Jazmine Sullivan

At 37 years old, Jazmine Sullivan has this physical status:

Jazmine Marie Sullivan (born April 9, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Her debut album, Fearless, was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success.

It is certified gold in the US.

The album contains her debut single "Need U Bad", produced by Missy Elliott, a reggae-inspired song.

A cover version of her second single "Bust Your Windows" that was made on Glee in 2009, boosted her career in the popular culture industry.

At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, Sullivan received nominations for Best New Artist, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Traditional R&B Performance, Best R&B Song and Best Contemporary R&B Album. Sullivan released her second studio album, Love Me Back, in 2010.

The album was critically well received and surpassed the success of her debut, earning her another Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the lead single "Holding You Down (Goin' in Circles) at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2011.

The album debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Love Me Back has sold over three million copies.

She is one of the female R&B artists to simultaneously have two albums in the top ten of the Billboard 200 and have two singles in the top five of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, as well as in the history of the Grammy Awards to have three simultaneous Grammy-nominated singles, with "Need U Bad", "Bust Your Windows", and "Lions, Tigers & Bears", all of which also topped the charts.

Fearless is the longest-running number one album by a female R&B artist in the history of the US Album Charts. After taking a three-year break, Sullivan announced her third studio album, Reality Show, in 2014.

The album was later released on January 13, 2015.

It became Sullivan's best-selling album and peaked at number one at the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Reality Show was her first studio album to be released under RCA Records and earned her three Grammy Awards, including Best R&B Album, and a NAACP Image Award, which was NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song.

The lead single, "Let It Burn", became her first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release.

Her concert tour, The Reality Show Tour, visited North America and concluded with finale concerts at the House of Blues in March 2015.In 2010, Sullivan was named Rising Star by Billboard.

At the 2009 and 2016 NAACP Image Awards, Sullivan was nominated for Outstanding New Artist and Outstanding Female Artist.

In 2018, her single "Bust Your Windows" was listed at number 140 on National Public Radio's The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women.

Sullivan cites singers Brandy, Changing Faces, Kim Burrell, Lauryn Hill, and Dorinda Clark-Cole as her main influences and inspirations.

Personal life

On May 11, 2020, Sullivan announced that her mother Pam had been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in October 2019. In her Instagram post she wrote: "If being your daughter has taught me one thing it is how to work with something ugly, painful even, and make it a work of art".

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Life and career

Don and Pam Sullivan, Jazmine Sullivan's parents, are the two children. Her mother is a former Philadelphia International Records backup artist. When she was five years old, her father obtained a job as a curator for the city's Historic Strawberry Mansion in the Strawberry Mansion district, and her family and her family moved into the historic landmark.

Sullivan, a 2005 graduate of the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, where she was a vocal music major. Sullivan began singing as a contralto in the children's choir and later in the adult choir. Initially, Sullivan's exposure to secular music was limited.

Sullivan signed to Jive Records at the age of fifteen. She released an album that was never released and was eventually dropped from the brand. Sullivan appeared on Kindred the Family Soul's album "I Am," as well as background vocals on the song "Party's Over" and their 2003 debut Surrender to Love. Missy Elliott was first interviewed during the interview; Elliott went on to produce both the majority of her debut album, Fearless, and tracks on Love Me Back. Sullivan wrote and recorded "Say I" with producers Cool & Dre, and was given to Dre's then-girlfriend Christina Milian for her third album, So Amazin'. The album debuted as the lead single on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart, as well as reaching number 21 on the Hot 100 chart. In May 2008, Sullivan's breakthrough song, "Need U Bad," was released. Missy Elliott and Sandy "Pepa" Denton of Salt-n-Pepa followed the song on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs for 34 weeks, peaking at number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained at number 37.

Fearless, Sullivan's debut album, was released on September 23, 2008. She wrote and produced many of the album's songs at the time, as well as Missy Elliott, Salaam Remi, and Peter Edge, as the album's executive producer. Elliott, Remi, Stargate, Carvin & Ivan, Jack Splash, and Fisticuffs contributed to the album's success. Fearless debuted on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums and at number six on the Billboard 200. Sullivan followed her debut with the launch of Fearless' second single "Bust Your Windows," which debuted at number four on the Hot R&B/Hip Songs and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her most popular single on the chart to date. "Bust Your Windows" appeared on the first season of Fox hit television show Glee, and was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. Stevie Wonder, a singer from 2014, called "Bust Your Windows" a classic song. In December 2008, the album's third single, "Lions, Tigers & Bears," was released as the album's third single. It was her third straight top ten on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs, peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100, gaining some mainstream success by reaching number 74. Sullivan later found success in the United Kingdom, and she first introduced "Dream Big" as a single in the United Kingdom in February 2009. In April 2009, the song was released as the fourth and final single from the album. The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and has sold more than 510,000 copies in the United States.

Sullivan appeared on Jadakiss' album "Smoking Gun" on his third studio album, The Last Kiss. Devonte Wongwai, a family friend from New York City who wanted to hear the pair on a record, influenced the song. On her 2008 US tour, she was also a supporting act for fellow American R&B singer Maxwell and appeared as the opening act on Ne-Yo's 2009 Year of the Gentleman Tour. Ruthless, Ace Hood's second studio album, was also included on "Champion" by the artist. Before appearing in the Essence Music Festival in June 2009, she went on to headline a few dates with Ryan Leslie before appearing in the Essence Music Festival in June 2009. Sullivan debuted in Cotton Incorporated's commercials the same year. In addition, Sullivan appeared on Snoop Dogg's tenth studio album, Malice n Wonderland's "Different Words" on his 10th studio album "Different Words."

In 2009, Sullivan began to work on her second album, Love Me Back. Missy Elliott, Lamb, Ne-Yo, Anthony Bell, Los da Mystro, Los Angeles, Ryan Leslie, and Salaam Remi, a major contributor to Fearless, were among the album's contributors. "Love You Long Time" ("a salute to Prince), "Redemption," "Excuse Me," "Good Enough"), and Ne-Yo's co-written "You Get On My Nerves" are among the album's songs. The album was released on November 30, 2010, and was completed in June 2010. In its first week, the album debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 57,000 copies.

In a talk with National Public Radio Sullivan, she said that the album was based on her personal experiences, stating: "It's about her personal experiences."

"Holding You Down (Goin' in Circles), the album's lead single, was released on July 10, 2010. The album debuted at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100, at number 60. The song's music video premiered on August 30, 2010. In 2011, the artist will be nominated for the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance award. "10 Seconds" was the album's second single, and it debuted at number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs in late September. On October 25, 2010, the song was subsequently released for digital download. On November 12, 2010, a accompanying music video was shot and released.

Billboard honoured Sullivan as the 'Rising Star' for 2010. She revealed later that she was working on her third album.

"I told myself when it wasn't fun anymore, I wouldn't do it," Sullivan said on Twitter in January 2011. And here I am. I'm not saying I won't ever sing again in my life because I don't believe that. However, in this moment...right now...I] have some things to figure out." RCA Records, Arista Records, and Jive Records announced on October 7 that J Records, along with Arista Records and Jive Records, were disbanding J Records. Sullivan, who also appeared on the three labels, were booted from the label and redirected to RCA; they are on the RCA roster after the downswing;

With the unveiling of her new album, Reality Show, she returned to music in 2014. Sullivan said in a billboard interview, she described her return as inevitable, saying she "can't escape [her] calling." During her hiatus, she based her song Reality Show on watching reality television shows, which inspired the namesake. Key Wane and Salaam Remi's collection features 14 songs on the album, as well as a few others. On May 12, 2014, Meek Mill, an American rapper, was featured in "Dumb," the lead single. On the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, the song debuted at number 45. On September 16, 2014, the second single "Forever Don't Last" was released. It debuted at number ten on the Adult R&B Songs chart, despite being ranked 10th.

Jazmine Sullivan released Reality Show on January 13, 2015 to widespread critical acclaim, with the album debuting at number one on the Billboard R&B Albums and number two on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums. In its first week, Reality Show made 30,000 copies. "Despite the rasp in her voice, Sullivan clearly sees herself as something other than R&B's next great queen of pain." Her central themes—love and self-image—don't stray far from genre convention, but her musical versatility and keenly observed characters make her one of the most likable artists in R&B today," she says. Sullivan received three Grammy Award nominations for Best R&B Album and Best Traditional R&B Performance ("Let It Burn") on the album.

Sullivan was included in Frank Ocean's visual album "Endless" in 2016. "Alabama," "Wither," "Hublots," and "Rushes" are Sullivan's vocals on four songs from the album: "Alabama," "Wither," "Hublots," and "Rushes." Sullivan was the lead writer on these four songs on Mary J. Blige's album Strength of a Woman, and he performed backup vocals on three of them: "Thick of It," "Set Me Free," "Glow Up," and "Thank You." (Strength of a Woman) (includes notes from the album liner). For the soundtrack for the second season of the HBO series of the same name, she and fellow American singer Bryson Tiller performed "Insecure." She also appeared at the national anthem at the 2016 NHL Stadium Series in Chicago, which also featured the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild. Sullivan appeared on Pentatonix's Christmas collection The Best of Pentatonix Christmas, as shown on the group's front page.

Sullivan revealed the debut of "Lost One" on August 27, 2020, marking her return to music. The word "New Jazmine" trended on Twitter within hours of the announcement. Heaux Tales, the song's extended play (EP), was announced the next day. On November 20, 2020, Sullivan's second single "Pick Up Your Feelings" was released. On January 8, 2021, Heaux Tales was published. The EP debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart and earning Sullivan her highest-peaking album on the chart, with first-week sales of 42,000 copies.

It was announced in February 2021 that Sullivan had been nominated for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards, which took place on March 27, 2021. For the Outstanding Female Artist category, she competed with Beyoncé, H.E.R., Ledisi, and Alicia Keys. At Super Bowl LV, she appeared on "The Star-Spangled Banner" alongside country artist Eric Church on February 7. "Pick Up Your Feelings" was Sheaux Tales' first single gold medal winner in May.

"Tragic" was published by Sullivan on June 24, 2021. On June 27, she performed "Tragic" at the 2021 BET Awards alongside "On It" (featuring Ari Lennox). That night, she was named BET Artist of the Year.

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