Chrisette Michele Payne (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Chrisette Michele , is an R & D singer and songwriter, B and American soul. She won a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2009 for her song "Be OK".
He previously signed a contract with Motown Records and Caroline/Capitol Records, but was dropped from his label in 2017. That same year, he announced plans to release new music independently through his own label, Rich Hipster.
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Michele was born in Central Islip, New York, and grew up in Patchogue. His father was a sociologist and his mother was a psychologist. Michele leads the gospel choir in high school. He attended Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York, and graduated with a vocal performance degree.
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Music career
2006-08: Beginning of music and I Am
Michele has been featured on several hip hop albums. She is featured in The Game LAX album at "Let Us Live". On Jay-Z's Kingdom Come she is featured on the second single "Lost One", while on Nas' Hip Hop Is Dead , she is shown three times: in the second single album "Can 't Forget About You ", produced by Kanye West's" Still Dreaming ", and the last song" Hope ". She also appeared on the bonus track "Slow Down", from Ghostface Killah The Big Doe Rehab .
Michele's debut album, I Am , was released on June 18, 2007. The song "Your Joy" was released on iTunes as a free single in a week. The album spawned four singles: "If I Have My Way", "Best of Me", "Be OK", and "Love Is You". The album's main single "If I Have My Way" is charted at number twenty-four on the Hot R & D Songs chart; B/Hip-Hop AS. "Best of Me" is mapped on US Hot Adult Songs at number twenty-one. In December 2007, "Be OK" was released as the third single, charting at number sixty four on the US Hot R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Songs. In 2008, "Love Is You" was released as the fourth and final single; reaching number ninety on the US Hot R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Songs.
In 2008, Michele appeared on the song "Rising Up" from Roots' Rising Down . Michele became a guest star as himself on The CW's Girlfriends , in the episode titled "What's Black-a-Lackin '?", Which originally aired on February 11, 2008. He also wrote songs for Tyler Perry House of Payne titled "Aku Gotta Love Jones". From May to July 2008 Michele embarked on a national co-headlining tour with fellow soul singer Raheem DeVaughn called Art of Love Tour; Solange Knowles serves as an opening act. In September 2008, Michele performed twice in Evening of Stars: A Tribute to Patti LaBelle.
2009-12: Epiphany , Let Freedom Reign and mixtape release
In mid 2008, Michele began recording for her second album, Epiphany . In January 2009, the album's title track was released as the lead single. It's marked as Michele's first solo entry to Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 89. Released on May 5, 2009, the album debuted at number one on Billboard selling 200 83,000 copies in its opening week. A week after the release of Epiphany , another single was released, titled "Blame It on Me". It does not repeat success "Epiphany (I'm Leaving)"; However it peaked at number twenty eight on the US Hot R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Song. This was followed by two more: "What You Do" in July and "Fragile" in November. Initially, "What You Do" is planned to be the second single from the album. The song features Ne-Yo, who works with Michele on the album. After releasing Epiphany , she started working on her next album. Michele has worked with rapper Rick Ross and Canadian rapper/singer Drake on the fourth single from Ross Teflon Don album called "Aston Martin Music". The song was released on October 5, 2010. Michele released her third studio album, Let Freedom Reign , on November 30, 2010. The album included the singles, "I'm a Star" and "Goodbye Games ". "I'm a Star" was released in September, followed by "Goodbye Game" and "I Do not Know Why, But I Do", both in November, just before the album's release. The album features Michele performing hip-hop, R & amp; B, and pop dance influenced "So Cool". The album debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 42,000 copies in its first week. It also peaked at number seven on the Top R & amp; B/Hip-Hop AS. On November 5, 2010, her first mixtape Love Thy Brother was released. On December 7, 2012, her second mix album titled Audrey Hepburn: An Audiovisual Presentation was released. Mixtape contains several songs recorded for his fourth studio album, including the single "Charades", among other songs.
2013-present: Better , R & amp; B Divas LA , Music Creator Option and Milestone
The first single of her fourth album, Better, was released on January 29, 2013. Previously, "Charades" was featured on her second mixtape album, released in late 2012. The second single "A Couple of Forevers" released in February. The video goes live the following month. Michele's fourth album, Better , was released on June 11, 2013 through Motown Records. It's produced by Michele, Shea Taylor and Pop & amp; Oak etc. Michele collaborated with rappers like 2 Chainz and Wale on the album. The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 charts, selling 27,000 copies in its first week. It was nominated at the Grammy Awards 2014 for Album R & amp; B Best. Chrisette Michelle joins players R & amp; B Divas LA for the second season. On March 20, 2015, it was reported that he left the show. On November 24, 2014, Michele released his latest project titled The Lyricist's Opus for digital downloads. Two music videos were released from EP: "Super Chris" on October 1st, and "Together" on December 15th.
On November 12th, Michele released the single "Steady". It's produced by Blickie Blaze, also of Four Kings Productions, who is currently collaborating with Michele for her album. "Steady" is the lead single from Milestone's upcoming forthcoming studio album, scheduled for release on June 10, 2016 through the label Rich Hipster.
In January 2017, the media reported that Michele would perform at the Inauguration of Donald Trump. This was greeted with reactions in social media, prompting Michele to respond via an open letter on Twitter, stating that he had intended his performance to serve as a bridge between pro and anti-Trump supporters. Author Aliya S. King publishes a response to the singer's letter on BET, expressing disappointment with Michele's choice to appear and feel like his letter is a "cop-out". Michele was originally supposed to perform at Make America Great Again! The Welcome Celebration was held the day before the inauguration, but did not perform and was even performed in one of the inaugural ball the next day. Responding to his performance, Spike Lee removed Michele's song "Black Girl Magic" from his upcoming Netflix series He Gotta Have It . After the show, Michele announced the release of her poetry album No Political Genius .
Discography
- I Am (2007)
- Epiphany (2009)
- Let the Freedom Governance (2010)
- Better (2013)
- Milestone (2016)
- Unmanageable (2018)
Tour
Judul
- The Art of Love Tour (bersama Raheem DeVaughn) (2008)
- The Epiphany Tour (2010)
- The Milestone Tour (2016)
Support actions
- Woman to Woman Tour for Keyshia Cole (2013)
- The Liberation Tour for Mary J. Blige (2013)
- The Appreciation Tour for Jaheim (2013)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Official website
- Chrisette Michele on Def Jam Record
- Chrisette Michele at AllMusic
- Chrisette Michele on IMDb
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