Trey Songz

Tremaine Aldon Neverson (born November 28, 1984), known professionally as Trey Songz, is an American R&B singer and actor.

Tremaine Aldon Neverson was born on November 28, 1984, in Petersburg, Virginia.

He is the son of April (Gholson) Tucker, who was seventeen when he was born, and Claude Neverson Jr. Raised as a military brat by his mother and stepfather, Neverson did not have aspirations for a musical career as a child due to his shyness, saying "Singing wasn't a reality for me, until other people started noticing I sounded good."

He recognized his vocal abilities at the age of 14.

Record producer Troy Taylor was introduced to Trey Songz through Songz's stepfather, with whom Taylor attended high school.

After graduating from Petersburg High School in 2002, Songz moved to New Jersey to begin recording his debut studio album, though recording did not begin until 2003.

He was discovered by record producer Troy Taylor in 2003, and later signed to his Songbook Entertainment label in a joint venture with Atlantic Records.

By 2003, Taylor signed Songz to his label Songbook Entertainment, which soon led to a joint venture with Atlantic Records.

While recording his debut album in 2004, Songz released multiple mixtapes under the alias Prince of Virginia.

One of the mixtapes featured an "answer track" to R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet", entitled "Open the Closet", which granted Songz some regional attention.

His debut studio album, I Gotta Make It (2005) entered the Billboard 200 at number 20, while his second album, Trey Day (2007) reached number 11.

The latter was supported by the single "Can't Help but Wait", which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.

His debut album, I Gotta Make It was released on July 26, 2005.

It debuted at #20 on the Billboard 200, selling 40,000 copies in its first week of sales.

It has sold 300,000 records in the US.

Songz's debut single, "Gotta Make It", featuring Twista, was released in March 2005 and reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

It garnered success in the R&B/urban community but failed to make a mark in mainstream music.

The album's second and final single, "Gotta Go", was released in July 2005 and reached #67 on the Hot 100 and #11 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming even more successful than his debut single in the R&B/urban community and in the mainstream community.

After promotion for his debut concluded, he was featured on the lead single from Twista's fifth album, The Day After.

The single, "Girl Tonite", reached #14 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming a huge hit.

In mid-2006, Songz began work on a follow-up album to his debut with longtime collaborator Troy Taylor and also employed successful Bryan-Michael Cox, DanJa-record-producer">DanJa, Stargate and R. Kelly to help create the album.

Trey aimed for the album to be more mainstream-oriented than his debut album.

His second studio album, Trey Day, was released on October 2, 2007.

The album reached #11 on the Billboard 200, selling 73,000 copies in its first week.

It has since sold 400,000 records in the US, becoming his second album not to be certified by the RIAA.

The album was going to be released on May 8, 2007, but was continually delayed in order for a successful single to precede the album, as the lead single failed to impact charts.

His second album was preceded by the lead single, "Wonder Woman", which was released in February 2007.

It reached #54 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but failed to impact the Hot 100.

Because of the single's failure, his second album was delayed from May 2007 to October 2007.

The album's second single, "Can't Help but Wait", was released in August 2007 and was released to promote his second album and the film Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack as a single for it.

The single reached #14 on the Hot 100, and #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

It became Songz's first Top 20 hit on the Hot 100, and helped to boost his second album's sales.

The single was also nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 2008 50th Grammy Awards.

The third single from the album, "Last Time", was released in January 2008 and reached #69 on the Hot 100, and #9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

His third album, Ready (2009) reached number three on the Billboard 200, spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single "Say Aah" (featuring Fabolous), and earned a nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.

His fourth album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure (2010) saw contiunued commercial success and reached number two on the chart while receiving support from the single "Bottoms Up" (featuring Nicki Minaj), which peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.

His sixth album, Trigga (2014) became his second to do so, and spawned a commercial re-issue following the success of his 2015 single "Slow Motion".

Supported by the Grammy Award-nominated single "Heart Attack", Neverson's fifth album, Chapter V (2015) became his first to debut atop the Billboard 200.

He has since released the albums Tremaine (2017) and Back Home (2020).

Trey Songz has sold over 25 million records worldwide in singles and albums.