Camden, Arkansas, United StatesNe-Yo / Place of birth Shaffer Chimere Smith was born in Camden, Arkansas. His father is of African American and Chinese descent, while his mother is African American. Both of his parents were musicians. As a young child, he was raised by his mother after she separated from his father.

Def Jam RecordingsCompound Entertainm...Motown Ne-Yo/Record labels Ne-Yo | Motown. NE-YO, who is now in his fourth season as a judge on NBC's “World of Dance,” has sold a cumulative 20+ million adjusted albums worldwide. The Motown Records/Compound Entertainment recording artist has won three GRAMMY awards and been honored with a total of 14 nominations.

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• Spotlight - Jennifer Hudson. Jennifer Hudson's debut song which Ne-Yo co wrote and co produced with the production duo Stargate.
• Pretty Girl Rock -Keri Hilson.
• Take a Bow - Rihanna.
• Irreplaceable - Beyonce.
• Let Me Love You - Mario.
• Single - NKTOB.
• Walk Away - Paula DeAnda.
• Gallery - Mario Vazquez.

310 songs written

• White Christmas - 1947 Version. Bing Crosby, Ken Darby Singers, John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra.
• Time of Our Lives. Pitbull, Ne-Yo.
• Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer)
• Let Me Love You. Mario.
• Memories (feat. Kid Cudi)
• So Sick. Ne-Yo.
• Take A Bow. Rihanna.
• Miss Independent. Ne-Yo.

Ne-Yo is one of the most prominent and active Arkansas-born recording artists and songwriters performing in the early twenty-first century. Initially known for songs he wrote for other artists, Ne-Yo began releasing solo rhythm and blues (R&B) albums of his own in 2006. Shaffer Chimere “Ne-Yo” Smith Jr.

rhythm and blues The term "rhythm and blues," often called "R&B," originated in the 1940s when it replaced "race music" as a general marketing term for all African American music, though it usually referred only to secular, not religious music.

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He at first adopted the stage name GoGo, and joined an R&B group called Envy. Later, his stage name Ne-Yo was coined by Big D Evans, a producer who once worked with the singer, because Evans claimed that Ne-Yo sees music like the character Neo sees the Matrix.

R&B is a diverse genre with roots in jazz, the blues, and gospel music. R&B helped spread African American culture and popularized racial integration on the airwaves and in white society during the 1960s.

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