Jessie Daniels

Jessie Daniels
Midas Records

The self-titled full-length debut by Jessie Daniels is nothing you haven’t heard before if you’re a fan of good music. Forget Ashlee Simpson or Avril Lavigne — at only 18, the sharp-eyed native New Yorker has all the looks, the pipes and the catchy songs of an “American Idol” and, in fact, comes across with the same power and potential of Kelly Clarkson.

Her album dropped this summer and it’s possible the Christian music Richter scale might never be the same — 12 tracks of faith-based, anthemic pop-rock with the ability to bop heads, tap feet and crack smiles. Get used to her name.