Blu Cantrell
Background information
Birth name	Tiffany Cobb
Born	March 16, 1976 (1976-03-16) (age 32) Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Genre(s)	R&B,hip hop, soul
Occupation(s)	singer-songwriter
Years active	2001-present
Label(s)	Arista Records (2001-2003) Universal/Motown (2006-present)
Website	Official website

Blu Cantrell (born Tiffany Cobb on March 16th, 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a Grammy Award-nominated R&B and soul singer. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (2421 × 3637 pixel, file size: 1. ... is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Providence redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... R&B redirects here. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... This article is about the year. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Arista redirects here. ... Universal Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Providence redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... R&B redirects here. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ...

Biography

Early life

Cantrell was born 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, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. In 2001, the singer released her debut album, So Blu, which eventually was certified platinum. The record saw major success when it peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, eventually selling over 800,000 copies in the United States. The album featured the hit single "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)", which peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and earned Cantrell a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, as well as an American Music Awards nomination. The album also showcases her ability to go into the whistle register with the song "Waste My Time."^{[citation needed]} 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 nomination for Best R&B Album and managed to enter the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at #8. The album spawned 2 hit singles, these being "Breathe" and "Make Me Wanna Scream", of which the first is a collaboration with Sean Paul. Though "Breathe" failed to reach the top 50 in the U.S., it peaked at number one for four weeks in the UK. It eventually became one of the most successful singles of the year in both Europe and Australia. Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969 aka P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Puffy Combs) is an American record producer and CEO and founder of Bad Boy Entertainment, one of the driving forces in hip hop in the mid to late 1990s. ... Truth Hurts (born Shari Watson in 1972 in St. ... Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer, songwriter and producer. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Antonio L.A. Reid is the co-founder of LaFace Records. ... Arista redirects here. ... Dallas Austin (born December 29, 1970 in Columbus, Georgia) is a Grammy-winning American songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and keyboardist. ... James Jimmy Jam Harris III (born on June 6, 1959 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Terry Lewis (born November 21, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska) are an American R&B and pop songwriting and record production team. ... This article is about the year. ... So Blu is the debut album by American R&B and Soul singer Blu Cantrell, released in the United States on June 31, 2001 (see 2001 in music) on Arista Records. ... General Name, Symbol, Number platinum, Pt, 78 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 6, d Appearance grayish white Standard atomic weight 195. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Hit Em Up Style (Oops!) is the name of a song written by Dallas Austin and recorded by Blu Cantrell. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1968. ... The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major American music awards shows (the others being the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bittersweet is the second album by American R&B and Soul singer Blu Cantrell, released on June 24, 2003 (see 2003 in music) via Arista Records. ... The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album has been awarded since 1995. ... Breathe is a R&B/Reggae song written by Alvin Joiner, Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias, Marshall Mathers, Charles Aznavour, Melvin Bradford, Richard Bembery and Stefan Harriswas for Blu Cantrells second album Bittersweet. ... Make Me Wanna Scream is the second and last single released by the American R&B singer Blu Cantrell from her sophomore album Bittersweet in 2003. ... This article is about the Jamaican reggae artist. ...

In 2003, she 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." ^[1] For other uses, see Playboy (disambiguation). ... Marilyn Monroe, one of the most iconic and famous female sex symbols of all time. ...

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 prodcuer and left Blu virtually out of the loop, so the video and the song were shelved. Also, in 2005, Hit 'em Up Style: Chart and Club Hits 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 the former two albums and some remixes of tracks featured on the first albums. Blu continues to enjoy acclaim by European audiences.

She is referenced in the song "Make 'Em Mad" by B.G. & the Chopper City Boyz. 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). B.G. may refer to: B.G. (rapper), an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. ... The Chopper City Boyz is a rap group based out of New Orleans. ...

Blu Cantrell is set to star in a play, on Sept 29th, called 'Gossip, Lies & Secrets'^[2]. The stageplay will tour in 15 cities.

In June of 2008 Blu Cantrell will appear in NBC's Celebrity Circus. The first episode will air with a 90-minute kick-off special on June 11 at 9:30 p.m. http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=NBCCelebrity042408.htm

Discography

Albums

Studio Albums

• (2001) - So Blu
• (2003) - Bittersweet
• [2008] - TBA

So Blu is the debut album by American R&B and Soul singer Blu Cantrell, released in the United States on June 31, 2001 (see 2001 in music) on Arista Records. ... Bittersweet is the second album by American R&B and Soul singer Blu Cantrell, released on June 24, 2003 (see 2003 in music) via Arista Records. ...

Other Releases

• (2004) - From L.A. to L.O. (Mixtape)
• (2005) - Hit 'em Up Style: Chart and Club Hits of Blu Cantrell (Unofficial Release)

From L.A. to L.O. is an unreleased Blu Cantrell album, originally meant to be released as Cantrells third studio album in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ...

Singles

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Song appearances

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References

• Howell, Stephen. "Blu Cantrell bio". Accessed Jun. 16, 2005.