When his friends heard his perfect tenor voice, however, they pushed him to drop rap and start crooning. Blige, Toni Braxton, and Diddy, and was nominated for a handful of Grammy awards.While growing up, Tremaine Aldon Neverson loved hip-hop, but the only R&B he could get into was by R. Kelly, was sought out by A-list R&B and rap artists such as Scarface, Bun B, Mary J. He collaborated with primary inspiration R. During that time, he was one of the few R&B artists to sustain mainstream status.
Within the first decade of his career, he released five albums that peaked within the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart, as well as 15 solo singles that hit the Top Ten of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. His fourth and fifth consecutive albums to hit the Top 3 on the Billboard album charts, 2014’s Trigga and 2017’s Tremaine are further testaments to his growing maturity even if sultry hits like the dancehall-styled “Na Na” prove he’s always ready to play the role of playboy.Contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Trey Songz debuted in 2005 and swiftly followed through on the creative and commercial promise of his first album, I Gotta Make It. On his hit match-ups with Drake on “Successful” and “I Invented Sex,” Trey Songz further smudged the increasingly blurry line between bedroom-friendly R&B and club-ready hip-hop. Kelly, he came into his own in 2009 with his third, Ready, a showcase for his yearning tenor and his ability to ratchet up the heat whenever necessary.
While his early albums cast the young artist as a kid brother to Usher and R. Born in Virginia in 1984, the future slow-jam master then known as Tremaine Neverson grew up on military bases before his talents landed him a record deal as he was finishing high school. That softer side is something he shares with Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, and other inspirations. Yet the biggest reason why Trey Songz has enjoyed a long reign as R&B’s preeminent seducer is that he always balances displays of brashness like that nickname-one of many memorable boasts in “Bottoms Up,” his steamy 2010 hit featuring Nicki Minaj-with more tender expressions of vulnerability. Steal Your Girl” must be confident about his charms.
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