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Cassadee Pope’s second country album will be out Feb. 1

Her new album “stages” is due out Feb. 1. Pre-sales are underway on iTunes and special pre-order bundles are available through Cassadee’s website.

Cassadee, of course, won Season 3 of The Voice and her post-show album, 2013’s “Frame By Frame,” was one of the most successful in the show’s history.

She failed to replicate that success with her 2016 EP “Summer.” But she hit number one on the country charts and earned the first-ever Grammy nomination for a Voice alumni thanks to her “Think of You” duet with Chris Young.

The new album is being released independently and was produced by Corey Crowder, who has also worked with Young.

It will include Cassadee’s last two singles — “One More Red Light” and “Take Me Home” — plus nine other originals, some of which reflect on Cassadee’s personal experiences and struggles over the last few years, according to a recent interview she did with Rolling Stone.

“For the first time in my life, I’m confident in the way I navigate things thrown my way, and I hope someone listening finds the same strength,” she told the site.

Cassadee also has a busy 2019 tour schedule. She’ll be the headline artist for the CMT Next Women in Country Tour, which kicks off April 11 in Tampa Fla., and includes an April 27 stop at the U Street Music Hall in D.C. For a complete list of tour dates, head here. That tour will also feature Hannah Ellis and Clare Dunn.

Before that, Cassadee will open for Maren Morris on several dates of her Girl: The World Tour. You can check out those dates, which begin March 9 in Chicago, on Cassadee’s website.