The release of the song led to Ne-Yo being recognized as a top songwriter. Houston re-recorded the song and released it as a single for his 2003 album MH. American singer Marques Houston happened to hear " That Girl", which Ne-Yo had planned to release as his debut single from his then-unreleased album. Music career 1998–2005: Career beginnings Īfter Envy disbanded in 2000, Columbia Records signed Ne-Yo, but the label dropped him before he could release his already-recorded first album. The stage name Ne-Yo was coined by Big D Evans, a producer with whom Ne-Yo once worked, because Evans claimed that Ne-Yo sees music like the character Neo sees the Matrix. The group disbanded in 2000, and Smith continued to write songs for other artists before starting his solo career.
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While in the Las Vegas Academy, Smith adopted the stage name GoGo and joined an R&B group called Envy, who appeared during amateur night on Showtime at the Apollo and on the short lived MTV series The Cut (hosted by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC). In hopes of better opportunity, his mother relocated the family to Las Vegas, Nevada. As a young child, he was raised by his mother after she separated from his father. Shaffer Chimere Smith was born in Camden, Arkansas, to an African American father and a mother of African American and Chinese American descent. 2.5 2013–present: Non-Fiction and Good Man.2.3 2008–2010: Year of the Gentleman and Libra Scale.2.2 2006–2007: In My Own Words and Because of You.In 2021, Ne-Yo competed as Badger on the second season of The Masked Singer UK, and finished in second place.
In addition to music, Ne-Yo served as judge for the reality competition series World of Dance from 2017 to 2020 alongside Jennifer Lopez and Derek Hough. His seventh studio album, Good Man, was released on June 8, 2018. Ne-Yo's sixth studio album, Non-Fiction, followed in 2015. (2012), saw the international success of its lead single " Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)", which certified platinum in the United States, became Ne-Yo's fifth chart-topping song in the United Kingdom, and sold over two million copies. Libra Scale (2010), Ne-Yo's fourth studio album, reached number one in the UK R&B Singles and Albums Charts and number nine on the US Billboard 200, seeing a decline in overall sales. Year of the Gentleman has been certified platinum twice in the US, selling two million copies, also platinum three times in the UK and once in Japan. Its singles " Closer" and " Miss Independent" were also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song. His third studio album, Year of the Gentleman (2008), saw continued success and further Grammy Award nominations for Best Contemporary R&B Album as well as Album of the Year. It is certified platinum in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and Australia and saw the success of the single " So Sick", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.īecause of You (2007), Ne-Yo's second studio album, was the second number one platinum-selling album debuted on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, and received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. His debut studio album, In My Own Words (2006), was critically and commercially successful, reaching number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. Ne-Yo's debut solo single, " Stay", was released in 2005 to moderate success.
The single's successful release in the United States prompted an informal meeting between Ne-Yo and Def Jam's label head and the signing of a recording contract. He gained fame for his songwriting abilities when he penned Mario's 2004 hit " Let Me Love You". He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of “Locked Up”, the first single from his debut album Trouble.Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), known professionally as Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, dancer, and television judge. About Akon: Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), professionally known as simply Akon, is a Senegalese American R&B and hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer and businessman.
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