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Blu Cantrell (born
Tiffany Cobb on
March 16,
1976) is an
American R&B and
soul singer-songwriter.
Biography
Early life
Cantrell was born in
Providence,
Rhode Island to an
Italian American jazz singer mother and an
African American NBA player father.
Music career
After several
demos, recordings, and singing backup for artists such as
Puff Daddy,
Truth Hurts and
Faith Evans, Cantrell was discovered by Red Zone Entertainment heads Tab and Laney Stewart in early 2000. The producers promptly placed her to
Antonio "L.A." Reid who offered the singer a contract with his label
Arista Records after a successful audition. Afterwards Cantrell went straight into recording sessions with
Dallas Austin and
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. In 2001, her debut album,
So Blu, was released. The record saw major success when it peaked at number eight on the
Billboard 200 chart, eventually selling over 800,000 copies and going platinum in the United States. The album featured the hit single "
Hit 'em Up Style (Oops!)", which peaked at number two on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 and earned Cantrell a
Grammy Award nomination for
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance as well as an
American Music Award nomination for Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist, both in 2002.
In 2003, Cantrell released her second album,
Bittersweet. The record failed to reprise the success of her debut album but did earn Cantrell a Grammy Award nomination for
Best R&B Album and managed to enter the
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at number eight. The album produced two hit singles, these being "
Breathe" and "
Make Me Wanna Scream", the former being a collaboration with
Sean Paul. Though "Breathe" failed to reach the top fifty in the U.S., it peaked at number one for four weeks in the
United Kingdom. It eventually became one of the most successful singles of the year in both
Europe and
Australia.
That same year, Cantrell was to appear in
Playboy magazine (and would have been only the fourth African American woman to appear on the cover), but decided against it at the last minute (despite nude photos she posed for much earlier in her career having already been circulated) because "I felt it was going to make me more of a
sex symbol and I didn't want anything to take away from the fact that I can sing".
In the summer of 2005, a music video for the previously unreleased song, "The Cha Cha", was produced, but never released because the production agreement over the song was unfairly advantageous to the producer and left Cantrell virtually out of the loop, so the video and the song were shelved. Also, in 2005, was released without any promotion in the U.S. It was a compilation/remix album containing Cantrell's two biggest hits, some other tracks from her previous two albums and some remixes of tracks featured on the first albums. Cantrell continues to enjoy acclaim by European audiences.
Cantrell is referenced in the song "Make 'Em Mad" by
B.G. and the
Chopper City Boyz, from 2007's
We Got This. Gar says:
Now that's a 745, my diamonds blue as Cantrell
I'm bumpin'. Everyday I'm hustlin' and they say (I can tell)
Cantrell is set to star in a play called
Gossip, Lies & Secrets on
September 29. The stage play will tour in fifteen cities.
Cantrell will appear in
NBC's
Celebrity Circus. The first episode will air with a ninety-minute kick-off special on
June 11 2008.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Singles
Song appearances
Further Information
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