Tyrese
Nov 14, 2011
Tyrese has touched the full entertainment spectrum, having modeled, released albums, acted in films and commercials, and hosted a television show, all before the age of 22. Despite his multiple interests and talents, singing is most important to the Los Angeles, California, native. Tyrese's musical endeavors have led to popular success and recognition.
His debut album, Tyrese spawned the hits "Sweet Lady" and "Lately" and hit the platinum sales mark in 1999. In addition to earning an American Music Award for Favorite New Artist-Soul/R&B and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male R&B Performance as a singer, Tyrese was tapped for acting roles and modeling jobs for big-name outfitters Guess? and Tommy Hilfiger.
After beating out rapper Eve and rap/soul trio 702 to win the American Music Award for Favorite New Artist Soul/R&B, Tyrese returned to the studio to record what would become his sophomore album, 2000 Watts. On 2000 Watts, Tyrese offers seductive lyrics ("I Like Them Girls"), dance grooves ("Off The Heazy" and "I Ain't the One") and a smooth ballad that the singer wrote in response to a woman who broke up with him after he admittedly cheated on her ("I'm Sorry"). The album reached number four on the magazine's R&B charts. The same year, Tyrese formed the 2000 Watts Foundation, an organization he created to allow inner city children to better themselves. A portion of the proceeds from the album 2000 Watts are designated to fund the building of a state-of-the-art community center in Watts, Tyrese's former Los Angeles neighborhood.
I Wanna Go There was the third studio album to be released and his hit single "How You Gonna Act Like That" remains as his biggest hit, peaking at #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Alter Ego is a double album by Tyrese featuring one CD of only R&B, while the other CD features only rap. The rapping is by Tyrese under his alter ego "Black-Ty". The album was released in stores on December 12, 2006. The album debuted at #23 on the Billboard 200 with 116,000 copies sold in its first week.
On November 1st, Tyrese released his latest album, Open Invitation, featuring his first single "Stay" which peaked on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at number thirty-five. Too Easy", which features Ludacris, was released as the second single on August 30th and impacting Urban radio now.
