Nyorera kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waNdira 20, 2009, Sparks akaita "Kutenda" paMutungamiri Mukuru weKutanga Mutungamiri weMutungamiri Barack Obama panguva yekutanga kwekutanga kwaBarack Obama
. Yake yechipiri studio album, "Battlefield" yakaburitswa muUnited States muna Chikunguru 21, 2009. Rwiyo rwemusoro wearubhamu rwakaburitswa seye inotungamira imwe musi waMay 25, 2009, uye yakasvika nhamba gumi pa "Billboard" Hot 100. Rwiyo rwacho rwakasvika munzvimbo shanu dzokutanga muAustralia, Canada, neNew Zealand. MuUnited States, "Battlefield" yakatanga panhamba yechinomwe pa "Billboard" 200, ichikwira kupfuura nzvimbo yegumi yebhuku rake rekutanga. Zvisinei, dambarefu racho rakanga risina kubudirira zvikuru zvichienzaniswa nekutanga kwake, kutengesa makopi 177,000 chete muU.S. uye kukundikana kuwana chero chati chati.