He appeared in the song "Deewangi Deewangi" in the Hindi movie Om Shanti Om. In December 2007, Ne-Yo and the Goo Goo Dolls performed at a fundraising concert for presidential candidate Sen.
Ne-Yo opened a recording studio called Carrington House and started his own label, Compound Entertainment, in 2007 Paula Campbell, Sixx John, and Shanell are now associated with Compound. Smith also has stated that he will write songs for Craig David, Usher, Chris Brown, Jennifer Hudson, Leona Lewis, and he recently confirmed that he has been contacted by producer will.i.am to work on Michael Jackson's upcoming album. He has also said that he has written songs for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Corbin Bleu, and Enrique Iglesias for their upcoming albums. The first single from the platinum-selling album was "Because of You". His second album, Because of You, was released May 1, 2007. Ne-Yo is as famous for his songwriting as for his singing, writing such songs as Rihanna's top ten hit "Unfaithful", Mario's "Let Me Love You", Mario Vazquez's "Gallery", Paula DeAnda's "Walk Away (Remember Me)", and Beyoncé's Billboard Hot 100 ten-week number-one hit "Irreplaceable". During the same week, Ne-Yo's second single "So Sick" (produced by Stargate) reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Ne-Yo's debut album, In My Own Words, was released in early 2006, through Def Jam Recordings, and debuted at number one on Billboard 200, selling over 301,000 copies in the first week and certified platinum. He altered the '-yo' part as an homage to his hip hop roots. The origin of the name Ne-Yo was given by a mutual friend in 1999 who called him Neo because he could 'see' music akin to the character Neo from The Matrix trilogy. Reid who signed him to Def Jam Records on the spot. After coming off a bad deal with Columbia Records, Ne-Yo originally decided to remain as a songwriter until a close friend introduced him to L.A. Blige, Ruben Studdard, Marques Houston, Faith Evans, Christina Milian, B2K, Nivea, Tyrese, Jamie Foxx, Heather Headley,and Mario. He has written songs for a number of artists, including Mary J.
Ne-Yo was a beutiful song writer before he became a recording artist. He has since released 2007's Grammy award winning Because of You and 2008's Year of the Gentleman, and his fourth LP, Libra Scale, is set to be released in September. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped his album debut at #1 on the Billboard 200.
In 2006 he released his debut album In My Own Words, which featured the hit single So Sick. Shaffer Chimere Smith (born on Octoin Camden, Arkansas), better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is a Grammy Award winning American R&B singer, producer and actor currently signed to Def Jam Records.
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