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When picking songs for a new album, Jordan Pruitt invokes her "5-second rule." If the track doesn't grab her in five seconds, forget it. No way that the song is right for her. If it passes the test, then Jordan goes with her instincts. And they haven't failed her yet. Jordan has reaped great success since the release of her Hollywood Records debut Album, "No Ordinary Girl." But cross-country tours and a string of hit singles were only the beginning for this gifted 17-year-old. Now a little older and a lot wiser, Jordan Pruitt returns with "Permission to Fly," her irresistible new Hollywood Records Album, available now in Limited Too stores and online at www.Amazon.com and www.jordanpruittvip.com
It is scheduled for I Tunes and Nationwide Record Stores release later this Fall.

Working with a team of top songwriter/producers – including Shelly Peiken (Christina Aguilera, Michelle Branch, Keith Urban), Arnthor Birgisson (Enrique Iglesias, Celine Dion), Tim James & Antonina Armato (Miley Cyrus, Aly & AJ, Vanessa Hudgens), Adam Watts & Andy Dodd (Jesse McCartney) – Jordan injected a renewed self-awareness into the Album's 12 tracks, several of which she co-wrote. She still sings about the purer pleasures of being a teen, but between the lines, it's clear: Jordan isn't a kid anymore. "I kind of grew up after the first record was done," she says. "I became more of myself. I really found out who I was and what I wanted to be."

The new Album kicks off with "My Shoes," a fun hyper-syncopated song about seeking a little empathy, punctuated with Jordan's own layered harmonies. In straight-up pop songs like "I Was In Love For A Day," "I'm Gone," and her sensational remake of the Temptations' classic "The Way You Do The Things You Do," Jordan let her fun side run wild. She shows a flash of old school R&B in "Simple Things," and goes back further with the be-bop-flavored harmonies in "Secrets." But Jordan has had her share of life lessons, which she shares in tracks like "I Wanna Go Back" and the title track, "Permission to Fly," which she calls "an empowerment song, about spreading your wings and becoming a young woman." In "Unconditional," she sings of the abiding faith that carries through the rough patches. "Always," co-written by Jordan is about the difficulties of keeping a relationship going. The hooky vibe of “Boyfriend” is bound to have millions of young girls singing its catchy chorus line.

Perhaps the new Album's biggest surprise is Jordan’s first single release "One Love," a bright reggae-influenced song filled with boundless humanity and loving spirit that has rose to be the 1 requested song on the Radio Disney “Top 3” Nationwide Hits Chart, and has also cracked the I Tunes Singles Worldwide Pop Chart Top 30.

Of course, it wouldn't be a Jordan Pruitt Album without an abundance of spirit. Though still young, Jordan takes seriously her responsibility to try to heal the world, even just a little bit, through music.

Hailing from Loganville, Georgia, Jordan grew up in a close musical family (her Dad was a song leader at church). Beginning at age 4, Jordan started singing in public, working her way up to crowds of thousands at venues like Centennial Olympic Park, Stone Mountain, Six Flags Over Georgia and Atlanta's Fox Theater. Soon enough, she entered a Nashville studio, cutting the demos that clinched her Hollywood Records deal.

Even before the February 2007 release of her debut Album “No Ordinary Girl”, Jordan generated widespread excitement, with the track "Outside Looking In," generating a million early spins on her MySpace page. www.myspace/jordanpruitt. The track was also featured in The Disney Channel film "Read It And Weep." Her MySpace page currently has over 5,000,000 hits.

In 2006 and 2007, Jordan had four videos featured on The Disney Channel, not to mention constant airplay on Radio Disney. On tour, she opened for the Cheetah Girls and Vanessa Hudgens, and later opened for the sold-out 40 city American tour of Disney’s "High School Musical: The Concert." Over a period of months, Jordan toured with Corbin Bleu, Drake Bell, Plain White Tees, and The Jonas Brothers as well as headlining several shows. Last fall, she performed at the International AIDS Conference at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Southern California. In the Spring & Summer of 2008, Jordan has been the featured Act at over 40 venues nationwide and her “One Love” music video has received heavy airplay on The Disney Channel.

Coinciding with the online release of "Permission to Fly," Jordan has signed on as the spokesperson for several multi-media national marketing campaigns with Kraft, Kimberly-Clark, Colgate-Palmolive, Samsung, IAC Zwinky Cuties Dolls and the Limited Too brands. In addition, her revamped Web site http://www.jordanpruittvip.com www.jordanpruittvip.com features all kinds of new features and exclusive access options. Jordan will be writing a regular blog for the website while on tour this fall with the 36 city US Gymnastics Superstars/Disney Pop Stars Tour, where she is the featured musical act, appearing with the recent Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners from the Bejiing Olympics, who will also be performing. Jordan was recently named by PARADE Magazine as the best role model in America for Tween and Teen Girls. TV Guide just tabbed Jordan as one of the “10 Fastest Rising Young Stars In America”.

This past Spring, Jordan formed Jordan Pruitt Enterprises, LLC (JPE), a 360 Entertainment Company to sign selected up and coming Recording Artists and Acting Talents. The first person signed is 11 year old Country/Pop Singer Jesse Kirk from Illinois who has opened for Jordan on Tour this Summer. Stay tuned, as many exciting developments are in the works at JPE.

Though constantly busy, Jordan makes a point of returning to her small-town Tennessee home as often as she can. There, she hangs with family and friends, and, as she says, "for a day or two I can just be Jordy." But then it's back to work. Fun as that work is, Jordan knows she has a special responsibility. "I have that fan base of younger girls that look up to me," she says. "There is a need for a great girl role model out there today and I'm totally up for that. In singing pop music, I put really relatable, empowering and memorable messages in my songs."

That's plainly evident in her new Album, about which she says "I put more sweat into this than anything I've ever done." Permission to Fly? No permission necessary. Jordan Pruitt's took off long ago, and she will be on the wing for a long time to come.