Shaffer Chimere Smith, better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, dancer and television judge. He gained fame for his songwriting abilities when he penned his 2004 hit \”Let Me Love You\” His debut studio album, In My Own Words, was critically and commercially successful, reaching number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. His sixth album, Non-Fiction, followed in 2015, and his seventh, Good Man, was released on June 8, 2018.
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Shaffer Chimere Smith, better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, dancer and television judge. He gained fame for his songwriting abilities when he penned his 2004 hit \”Let Me Love You\” for singer Mario. His debut studio album, In My Own Words, was critically and commercially successful, reaching number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. His sixth album, Non-Fiction, followed in 2015, and his seventh, Good Man, was released on June 8, 2018. He currently serves as judge for the reality competition series World of Dance alongside Jennifer Lopez and Derek Hough. He has also contributed songs to American singer Teedra Moses’s 2004 album Complexicity, Christina Aguilera’s It’s About Time, and the American boy band Youngstown, none of which have been officially released. He is of 88. 4% African and 10. 1% European ancestry. He was born in Camden, Arkansas, and raised by his mother in Las Vegas, Nevada. His stage name was coined by Big D Evans, a producer with whom he once worked, because he sees music like the character Neo sees the Matrix. His parents are both African-American and his mother is a former Miss Las Vegas. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children. He also has a son and a daughter with his ex-partner, American singer Marques Houston, who he met through the music industry.
He and Houston have a son, R.E. D. Smith, who is also a musician. He appeared on the short lived MTV series The Cut with his band Envy in 2000. He continued to write songs for other artists before starting his solo career. In 2005, he released his debut solo single, \”Stay\”, to moderate success. His third studio album saw continued success and further Grammy Award nominations for Best Contemporary R&B Album as well as Album of the Year. His fourth studio album was certified platinum twice in the US, selling two million copies, also platinum three times in the UK and once in Japan. His fifth studio album saw the international success of its lead single, which became Ne- Yo’s fifth chart-topping song in the U.K. and sold over two million Copies of the single Libra Scale. In 2010, he signed a new deal with Def Jam Recordings after he performed at the A&R of Jay Z’s concert. In 2011, he performed for the first time at the New York Fashion Week. In 2012, he appeared on The Voice, where he performed alongside Beyonce and Jay-Z. In 2013, he had a role as a judge on the reality show Dancing with the Stars. In 2014, he hosted a reality show on The Tonight Show with Jay Z and Nick Cannon. In 2015, he co-hosted a reality series on TLC called The Real World with Nick Cannon and Nicki Minaj.
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