{blackbabes} Jordin Sparks releasing new single, 'I Am Woman'

Jordin Sparks' new single, I Am Woman, will go on sale digitally this coming Tuesday, and the American Idol Season 6 champ will perform the dance anthem on Thursday's Idol results show.

"It's not like I'm trying to be like 'I'm a woman now. I can't do anything that has to do with being young,'" Jordin tells AOL Music, which premiered the Ryan Tedder-produced single, "but I'm in that transitional phase of going from a young lady to a woman and discovering who I am and being proud of that. I just want to show that more than anything." (For the record, Jordin's single has nothing to do with the 1972 Helen Reddy hit of the same name.)

The 21-year-old singer will join the New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys tour on May 25.