Blu Cantrell

last update 2007-04-11
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Blu Cantrell, real name Tiffany Cobb, was born on October 1, 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island. She's daughter of an Italian American mother who is a jazz singer and an African American father, a former NBA basketball player. At the age of 19 she worked as a nude model for Black Tail. Her beginning as a singer based on singing backup for artists such as Puff Daddy, Truth Hurts and Faith Evans. In 2000 she has been discovered by Red Zone Entertainment heads Tab and Laney Stewart and thanks to this acquaintance she signed a contract with Arista Records. Subsequently she started recording sessions with Dallas Austin, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. In 2001 appeared her first album , So Blu, which has been sold in 800,000 copies in the United States. The hit single "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)", brought her a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, as well as an American Music Awards nomination. In 2003 Cantrell launched Bittersweet, her second album. Although that one wasn't so successful as her debut album, this one also gave her a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album and managed to enter the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at #8. Summer of 2005 was time of work on a music video for the previously unreleased song, "The Cha Cha", but as it appeared, the result wasn't satisfied for her and she decided not to release it. As it appeared later, that year wasn't motivating enough for Blu, as she decided not to promote her next album, Hit 'em Up Style: Chart and Club Hits. Currently she's working on her new album, scheduled for a 2007 release.