Ne-Yo

Shaffer Chimere Smith (born on October 18, 1982), known professionally as "Ne-Yo", is a Grammy Award-nominated, American R&B singer-songwriter.

Ne-Yo's debut album, In My Own Words, was released in early 2006, through Def Jam Records, and debuted at number one on Billboard 200, selling over 301,000 copies in the first week. During the same week, Ne-Yo's second single "So Sick" (produced by Stargate) was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Ne-Yo is as famous for his songwriting as with his singing, writing such songs as Rihanna's Top 10 hit, "Unfaithful", Mario's "Let Me Love You", Mario Vazquez's "Gallery", Paula DeAnda's "Walk Away (Remember Me)" and Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable". Ne-Yo has announced that his sophomore album will be released April 24, 2007.[1]. The first single from that album, Because of You, is out now. He has also said that he has written songs for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Britney Spears and Enrique Iglesias for their upcoming albums. Smith also has stated that he will write songs for Usher, Chris Brown, Jennifer Hudson, and he recently confirmed that he has been contacted by producer Will.i.am for working on Michael Jackson's upcoming album.

Discography

Year	Title	Chart Positions							Album
Year	Title	Hot 100	U.S. R&B	UK	IRE	AUS	GER	SWI	Album
2005	"Stay" (featuring Peedi Peedi)	-	36	-	-	-	-	-	In My Own Words
2006	"So Sick"	1	3	1	2	2	11	5
	"When You're Mad"	15	4	-	-	81	-	-
	"Sexy Love"	7	2	5	7	14	28	29
	"Back Like That" (Ghostface Killah featuring Ne-Yo)	61	14	46	-	-	-	-	Fishscale
2007	"Because of You"	76	24						Know Me

Album cover	Album information
File:Spoken Words - Ne-Yo.jpg	Spoken Words Released: Unreleased

Grammy Awards
- 2007, Best Contemporary R&B Album: In My Own Words (Nominated)
- 2007, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: So Sick (Nominated)

Soul Train Music Awards
- 2007, Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist: Sexy Love [Won]

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Year	Song	Artist	Album
1998	Westside	Terrance Quaites	They Never Saw Me Coming
1999	Don't Worry	Youngstown	Let's Roll
1999	Lose My Cool	Youngstown	Let's Roll
1999	Pedal To The Steel	Youngstown	Let's Roll
2001	Away With The Summer Days	Youngstown	Down For the Get Down
2001	Dance Floor, Pt. 2	Youngstown	Down For the Get Down
2001	Down For The Get Down	Youngstown	Down For the Get Down
2001	Float Away	Youngstown	Down For the Get Down
2001	So Tight	Youngstown	Down For the Get Down
2003	That Girl	Marques Houston	MH
2004	I'm Sorry	Christina Milian	It's About Time
2004	Let Me Love You	Mario	Turning Point
2005	Kick It Wit You	Cassidy	I'm a Hustla
2005	So What	Dawn Angelique	Been a While
2006	The Letter	Heather Headley	In My Mind
2006	Y'all Ain't Nothin'	Christina Milian	So Amazin'
2006	Unfaithful	Rihanna	A Girl Like Me
2006	So Glad	Chris Brown	Chris Brown's Journey
2006	Make Em' Clap To This	Paula DeAnda	Paula DeAnda
2006	Walk Away	Paula DeAnda	Paula DeAnda
2006	When It Was Me	Paula DeAnda	Paula DeAnda
2006	Gallery	Mario Vazquez	Mario Vazquez
2006	Irreplaceable	Beyoncé	B'Day
2006	Like This	Snoop Dogg	Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
2006	Put It in a Letter	Mic Little	Mic Little
2006	My Story	The Blays	The Blays Album
2007	If	Mario Barrett	Go!
2007	What's It Gonna Be	Mario Barrett	Go!
2007	Wonderful	Marques Houston	Veteran
2007	Ms.Philadelphia	Musiq Soulchild	Luvanmusiq