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" Melanie Amaro has said that she wants fans to be surprised by her debut album.  The X Factor USA winner, who signed to Epic Records earlier this month, said that while the LP will contain many of her signature ballads, she hopes to offer something unique as well.  In an interview with AOL Music, Amaro said: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll definitely have that same sound, but I&amp;#039;m going to surprise people with what&amp;#039;s on the album and who is on the album. You&amp;#039;ve got to stick around and wait, I&amp;#039;m not going to give anything away!  &amp;quot;I would like to work with Mariah Carey, and you know, whatever artist who wants to do a song with me and thinks they can stand up to my voice!&amp;quot; Amaro also offered advice to aspiring singers who might like to follow in her X Factor footsteps, saying: &amp;quot;If you&amp;#039;re going to come, come strong and believe in your gift. If this is something that you really want, you&amp;#039;ve got to fight for it. It&amp;#039;s not going to just come and fall on your lap.  &amp;quot;I think I proved that if you put your mind to something, you can do it. I want to inspire people. If I can do it, coming from where I&amp;#039;m coming from with my past, anyone can do it.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;X Factor&amp;#039; Melanie Amaro: &amp;#039;Simon Cowell will continue to be my mentor&amp;#039;&amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;X Factor&amp;#039; USA winner Melanie Amaro: &amp;#039;The best part is the support&amp;#039; Watch Melanie Amaro performing &amp;#039;Listen&amp;#039; by Beyonc\u00C3\u00A9 on The X Factor grand final below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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