of collaborators on the album, from well-known producer/writers like Grammy-winning Bryan Michael Cox (Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown), Trackmasters and KNS to up-and-comers like her longtime partner Tyrice Jones, with whom she first recorded the soaring ballad, <#8220;I<#8217;ll Try,<#8221; five years ago before nailing it for her major-label bow.

The first single, the sassy dance-floor hip-hop beat of <#8220;Untouchable,<#8221; which she co-wrote with Claude Kelly and was produced by Dan Strong and J.K., announces the arrival of a new star, its jaunty big brass band intro, marching drums and throbbing bass supporting Melissa<#8217;s tongue-in-cheek lyrics and winning personality.

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