The album is nearing platinum in the USA and is nominated for a Grammy. It has a 64 on Metacritic. Of course they're going to do a follow up.
This doesn't change anything for her pop release, but rather proves that she can multi-task, combining a passion project with her childhood hero along with writing and producing (and not just a tacked on writer's credit

) her next studio effort.
It's a shame she has some of you so mad that a so called "finished flop" has fared better with a
Jazz album than some of your faves latest major releases, but like Shakira's hips, the facts don't lie.