**The woman Entertainment Weekly called a ‘vocal powerhouse,’ whose debut, TRUE BEAUTY, was nominated for a GRAMMY® and was the best-selling new artist debut ever for her label, Sparrow Records (EMI Music), has lost an incredible 75 lbs (and counting!), and everyone’s talking about it!

TONIGHT: EXTRA TV talks with Mandisa about her weight loss in a feature about “Shrinking Idols.” For airtimes and channels, go to: http://extratv.warnerbros.com/about/whenitson.php

COMING SOON: Just in time for street week, INDSIDE EDITION will air an interview with Mandisa from her home in Nashville, discussing her work out routine as well as her new CD> To find out when and where to watch, go to: http://insideedition.com/

** Falling in line with their American Idol promo, RHAPSODY is also now pre-streaming FREEDOM. You can link to the pre-stream at Rhapsody here: http://www.rhapsody.com/mandisa/freedom

** VERIZON WIRELESS users are getting a sneak peek exclusively on their handsets of Mandisa's moving song, "He Is With You.” To download a Mandisa ringtone or ringback tone on a Verizon Wireless phone, go to: http://mediastore.verizonwireless.com/onlineContentStore/index.html#searchTerm=mandisa%20he%20is%20with%20you

**Last week CNN online ran a feature that received nearly 1 million page views in 24 hours, making it one of the Top 5 read stories on the news giant’s website. PEOPLE magazine also profiled Mandisa in an exclusive online feature last week, which both USA TODAY (http://blogs.usatoday.com/entertainment/2009/03/mandisa-drops-7.html) and CNN picked up, while PEOPLE also showcased her in their BodyWatch feature inside their current issue.

For more information on Mandisa, FREEDOM and more, go to http://www.mandisaofficial.com

MANDISA is speaking to women worldwide about the freedom she has experienced through her faith and incredible 75+lb weight loss in her upcoming sophomore release, FREEDOM, bowing on March 24th.

FREEDOM is the follow-up to Mandisa’s 2007 debut, TRUE BEAUTY, an album that created history by becoming the highest chart entry and the best-selling debut artist in the life of her label, Sparrow Records. It also became the only female debut to hit No. 1 in the 27-year history of Billboard’s Christian Retail Chart, received a GRAMMY® nomination for “Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, and her debut single “Only the World,” hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot Single Sales chart.

For more information on Mandisa, visit the JFH Artists Database.