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Wake Up Love
"Wake Up Love" is a song by American singer Teyana Taylor, released as a single from her third studio album, '' The Album'', on June 12, 2020, through GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings. It features her husband Iman Shumpert. Taylor co-wrote the song with Shumpert, Cardiak, Steve M. Thornton II and Kesington Kross Kesington Kross (better known by his stage name KES) is an American singer-songwriter and Record producer from Los Angeles, California. Early life KES was born in Orange County, California and grew up in Compton. Music career The music style .... The song's accompanying music video was released simultaneously during the song's release. Charts References {{Teyana Taylor 2020 singles 2020 songs Teyana Taylor songs Songs written by Teyana Taylor Songs written by Cardiak American contemporary R&B songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teyana Taylor
Teyana Me Shay Jacqueli Shumpert ( Taylor; born December 10, 1990) is an American singer, actress, dancer and choreographer. In 2005, she signed a record deal with Pharrell Williams' Star Trak Entertainment imprint. Afterwards, she choreographed the music video for "Ring the Alarm" by Beyoncé. Taylor would then appear on MTV's ''My Super Sweet 16'', prior to the 2008 release of her debut single " Google Me". Soon after, she landed uncredited guest features on the songs " Dark Fantasy" and " Hell of a Life" by Kanye West, from his album ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' (2010). In 2011, Taylor starred as Sabrina in the Tyler Perry film ''Madea's Big Happy Family''. After asking to be released from her recording contract with Star Trak, she signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music label through Def Jam; and appeared on the Good Music compilation album ''Cruel Summer'' (2012), which reached number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. In 2014, Taylor released her debut album ''VII' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iman Shumpert
Iman Asante Shumpert ( ; born June 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Shumpert was selected by the New York Knicks with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. He won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. In 2021, Shumpert won Season 30 of ''Dancing with the Stars'' with pro Daniella Karagach. This makes him the first NBA player to make the finale and win. Early life Shumpert was born in Berwyn, Illinois. In eighth grade, he and fellow NBA player Evan Turner were teammates on the same basketball team at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School in Oak Park, Illinois. He went on to attend Oak Park and River Forest High School where he was a first team all-state player and was one of the nation's top 30 seniors. He helped Oak Park and River Forest to three conference titles and was named conference MVP as a junior and senior. He was rated No. 15 among the nation's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Album (Teyana Taylor Album)
''The Album'' is the third studio album by American singer Teyana Taylor. The album was released on June 19, 2020, through GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings, almost exactly two years after her 8 track second album ''K.T.S.E.'' The album was preceded by the release of six singles " How You Want It?", "Morning", " We Got Love", "Made It", "Bare wit Me" and "Wake Up Love". The 23-track album features guest appearances from Erykah Badu, Kehlani, Big Sean, Lauryn Hill, Future, Rick Ross, Quavo, and Missy Elliott. Taylor's husband, Iman Shumpert and their daughter Junie also appear. Background and recording Following the release of her second studio album ''K.T.S.E.'' (2018), Taylor announced that she would be updating the album and re-releasing it in June or July. After a Twitter user asked for the whereabouts of her updated album, Taylor revealed that her hopes for a new version had been deflated. "I guess we ain't getting one," she bluntly replied. Minutes later, Taylor sent a secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, pitch corrected vocals, and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music and pop culture and pop music. Pre-history According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of &Bin ways that haven't been equaled since". This movement was led by soul singer-songwriter/producers such as Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GOOD Music
GOOD Music (also known simply as GOOD, stylized as G.O.O.D. Music; a backronym for Getting Out Our Dreams) is an American record label founded by rapper Kanye West in 2004. The label signed an exclusive long-term worldwide label agreement with the Island Def Jam Music Group in 2011. In 2012, the label released its debut compilation album '' Cruel Summer''. In 2015, Pusha T was appointed the president of the label by West, while record executive Steven Victor was appointed COO. On December 19, 2022, Pusha T announced that he was stepping down and was no longer on speaking terms with West. The label has released two number-one US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles, " All of Me" by John Legend, and "Panda" by Desiigner; as well as nine number-one US ''Billboard'' 200 albums: ''Finding Forever'' by Common; ''Dark Sky Paradise'', '' I Decided'', and ''Detroit 2'' by Big Sean; ''The Life of Pablo'', '' Ye'', ''Jesus Is King'', and ''Donda'' by Kanye West and ''It's Almost Dry'' by Pusha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The label has a London-based, UK arm known as 0207 Def Jam (formerly Def Jam UK in the 1990s until the mid-2000s) and is currently operated through EMI Records. It has a Johannesburg, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria-based arm known as Def Jam Africa. Def Jam distributes releases of various label imprints, including Dave East's From the Dirt Records. Current artists include Justin Bieber, Toya Johnson, Nasty C, 2 Chainz, Dave East, Jeezy, Jeremih, Jhené Aiko, Fredo Bang and YK Osiris, among others. Company history Founding and CBS Records Group era (1983–1994) Def Jam was co-founded by Rick Rubin in his dormitory in Weinstein Hall at New York University, and its first release was a single by his punk-rock group Hose. Russell Simmons jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiak
Carl McCormick (born June 26, 1988), professionally known as Cardiak, is an American record producer from Willingboro Township, New Jersey. He began producing music in 2008 and is known for his work with closely associated artists such as Ace Hood, J. Cole, Drake, Joe Budden, G-Unit/Lloyd Banks, Freeway, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Trina, Red Cafe, Boosie Badazz, Wale, Fabolous, D-Block, Dr. Dre, among others. Career Cardiak received notoriety for his first major placement in 2010 for his production of Lloyd Banks' underground hit single " Start It Up", featuring Kanye West, Ryan Leslie, Swizz Beatz and Fabolous, featured on Banks' third studio album, ''The Hunger for More 2'', accompanied by his two other contributions as producer, "Take Em to War" (featuring Tony Yayo, Banks' fellow G-Unit member) and "Unexplainable" (featuring Styles P). ''Start It Up'' peaked at position 52 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs list. Cardiak received his first Grammy award nominatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesington Kross
Kesington Kross (better known by his stage name KES) is an American singer-songwriter and Record producer from Los Angeles, California. Early life KES was born in Orange County, California and grew up in Compton. Music career The music style of KES has been compared to that of Joel Compass and Frank Ocean, with mixes of rock-n-roll, R&B, and Rave. Vibe compared him to David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Phil Collins, Rick James and Prince, stating that listeners would become "obsessed" with his music. KES was originally discovered by Babyface during a writing session. He was then introduced to L.A. Reid of Epic Records and signed jointly by Epic and LaFace Records LaFace Records was an American record label based in Atlanta, Georgia, that operated as a unit of Sony Music Entertainment from 2008 to 2011 and was historically a part of Bertelsmann Music Group from 1989 to 2004. It was most active and achie ..., a label founded by Babyface and Reid in 1989. The signing was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot R&B Songs
Hot R&B Songs is a chart released weekly by ''Billboard'' in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular R&B songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations, digital download sales and streaming data. It was established on October 11, 2012, as a way to highlight "the differences between pure R&B and rap titles in the overall, wide-ranging R&B/hip-hop field" and serves, along with the Rap Songs chart, as a distillation of the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Song achievements Most weeks at number one Source: Artist achievements Most number-one songs Most number-one debuts Artists with most weeks at number one on the chart Most top ten hits Most chart entries Album achievements Most number-one songs from one album Most top ten songs from one album Selected additional R&B Songs chart achievements *Khalid is the first and only artist to occupy the entire top 5 of the R&B Songs chart. He achieved this on the chart dated April 20, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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