La'Porsha Renae

S15 · Runner-up

Latest documented update, May 22, 2022

On May 22, 2022 she released four albums through Man of Yah Productions in the series The Odessy of Love. Those albums were later removed from streaming. She also uses the name A.S.E. Her debut album Already All Ready came out on Motown on March 31, 2017.⁠[1]

Career

During or around the show

  1. 2016Battles debuted at number 22 on the U.S. R&B singles chart with first-week sales of 7,000, and peaked at number 22 on the U.S. R&B Digital chart.⁠[1]
  2. 2016Sources give two release dates for Good Woman, September 23, 2016 and November 2016. It reached number 5 on Adult R&B and number 35 on R&B/Hip-Hop. A report also places it in the top 10 of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.⁠[1][5][9]
  3. April 7, 2016Hours after the April 7, 2016 finale, she announced that she had signed to Big Machine and Motown. Ethiopia Habtemariam, president of Motown, was set to oversee the album.⁠[1][10]

After the show

  1. August 5, 2016In August 2016 the Battles remix Gold Medal Mix came out on August 5. It became the official song of the United States Women's Gymnastic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.⁠[1][5][11]
  2. 2017Already All Ready reached number 113 on the Billboard 200, number 1 on Heatseekers, and number 15 on the R&B albums chart.⁠[1]
  3. March 31, 2017Her debut studio album Already All Ready came out on March 31, 2017, on Motown, Big Machine, and 19.⁠[1][5][9][12]
  4. August 1, 2018By August 1, 2018, she had released a cover of Tina Turner's What's Love Got to Do With It to celebrate her 25th birthday.⁠[13]
  5. 2019In 2019 she released the single Solo. It failed to chart.⁠[1][14]
  6. May 22, 2022On May 22, 2022 she released four albums independently through Man of Yah Productions: The Odessy of Love, #I: Battle Bayou; #II: Dead Read Sea; #III: Covenant Cove; and #IV: Sea's Spring.⁠[1]

Date not documented

  1. The four albums did not appear on any chart. They were later removed from streaming platforms.⁠[1]

Discography

TitleTypeYearLabelRIAA certificationU.S. sales
Already All Ready⁠[1][5][12]Album2017Motown, Big Machine, 19
The Odessy of Love, #I: Battle Bayou⁠[1]Album2022Man of Yah Productions
The Odessy of Love, #II: Dead Read Sea⁠[1]Album2022Man of Yah Productions
The Odessy of Love, #III: Covenant Cove⁠[1]Album2022Man of Yah Productions
The Odessy of Love, #IV: Sea's Spring⁠[1]Album2022Man of Yah Productions

Awards

Checked October 8, 2026; none found.

Other activity

  • May 2020In May 2020 she used the stage name A.S.E. A May 21, 2020 post marked book 1, Meet Me on the Battlefield, for June 1. A June 24, 2020 article still said the book will be released. A later account says it was published in June 2020.⁠[1][14]

Sources

14 sources

  1. La'Porsha Renae — Wikipedia, updated July 21, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (8)
    • Studio albums table: “* Released: May 22, 2022”
    • 2019–present: “independently through Man of Yah productions”
    • 2019–present: “The albums were then suddenly removed from streaming platforms for unknown reasons.”
    • Infobox: “| alias = A.S.E.”
    • 2017: “was released on March 31, 2017.”
    • Career beginnings: “she had been signed to [[Big Machine Records|Big Machine]] and [[Motown Records]].”
    • Studio albums table: “* Label: Man of Yah Productions”
    • Career beginnings: “debuted at number 22 on the [[Billboard charts|US R&B singles]] chart with a first week sales total of 7,000.”
  2. La'Porsha Renae — Wikipedia, updated July 21, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (2)
    • Lead sentence: “born August 1, 1993”
    • Infobox, Born line (birth_date): {{birth date and age|1993|8|1|mf=yes}}
  3. List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, updated June 10, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Contestants table, row La'Porsha Renae: Season 15, Place finish Runner-up
  4. American Idol season 15 — Wikipedia, updated July 21, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Lead section; Elimination chart, row La'Porsha Renae: Pl. 2, Finale (4/7) Runner-up: “La'Porsha Renae was the runner-up”
  5. iTunes search: La'Porsha Renae albums — Apple. Release database. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (7)
    • Already All Ready: "copyright":"℗ 2017 19 Recordings, Inc., Under Exclusive License To Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc."
    • Battles (American Idol Top 3 Season 15) - Single: "copyright":"℗ 2016 19 Recordings, Inc. under exclusive license to Big Machine Records, LLC."
    • Good Woman - Single: "releaseDate":"2016-09-23T07:00:00Z"
    • Battles (Gold Medal Mix) - Single: "releaseDate":"2016-08-05T07:00:00Z"
    • Already All Ready: "releaseDate":"2017-03-31T07:00:00Z"
    • Already All Ready: "collectionName":"Already All Ready"
    • Already All Ready: "trackCount":13
  6. Already All Ready — Spotify. Release database. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Album copyright: “Under Exclusive License To Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.”
  7. Motown — Wikipedia, updated September 25, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Infobox: “| parent = [[Universal Music Group]] (UMG)”
  8. Big Machine Records — Wikipedia, updated September 17, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Infobox: “| parent = Big Machine Label Group”
  9. Stream La'Porsha Renae's Debut Album 'Already All Ready' — ThisIsRnB, published March 31, 2017. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (2)
    • Body: “the Top 10 of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart”
    • Byline: “Mar 31, 2017”
  10. 'American Idol' Winner & Runner-Up Both Have Label Deals: Exclusive — Billboard, published April 7, 2016. News report. Cited by another source; not opened by our researchers.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Citation on the signing sentence
  11. 2016 Olympics: 'American Idol' La'Porsha Renae Releases 'Battles (Gold Medal Mix)' — Billboard. News report. Cited by another source; not opened by our researchers.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Citation on the Gold Medal Mix sentence
  12. MusicBrainz release groups for La'Porsha Renae — MusicBrainz. Release database. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (3)
    • Release group Already All Ready: "first-release-date":"2017-03-31"
    • Release group Already All Ready: "id":"76a50bd2-24cc-493a-9ef7-ceb1adcd4cde"
    • Release group Already All Ready: "primary-type":"Album"
  13. La'Porsha Renae Covers Tina Turner's What's Love Got to Do With It — Rated R&B, published August 1, 2018. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (4)
    • Dateline: “Aug 1, 2018”
    • Body: “In celebration of her 25th birthday,”
    • Body: “has released a modern cover version”
    • Body: “cover version of Tina Turner’s Grammy-winning single “What’s Love Got to Do With It.””
  14. La'Porsha Renae Resurfaces with New Book Series, New Name — MJ's Big Blog, published June 24, 2020. Fan site. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (6)
    • Opening: “in 2019, she dropped the independent single,”
    • Article date: “06/24/2020”
    • Body: “will release a self-published book”
    • Book title: “Meet Me on the Battlefield”
    • Embedded post: “May 21, 2020”
    • Embedded post: “#June1st”

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