Ne-Yo

Born: 1982-10-18

Birthplace: Camden, Arkansas, U.S.

Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Profession: Singer, dancer, actor

Nationality: America

Graduate School: Las Vegas Art Institute

Representative Works: So Sick, Because of You, Give Me Everything, Closer, Sexy Love

Ne-Yo (Ne-Yo), formerly known as Shaffer Chimere Smith (Shaffer Chimere Smith), was born on October 18, 1979 in Camden, Arkansas, USA, an American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor, graduated from Latin America Vegas Art Institute ^[1] .

In 2005, he released his first solo single "Stay" ^[1] . In February 2006, the first studio album "In My Own Words" was released, which reached the top of the billboard album chart ^[1] . In March 2006, the single " So Sick " became the No. ^{1 on the} Billboard Singles Chart ^[1] . In February 2008, with the album " Because of You " won the 50th Grammy Awards "Best Contemporary R&B Album" award ^[2] . In February 2009, he won the "Best R&B Song" and "Best R&B Male Singer" awards at the 51st Grammy Awards ^[3] . In 2011, he won the "Most Popular R&B Singer" award at the 37th People's Choice Awards ^[4] . In September 2015, he sang at the White House State Banquet held by Obama ^[5] . In September 2017, he joined forces with Jane Zhang to sing the " War for the Planet of the Apes " China promotion song " Angels and Harmony " ^[6] .

Early Experience

On October 18, 1979, Ne-Yo was born in a musical family in Camden, Arkansas, USA. His father was a mixed African-American and Chinese . After his parents divorced, Ne-Yo was raised by his mother. In order to make Ne-Yo develop better, his mother moved him to Las Vegas . Subsequently, Ne-Yo imitated the "The Matrix" hero's name Neo, and gave himself a stage name of "Ne-Yo" . While studying at the Las Vegas Art Institute , Ne-Yo joined Envy, a local R&B group. The group disbanded in 2000 .

Performing Experience

In 2000, Columbia Records signed Ne-Yo. However, because the album production project was delayed for more than a year, Ne-Yo was forced to leave the company . R&B artist Marques Houston ( Marques Houston ), after listening to Ne-Yo's song "That Girl", decided to include the song in his album. Since then, Ne-Yo won the title of "Most Popular Composer" and he also began to write songs for singers such as Christina Milan , Faith Evans and B2K .

In 2004, Ne-Yo composed a song " Let Me Love You " for R&B singer Mario Barrett . The song reached the Billboard Hot 100 champion position. For nine consecutive weeks, the song prompted Ne-Yo and Def Jam Recordings. Sign up .

In 2005, he collaborated with Peedi Crakk and released his first solo single "Stay" .

On February 28, 2006, the first studio album "In My Own Words" was released, which sold more than 300,000 copies in the United States during the first week of the album and reached the top of the Billboard Albums chart; on March 18, The single " So Sick " became the champion of the Billboard Hot 100 ; in October, the movie " Dancing Out of the Sky 2 " with Ne-Yo was released .

On February 11, 2007, Ne-Yo was nominated for the 49th Grammy Awards for "Best Male R&B Singer" with " So Sick ", and was nominated for "Best Contemporary R&B Album" with his album "In My Own Words" Award ; On April 25, the second studio album " Because of You " was released. The album topped the Billboard Albums chart with a sales of more than 250,000 in the United States in the first week; the album's same-listed song " Because of You " came to the runner-up position of the Billboard Hot 100 .

On February 10, 2008, his album "Because of You" won the 50th Grammy Awards "Best Contemporary R&B Album" award ; on September 16, the third studio album " Year of the Gentleman " was released , The album's sales of 250,000 in the first week came to the runner-up position on the Billboard Albums Chart. The singles " Closer " and "Miss Independent" on the album both came to the seventh place on the Billboard Hot 100 .

On February 8, 2009, Ne-Yo won the 51st Grammy Awards "Best R&B Song" and "Best R&B Male Singer" for "Miss Independent" ; on September 2, he released the compilation album "Ne -Yo: The Collection ( The Collection ) .

On January 30, 2010, Ne-Yo was nominated for the 52nd Grammy Awards "Best Rap Collaboration" for the song "Knock You Down" with Keri Hilson and Ye . In May, Ne-Yo released the single " "Beautiful Monster", the song reached the top of the UK singles chart ; on November 22, the fourth studio album " Libra Scale " was released . The album reached the ninth spot on the Billboard Albums chart with a sales volume of 112,000 in the first week .

On January 5, 2011, he won the "Most Popular R&B Singer" at the 37th People’s Choice Awards ; on March 18, Ne-Yo’s film " Los Angeles " was released ; on July 9, with rapper Pi " Give Me Everything ", a collaboration between Propaolo and female singer Nayer, reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 .

On May 20, 2012, with " Give Me Everything ", he won the Billboard Music Award "Best Radio Song" award ; on June 12, the single "Lazy Love" was released . On June 10 of the same year, the single " Let Me Love You " was released , which reached the sixth spot on the Billboard Hot 100 ; on November 6, the fifth studio album " RED " was released . In the 2012 US presidential election, Ne-Yo joined other singers to compose the song "Forward" to support the Obama campaign .

On February 10, 2013, the song " Let's Go " in collaboration with British music producer Calvin Harris was shortlisted for the 55th Grammy Awards "Best Dance Recording" award .

On January 27, 2015, the sixth studio album " NE-YO " was released ; in September, Xi Jinping visited the United States, Obama hosted a state banquet for him at the White House, and Ne-Yo attended the state banquet and sang the song " Because of You " .

On April 8, 2016, in the last issue of " I am a Singer Season Ⅳ " "War of the King of Singers", the partner Li Co sang " Earth Song " .

In 2017, released the dance style single "Another Love Song" ; in June, composed the song " Amazing " for Jane Zhang ; on September 2nd, participated in the "UNITY and Music Festival" held in Shanghai World Expo Park ; September 6th , Launched the " War for the Planet of the Apes " China promotion song " Angels and Harmony " with Jane Zhang .

Personal Life

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In 2005, Ne-Yo's then-girlfriend Jessica White gave birth to the boy Shamel. Later Ne-Yo found out that the child was not his .

On November 12, 2010, Ne-Yo and Monyeta Shaw gave birth to their daughter Madeline Grace Smith in Atlanta. Ne-Yo said that Madeline was his first child .

On October 9, 2011, Ne-Yo and Monyeta Shaw had a son Mason Evan Smith .

In September 2015, Ne-Yo and Crystal Renan Williams were engaged .

On February 20, 2016, Ne-Yo and Crystal Renan Williams held their wedding . In March of the same year, his son Shafer Shamel Smith Jr. was born .

Character Evaluation

Ne-Yo is a perfect combination of "high-end atmosphere" and "low-key luxury" in the American music industry . His R&B style theme is simple, it is a love song with a moving melody. Being black, he has a special feeling for rhythm and melody by nature. With the increasing commercialization of the American music scene and the increasing commercial cooperation between hip-hop music and R&B, Ne-Yo insists on making his favorite music with a strong sense of melody, and maintains the bottom line of his own music theme. It is rare .

Character Dispute

On February 19, 2008, in Cobb County, Georgia, USA, Ne-Yo was arrested by the police for driving a motor vehicle without a license and speeding. On June 2 of the same year, Ne-Yo admitted that he did not have a driving license. Subsequently, he was detained by the police for 24 hours .

Extended Reading

The Voice reviews

Adelbert 2022-03-29 08:01:02

There is no suspense in EP9 eight into four, live singing competition arrangement

Can Carson look more serious, a good material for hosting the Spring Festival Gala, that tooth, that chin, that crooked mouth. And his left auricle is so bright that I thought he was wearing diamond earrings several times.
CA's stylist has always been the first person to be pulled out! Worse than...
Santino 2022-03-29 08:01:02

EP10 flower arrangement set, just the end of EP9

[Freedom '90]
was like a serious show. Everyone's harmony was very hilarious as soon as it came up, and it felt like hakunamatata or something. Nikia's enthusiasm for the song at the beginning was quickly boosted, and Franchie followed very steadily, almost admiring her. Dia's third sentence...

The Voice short comments

Destinee 2022-03-30 09:01:12

I didn’t finish it, but I really don’t understand the English songs. The boldness and confidence of the contestants left a deep impression on me. Compared with the good voices of China, they have their own advantages and disadvantages. Originally I watched it purely for Christina Aguilera, and I regretted it too much. The perfect image she built in my heart because of her role in Burlesque was instantly destroyed. Time is a butcher knife. what. But fortunately, I got to know the cute and silly Adam.
Peggie 2022-03-30 09:01:12

Chistina is simply a goddess!