Santa Monica, California, May 22, 2012 — Haley Reinhart — the 21-year-old Illinois native who won over American Idol viewers with her unique, standout performances and jazzy vocal style as a Season 10 finalist — releases her debut album Listen Up! today on 19 Entertainment/Interscope Records. The standard and deluxe versions, which includes four added songs, of Listen Up! promise a retro-flavored, yet thoroughly contemporary-sounding collection of songs, penned by Haley, along with her collaborators: Mike Elizondo, busbee, Rob Kleiner, Rune Westberg, and Chris Seefried.  Get Listen Up! on iTunes now.

Fans can chat LIVE with Haley on release day May 22^nd at 4pm pst. Go to www.haleyreinhart.com for more information and to hold your space in line to connect with Haley.

Praise is pouring in for Listen Up! with the New York Times declaring it “a taut album full of meaty, thickly arranged pop-soul that suits her booming voice extremely well” and USA Today giving the album 3 stars “..a vivacious bit of post-Adele neo-soul.” Artist Direct  said “Haley Reinhart has made one of the best debuts of 2012, and she might just help revive a little old soul in the process.”

Haley celebrated the release of Listen Up! with a FREE performance at the Hard Rock Hollywood last night which THR.com reported on.   Next up Haley will return to Chicago for a series of appearances starting Friday morning with a performance on WFLD’s Good Day Chicago. Saturday she will do a cd signing at 2pm at  the Walmart in her home town of Wheeling   (1455 E. Lake Cook Rd.) and later that evening at 9:30pm  will play a free, all-ages concert at the Hard Rock Café in Chicago (63 W. Ontario).