''Unbelievable'' is the third studio album by American singer

Keke Wyatt Ke'Tara Shavon "Keke" Wyatt (born March 10, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and TV personality. After performing in a number of girl bands and working as a songwriter during her teenage years, in 2000 she garnered national attention after ...

. It was released on June 14, 2011 through

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Promotion

Among other covers, ''Unbelievable'' includes the track "

Saturday Love "Saturday Love" is a song performed by American R&B singers Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal. The song was written and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and was released in October 1985. It peaked at No. 2 on the US R&B chart and became a mo ...

", which features

Ruben Studdard Ruben Studdard (born September 12, 1978) is an American singer and actor. He rose to fame as the winner of the second season of ''American Idol'' and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his recordi ...

and is the only single, which was released on May 24, 2011. It's the original cover of "Saturday Love" by

Cherrelle Cheryl Anne Norton (born October 13, 1958), better known by her stage name Cherrelle, is an American R&B singer and songwriter who gained fame in the mid-1980s. Her signature hits include " I Didn't Mean to Turn You On", "Where Do I Run To", " ...

and

Alexander O'Neal Alexander O'Neal (born November 15, 1953) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, songwriter and arranger from Natchez, Mississippi. O'Neal came to prominence in the mid-1980s as a solo artist, with eleven top 40 singles on the US R&B char ...

Critical reception

Jon Caramanica from ''

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'' called ''Unbelievable'' Wyatt's "most thrilling album, reminiscent of an early

Faith Evans Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 in pursuit of a recording career. Evans initially performed as ...

record, with feisty declarations of love and empowerment over lush, soft-edged hip-hop production." ''

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'' critic Howard Dukes wrote of the album: "KeKe Wyatt has had an eventful decade, and hopefully the storms have passed. However, it’s possible to use the trials of life as inspiration for art. It appears that has Wyatt managed to do just that on Unbelievable."

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editor Andy Kellman rated the album three out of five stars. He was critical with Wyatt's decision to work with a larger number of collaborators on ''Unbelievabkle'', writing: "There are so many of them that the album sounds disjointed, from the lack of song-to-song flow to the variety of effects placed on Wyatt’s voice ..This being a Shanachie release, there are some intriguing choices for covers. Wyatt and

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and Alexander O’Neal on a thumping, glitzy cover of "Saturday Love," while

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English Rock music, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s l ...

's "Tears in Heaven" gets a surprisingly light reading."

Commercial performance

The album debuted and peaked at number 48 on the US

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