Chingy

Chingy (2004)

Chingy (* 9. March 1980 in St. Louis , Missouri , actually Howard Bailey Junior ) is an American rapper .

Beginnings

Chingy was born on March 9, 1980 in St. Louis. He grew up in one of the northern parts of the city and began rapping when he was eight. He managed to combine his passion for music and school, so that he graduated from high school in 1998 with a good diploma.

Soon after, he began to devote himself more and more to music and recorded a single with his pals from the Git It Boyz that became very famous in St. Louis. Shortly after the single was released, Chingy was discovered by the St. Louis-based label Fo Reel Entertainment, who had already made the rapper Nelly big. But the attitude of the label did not suit the young musician , which is why he soon left it to look for a better label.

Career

In 2003 Chingy made his big break when he was signed to the label "Disturbing Tha Peace", which the rap star Ludacris had built. Shortly after signing the contract, his first single "Right Thurr" was released and became a huge success. Other singles from the first album Jackpot, which sold over 3 million copies worldwide, also made it into the American top ten . But the tide quickly turned when Ludacris and Chingy argued over who should represent the music label. Just a year after his album was released, Chingy left Disturbing Tha Peace and started his own record company called Slot-A-Lot Records, which was a sub-label of Columbia Records.

In 2004 the rap star released his next album "Powerballin '", but with significantly less success than his debut album. But Chingy did not let himself get down and in 2006 brought producer Jermaine Dupri on board, who had also produced hits for stars like Bow Wow and Janet Jackson . The first single from the new album was "Pullin 'Me Back", on which Chingy worked with singer and actor Tyrese Gibson . The album "Hoodstar" from 2006 has sold over 300,000 copies to date. The single "Dem Jeans", also released in 2006, was again created with the assistance of Jermaine Dupri.

Chingy's fourth album followed in 2007, but after all albums had previously reached the top 10 of the US album charts, Hate It Or Love It disappointed at number 84. The single Fly Like Me together with Amerie also only reached lower chart ranks. Internationally, the album hardly met with any response.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
2003	jackpot	DE42 (3 weeks) DE	CH36 (3 weeks) CH	UK73 silver (5 weeks)UK	US2 × 2 Double platinum (56 weeks)US	First published: July 15, 2003 Sales: + 2,060,000
2004	Powerballin '	-	CH83 (1 week) CH	-	US10 platinum (16 weeks)US	First published: November 16, 2004 Sales: + 1,000,000
2006	Hoodstar	-	-	-	US9 gold (14 weeks)US	First published: September 19, 2006 Sales: + 500,000
2007	Hate It or Love It	-	-	-	US84 (5 weeks) US	First published: December 18, 2007

EPs

year	title	Remarks
2005	Pick 3	with Mysphit and MGD
2013	Chingology (9 Year Theory)

Mix tapes

year	title	Remarks
2009	Global warming	with DJ Woogie
	Fresh Thug Vol.1	with DJ Noize
	1st quarter
	Stars & Straps Reloaded Vol. 1	with Kevin Hart and DJ Noize
	The mixtape
2010	Success & Failure
2012	Jackpot Back	with DJ Noize
	Chances Make Champions	with DJ Noize
2014	FullDekk Fullosiphy	with DJ Noize
2016	The Purge	with MC and DJ Noize

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
2003	Right Thurr jackpot	DE42 (9 weeks) DE	CH25 (12 weeks) CH	UK17 (5 weeks) UK	US2 (33 weeks) US
	Holidae In Jackpot	DE56 (6 weeks) DE	CH43 (4 weeks) CH	UK35 (3 weeks) UK	US3 gold (21 weeks)US	feat. Ludacris and Snoop Dogg Sales: + 500,000
2004	One call away jackpot	DE88 (2 weeks) DE	CH46 (4 weeks) CH	UK26 (4 weeks) UK	US2 gold (20 weeks)US	feat. Jason Weaver Sales: + 500,000
	I Like That It's Already Written	DE18 (14 weeks) DE	CH5 (19 weeks) CH	UK11 (6 weeks) UK	US11 gold (20 weeks)US	Houston feat. Chingy, Nate Dogg, and I-20 sales: + 500,000
	Balla baby powerballin '	DE87 (2 weeks) DE	CH30 (6 weeks) CH	UK34 (3 weeks) UK	US20th gold (18 weeks)US	Sales: + 500,000
2006	Pullin 'Me Back Hoodstar	-	-	UK44 (5 weeks) UK	US9 (20 weeks) US	feat. Tyrese
	The Jeans Hoodstar	-	-	UK85 (1 week) UK	US59 (9 weeks) US	feat. Jermaine Dupri
2007	Fly Like Me Hate It or Love It	-	-	-	US89 (2 weeks) US	feat. Amerie

More singles

• 2005: Don't Worry (feat. Janet Jackson )
• 2007: Let's Ride (feat. Fatman Scoop )
• 2008: Gimme Dat (feat. Ludacris and Bobby Valentino )
• 2010: Down Thru Durr
• 2011: Paperman
• 2012: Let It Go
• 2015: Where U Been (feat.Vega Heartbreak)

Guest Posts

• 2003: Shorty ( Busta Rhymes feat. Fat Joe , Chingy and Nick Cannon )
• 2003: Can't Stop, Won't Stop (Remix) ( Young Gunz feat. Chingy)
• 2004: Fightin 'in the Club (I-20 feat.Lil Fate, Tity Boi and Chingy)
• 2007: Celebrity Chick ( Disturbing tha Peace feat. Chingy, Ludacris , Small World and Steph Jones)
• 2008: Remember (Bobby Valentino feat. Chingy)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	3 × platinum3	5,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	60,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	5 × gold5	3 × platinum3

Filmography

• 2005: One on One (US TV show)
• 2006: The System Within (drama)
• 2006: Scary Movie 4 (horror parody / horror comedy)

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• official homepage
• Chingy at laut.de
• Chingy at Allmusic (English)