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For Dinah
2025 studio album by Ledisi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For Dinah is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Ledisi. The album was released on October 3, 2025, by her record label Listen Back Entertainment and distributed by Candid Records.[1] For Dinah is a tribute album to American singer Dinah Washington.
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Background and development
She [Dinah] gave me permission to move freely, create freely, be a woman in leadership, wear and say what I want. Before there was Aretha, there was Dinah. She deserves to be recognized in today's music as well. I felt her pain, her rejection. This is where I come from — and this is my way of saying her name out loud.
Following the conclusion of the Love You Too Tour, Ledisi announced her next album would titled For Dinah; a tribute album to American singer Dinah Washington to be released on October 3, 2025.[3] The concept of album originated from an idea, eight years prior to the recording of the album.[4]
In a press release, Ledisi stated that Dinah Washington had been a major impact on her since adolescence.[3] She recalled her mother playing Washington's music around their house.[3]
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Recording and production
The entire album was produced by American music producer Rex Rideout and American jazz musician Christian McBride.[3] The album also features McBride as a guest musician on the jazz standard "You Don't Know What Love Is".[3] In addition to Dinah Washington's original songs, Ledisi recorded several songs made popular by Washington.
American singer Gregory Porter performed a duet with Ledisi on the song "You've Got What It Takes"; originally recorded by Washington and Brook Benton.[3] American musician Paul Jackson Jr. also appears on the song "You Go to My Head".[3] Ledisi also enlisted in additional musicians including Sara Hewitt-Roth, McClenty Hunter Jr, Michael King, Yuko Naito-Gotay, Lisa Matricardi, and Antoine Silverman.
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Release and promotion
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The album is scheduled to be released on October 3, 2025, by her record label Listen Back Entertainment and distributed by Candid Records.[2] In addition to physical compact disc and digital formats, autographed copies of the album were also made available during the pre-order of For Dinah.
Singles
"This Bitter Earth" was released the album's lead single on July 18, 2025. Rather than release the song in traditional single format, the song was made available to stream on digital music platforms along with the pre-order of the album. An in-studio performance video, directed by Ron T. Young, was released to Ledisi's social media platforms.[2] On August 22, 2025, she released "What a Difference a Day Makes" as the album's second single.[5][6] Like its predecessor, the song did not receive a formal release as a single but rather made available to stream on digital music platforms with the pre-order of the album.
Tour
In July 2025, Ledisi announced that she will embarked on a concert tour, titled Ledisi for Dinah Tour.[2] The concert tour began on October 2, 2025, in Chandler, Arizona and will conclude on October 6, 2025, in San Francisco, California. The final show was reviewed by Andrew Gilbert for the San Francisco Chronicle. The concert performance received a mixed review as Gilbert praised several of her traditional arrangements but felt the "slyly funky arrangement of 'This Bitter Earth,' which brought to mind the Ahmad Jamal Trio, was less successful, sapping the song of some of its devastating, self-dramatizing loneliness."[7]
Critical reception
For Dinah received generally positive reviews from music critics. Andy Kellman of AllMusic referred to the album as "reverent and creative", comparing it to Ledisi's past album Ledisi Sings Nina.[1]
Commercial performance
For Dinah debuted at number seventeen on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart and number fifteen on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart during the week of October 18, 2025.[8]
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