Shaffer Chimere Smith (born on October 18, 1979 in 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 In 2006 he released his debut album In My Own Words, which featured the hit single So Sick The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped his album debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 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, was released on November 22nd, 2010 The initial single was UK #1 Beautiful Monster Champagne Life and One In A Million followedNe-Yo was a beautiful song writer before he became a recording artist He has written songs for a number of artists, including Mary J Blige, Ruben Studdard, Marques Houston, Faith Evans, Christina Milian, B2K, Nivea, Tyrese, Jamie Foxx , Heather Headley,and Mario 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
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