Tamela Mann Gears up to Release Her Sophomore Gospel CD “The Master Plan” in Stores November 3

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tamela Mann’s “The Master Plan” gospel CD will be        released this Tuesday, November 3. Following up Tamela’s 2004 “Gotta        Keep Movin” and “The Live Experience,” which spawned a Top 20 Billboard        Gospel chart hit and 2008 Stellar Award nominations for Female Vocalist        of the Year and Contemporary Female Artist of the Year, Tamela releases        her sophomore solo CD nationwide.

Tamela, who also co-stars in Tyler        Perry’s “Meet The Browns” on TBS playing Cora Simmons; and        husband David Mann, who plays her on-screen father, Mr. Brown, will        co-present for the Gospel category on the November 3 taping of the        upcoming Soul Train Awards, scheduled to simulcast on Centric and BET on        November 29 at 9:00 p.m. EST. The new season of “Meet The Browns”        will also begin airing on November 4.

“The Master Plan” was produced by Grammy Award winning Myron        Butler (Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams); and Terrell Carter, and features        a more contemporary urban/R&B twist to traditional gospel music. As        co-writer on “I Trust In You,” “Here I Am,” “Anything For You” and “In        Him,” Tamela also performs a stirring new arrangement of “The Lord’s        Prayer.”

Prior to Tamela’s solo recording debut with “Gotta Keep Movin’”        and “The Live Experience,” as a member of Kirk Franklin        and The Family, Tamela was the soloist on the Grammy-nominated “Song of        the Year” - “Lean On Me,” which featured Mary J. Blige, Crystal        Lewis, R. Kelly and Bono. “Father Can You Hear Me” and “Take It To        Jesus” are also included on the soundtrack album of “Diary Of A Mad        Black Woman.” Tamela, whose Cora Simmons role        on “Meet The Browns” television series originated from her role        in the movie “Meet The Browns,” has also starred in other Tyler        Perry hit films “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” and “Madea Goes        To Jail”; and his plays “I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” “Madea’s        Family Reunion” and “Madea’s Class Reunion.”