After much delay, the multi-platinum-selling, international pop/R&B singer/songwriter Jay Sean is finally almost ready to release his highly anticipated fourth studio project: 'Neon.'

The "Down" singer excitedly tweeted earlier today (July 9th):

"My single #MARS is now available WORLDWIDE on @iTunesMusic! AND the whole WORLD can now pre-order my album #NEON!!"

While Jay Sean released the first single, "Where You Are," from his latest LP back in March, his newest hit, "Mars" featuring Rick Ross, made its official debut today (LISTEN below):

The entire 'Neon' album is expected to drop July 30th (pushed back from the original release date of May 21st as Mstars previously reported) via Cash Money Records.

"As you all know, the album has been taking a long time. I think it's about four-and-a-half thousand years so far," joked the singer on the red carpet at Cash Money's pre-Grammy party back in February reports Rap-Up.

The source states that the delay is due to a lawsuit that prevented Jay from releasing music in addition to him "taking his time to perfect his sound.

"I had to figure out what makes it different. I didn't want to put out singles that could've been sung by Chris Brown or Usher or Ne-Yo. It had to be unique to me and that took me a minute to really understand."

"The album is the best piece of work I've done to date, without a doubt in the last 10 years," the London-born artist continued to tell Rap-Up TV. "This album is a mixture of R&B, of pop, of some rock influence as well, of hip-hop influence. It's just all of the great genres that I love and I grew up on in one. The songwriting and production on this album is superb. It really took us a long time to get it right, but I'm so proud of it."

A recent tweet from Sean further reveals how special the follow up to 2009's "All or Nothing" is to him:

"Wow so many of u are pre-ordering NEON!!I'm so blessed to hav u as fans thnku! I have a massive emotional attachment to this album-so thnx"

As Vibe recently reported, "Boasting production from Grammy-winning producer Supa Dubs (Bruno Mars), OFM (Fabolous) and Brian Kennedy (Rihanna, Chris Brown, Lady Gaga), Neon will showcase Sean's smooth pen game, catchy chart-toppers and bedroom ballads as heard on his Mistress mixtape.

See the tracklist and cover art below, and pre-order Jay Sean's 'Neon' today!

'Neon' TRACKLIST:

1. Neon
2. Luckiest Man
3. Words
4. Where you Are
5. Guns and Roses
6. Mars ft. Rick Ross
7. Miss Popular
8. Close to You
9. Deep End
10. Worth it All
11. Passenger Side
12. All on Your Body ft. Ace Hood
13. Break of Dawn ft. Busta Rhymes
14. Sucka for You
15. Universe

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