Tremaine Aldon Neverson (born November 28, 1984), better known by his stage name Trey Songz , is an American recording artist, producer and actor. He has released two studio albums, I Gotta Make It and Trey Day ; his third studio album, Ready , was released on August 31, 2009.

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Life and career

1984–2003: Early life

Songz was born Tremaine Aldon Neverson on November 28, 1984, in Petersburg, Virginia. ^[1] Raised a military brat, he recognized his vocal abilities at the age of 14. ^[2] Reluctant to sing, he began performing with encouragement by friends and family. Record producer Troy Taylor discovered Songz during a talent show, which led him to a record contract with Atlantic Records. After graduating from high school, Songz moved to New Jersey to begin his music career. ^[3]

2004–2006: I Gotta Make It

While recording his debut album, Songz released mixtapes under the alias Prince of Virginia. He made an "answer track" to R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet", entitled "Open the Closet". ^[4] He His debut album, I Gotta Make It was released in July 2005 by Atlantic Records. ^[5] It debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200, domestically selling over 10,000 copies in its first week of sales. Songz's debut album yielded the singles Gotta Make It , debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 87, and on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts at numbber 21, becoming his first Top 40 R&B hit. Another single, Gotta Go , peaked at number 67 on the Hot 100 and on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, at number 11.

2007–2008: Trey Day

Songz released his second studio album, Trey Day , in October 2007. The album again had only featured guest appearances by Bun B, who appeared on the opening track, and Jim Jones. Production on Songz's second album had included, Bryan-Michael Cox, R. Kelly, James Harris, Terry Lewis, Andrew Harr, Bernard Freeman, Floyd Hills, alongside Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, Justin Haro, and M.S. Eriksen. The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200, ^[6] selling more units than his previous album, I Gotta Make It . The lead single, "Wonder Woman", peaked at number 54 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

The second single, "Can't Help but Wait", peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart; it became Songz's highest charting debut on the Hot 100, and his first-charting R&B single on the R&B charts. "Can't Help But Wait" charted at number 74 on the Billboard Pop 100 in February 2008. The third single off of "Trey Day", "Last Time", peaked on number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number nine on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. In 2008, Songz was nominated for a BET Award for Best Male R&B Artist. ^[7]

2009–present: Ready

In 2009, "Can't Help but Wait" earned Songz a nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards ceremony. ^[8] He announced the upcoming release of his third album, Ready , which was released on August 31, 2009. The common day of release for new albums is Tuesday, however, Ready was released on a Monday in order to meet the deadline for 2009-2010 Grammy Awards eligibility. Ready is preceded by the first single, "I Need a Girl". Furthermore, a companion video to "Brand New", was released in March 2009. Production is set to come from the likes of Stargate, Jermaine Dupri and Jim Jonsin.

Prior to the release of Ready , Songz released a mixtape titled Anticipation in June 2009 through his blog. ^[9] This mixtape is the second mixtape released by Trey Songz in 2009, with the first being titled Genesis. Genesis was a collection of Trey Songz first recordings when he was fifteen years old and was released to show his fans the dedication that he had to making a record when he was young. ^[10]

Discography

• I Gotta Make It (2005)
• Trey Day (2007)
• Ready (2009)

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Queen of Media	DJ I.V.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result
2008	BET Award for Best Male R&B Artist	Nominated
	Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "Can't Help but Wait"	Nominated
	Ozone Award for Best R&B Artist [11]	Nominated

References

1. Trey Songz Biography
2. Next - Trey Songz - Making History
3. Trey Songz - Biography
4. Trey Cheeky
5. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=640724
6. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=640724&model.vnuAlbumId=9
7. 2008 BET Awards winners and nominees
8. Grammy nominations announced!
9. New R&B Music: Trey Songz - Anticipation Mixtape
10. Trey Songz - Genesis Mixtape
11. Lil Wayne Leads The Pack With 8 Ozone Awards Nominations