Several intermediary releases ensued through 2015, including Intermission I & II and a "reloaded" edition of Trigga, which eventually became the singer's third platinum album. The Top Ten R&B hit "Na Na" and "Smartphones" were issued in early 2014 as the first singles from June's Trigga, which entered the Billboard 200 at the very top. In 2013, he contributed to yet another gold-selling single, Juicy J's "Bounce It," which appeared in the films Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3-D and Baggage Claim, and prepared his sixth studio album. Cole's gold "Can't Get Enough" - could have been compiled for a sizable anthology. By that point, Songz' own guest appearances - from Twista's "Girls Tonite" to J. An August 2012 release, Chapter V debuted at number one, featured verses from T.I., Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross, and was highlighted by "Heart Attack," Trey's third Grammy-nominated recording, this time for Best R&B Song. The five-track EP Inevitable was issued in November 2011 as a stopgap prior to the singer's fifth album. Featuring the Nicki Minaj collaboration "Bottoms Up," it too was RIAA-certified. September 2010 brought Passion, Pain & Pleasure. The set was Grammy-nominated in the category of Best Contemporary R&B Album. Some of the album's songs, such as "I Invented Sex" and the platinum "Say Aah," were among his brashest moments, while his character and sense of flow became singular enough to reduce the number of comparisons to R. It debuted at number 11, and its "Can't Help But Wait" - Trey's biggest single to that point - was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.įour Top Ten R&B/hip-hop singles helped make Ready, released in August 2009, Trey's first album with RIAA gold certification.
Kelly, Danja, Stargate, and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, among others. Follow-up Trey Day, released in October 2007, raised his profile through collaborations with R. Featuring an introduction from Aretha Franklin and productions from Taylor, Organized Noize, and Warryn Campbell, it debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200. His proper debut, the accomplished and promising I Gotta Make It, was released by major-label Atlantic in July 2005. As he was working on his debut album - amid additional featured work with Lil' Kim, Trina, and Snoop Dogg - Trey released some street-level mixtapes under his alias, the Prince of Virginia. Soon, the singer appeared as a sideman on Kevin Lyttle's self-titled debut and Trick Daddy's Thug Matrimony, and struck out on his own with "About the Game," a solo cut for the Coach Carter soundtrack. Trey received his diploma and immediately moved to New Jersey to work with Taylor. Taylor encouraged Trey to finish high school first, and then they could talk about a possible music career. Trey won numerous talent shows and at some point, through his stepfather, met Troy Taylor, who had worked behind the scenes with such artists as Patti LaBelle, SWV, and B2K. When his friends heard his perfect tenor voice, however, they pushed him to drop rap and start crooning. While growing up, Petersburg, Virginia native Tremaine Aldon Neverson loved hip-hop, but the only R&B he could get into was by R. The most valuable partnership Trey has struck up, however, is with producer Troy Taylor, who has worked with him all the way through Back Home (2020), his eighth album. The latter contributed to 11 (2018), one in a pair of simultaneously issued mixtapes.
Blige, and Toni Braxton, and has worked with key inspirations such as R. One of the few post-millennial R&B artists with sustained mainstream status, he has been nominated for a handful of Grammy awards, beginning with Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the Stargate-produced ballad "Can't Help But Wait." Trey has been sought out for collaborations with A-list R&B and rap artists such as Scarface, Mary J. Within the first 13 years of his career, Trey released seven albums that peaked inside the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart, including the chart-topping Chapter V (2012) and Trigga (2014), while 15 additional headlining singles reached the R&B/hip-hop Top Ten. Contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Trey Songz debuted during the mid-2000s with the Top Ten R&B/hip-hop hit I Gotta Make It (2005) and swiftly followed through on its creative and commercial promise.
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