The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse is the sophmore studio album by British pop singer and songwriter Candi, due to be released via Blacklight Records in January 2013.

The album was noted for being recorded early, with writting beggining in early 2011, with Candi even commenting that she was working on her second album before her debut had even charted. The album was "basically completed" by February 2012, although when the chance arose in both artist's schedules, "Summer Nights" was recorded in April 2012 with both Candi and Crystal Barker. Candi revealed in March 2012 that she had written every single song on the album herself. The pop oriented album is, like her debut, mostly composed of uptempo songs and ballads. However, the presence of ballads is a lot more strong in this album. Like her debut album, Candi produced a few of the tracks on her album.

The album's first single "Summer Nights" was released in June 2012. It was a duet with Candi's best friend Crystal Barker. A second single is due to be released and preceed the album by a week.

Background
On May 3 2012, Candi spoke about the album, stating: "It's a lot more fresh and light this album. There's a lot less songs about being hot and cute, and it's easily a lot more from the heart. Nearly all the songs are personal to me. Having said that, there is still a couple of dancey songs as I don't want to alienate my hotties (fans)."

The week before the release of "Summer Nights", Candi stated that if the single got to #1 she would reveal the title of her second album. The single managed to top the charts, and on June 20 Candi revealed the album would be called "The Lighthouse". Explaining why, she revealed "It's about being the one who shines the light on people when theres a hard time. It also shows my progress too. My first album was called 'First Signs Of Sunlight' and now you've seen my first signs, Im like lighthouse, giving of my own light, knowing my own style."

Release and reception
The Lighthouse was originally due for release in September 2012, however it has since been pushed back to January 2013, along with the next single.

Singles

 * "Summer Nights," was released June 11, 2012 as the album's lead single. The single was a duet with Candi's best friend [{Crystal Barker]]. Promotion for the single was shakey, due to personal reasons relating to Crystal, however due to the mass popularity of the two acts it still charted at #1, giving Candi her fourth chart topper. It has sold ???,??? copies.
 * "TBA," is due to be released in January 2013, the week before the album. It has been described by Candi as a "club stomper".

Tracklisting
The tracklisting is yet to be announced.

Charts
The Lighthouse is slated for a September 2012 release date.