Jaheim

Jaheim Hoagland (born May 26, 1978 in New Brunswick , New Jersey) is an American R&B singer.

Life & Career

Jaheim Hoagland has had a turbulent ghetto youth in New Jersey. Since his father died very early, his mother had to raise him and his two younger brothers alone. Like so many others, he got on the wrong track as a teenager, joined a gang and ended up in prison at 16 for drug possession. Shortly after his release, his mother also died and he remained responsible as the elder of the family.

His grandfather had already sung with the Drifters and other groups in his day and Jaheim took the family talent and role model as an opportunity to pursue a singing career. He took part in various competitions, where he also won several times, and was finally able to get a record deal. Kay Gee from Naughty by Nature took him on and promoted him on his Divine Mill label .

His first single, Could It Be , was a huge hit in 2000. It reached number 2 in the R&B charts and also made it into the top 40 in the official charts. The album Ghetto Love then even made it into the top 10 of the Hot 200 and has since sold over 2 million times. Two other singles, Anything and Just in Case , were also able to build on the success of the debut single.

Almost a year later, the second album, Still Ghetto , followed, again a platinum album and as successful as its predecessor. With Fabulous and Put That Woman First it contained its R&B top 10 singles number 3 and 4 and the latter song was also his most successful solo single on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 20 .

In 2004 Jaheim had his biggest single success as a featuring artist on the song My Place des rapper Nelly . Together they had an international hit that reached No. 1 in Great Britain and the Top 10 in the USA, Switzerland and Germany, among others.

Some time passed before the third album in his ghetto trilogy. In the meantime, he had also had problems with the police when marijuana was found on him and his two fellow passengers during a traffic control and he resisted the subsequent arrest.

When Ghetto Classics was finally released in February 2006, it immediately topped the album charts . However, interest in the album quickly waned and overall it did not sell half as well as any of its predecessors. The two single releases could only be placed in the R&B charts and not in the Hot 100. Jaheim's fourth album, The Makings of a Man , was released at the end of 2007 and its success was roughly on par with Ghetto Classics . So far, the singer has made it into the top 3 of the R&B album charts with all four releases.

In April 2010, Jaheim was arrested for road traffic offenses and possession of marijuana .

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B
2001	Ghetto Love Warner Bros. 47452	DE100 (1 week) DE	UK50 silver (2 weeks)UK	US9 platinum (68 weeks)US	R&B2 (99 weeks) R&B	First published: March 13, 2001 Executive Producer: Denise Brown, Kay Gee, Phil Q., Shakim
2002	Still Ghetto Warner Bros. 48481	-	UK80 (1 week) UK	US8th platinum (41 weeks)US	R&B3 (78 weeks) R&B	First published: November 5, 2002 Executive Producer: Kay Gee
2006	Ghetto Classics Warner Bros. 48802	-	-	US1 gold (14 weeks)US	R&B1 (31 weeks) R&B	First published: February 13, 2006 Executive Producer: Pookie Gist, Jaheim Hoagland
2007	The Makings of a Man Atlantic 377532	-	-	US11 gold (26 weeks)US	R&B3 (66 weeks) R&B	First published: December 18, 2007 Executive Producer: Jaheim Hoagland
2010	Another Round Atlantic 522783	-	-	US3 (28 weeks) US	R&B2 (43 weeks) R&B	First published: February 9, 2010 Executive Producer: Jaheim Hoagland
2013	Appreciation Day Atlantic 530447	-	-	US6 (9 weeks) US	R&B3 (27 weeks) R&B	First published: September 3, 2013 Executive Producer: Jaheim Hoagland, Kier Gist, Balewa Muhammad
2016	Struggle Love BMG 538161452	-	-	US24 (3 weeks) US	R&B2 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: March 18, 2016 Executive Producer: Jaheim Hoagland, Balewa Muhammad

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B
2008	Classic Jaheim Vol. 1 Warner Bros. 516814	-	-	US168 (1 week) US	R&B18 (19 weeks) R&B	First published: November 25th, 2008 Producers: Kay Gee, Bink !, No ID , Xtreme

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B
2000	Could It Be Ghetto Love	-	UK33 (3 weeks) UK	US26 (20 weeks) US	R&B2 (29 weeks) R&B	First published: November 2000
2001	Just in Case Ghetto Love	-	UK34 (6 weeks) UK	US52 (20 weeks) US	R&B15 (32 weeks) R&B	First published: May 2001
	Anything Ghetto Love	-	-	US28 (20 weeks) US	R&B6 (49 weeks) R&B	First release: November 2001 feat. Next
2002	Fabulous still ghetto	-	UK41 (2 weeks) UK	US28 (20 weeks) US	R&B6 (49 weeks) R&B	First release: September 2002 feat. Tha 'Rayne including samples from Wake Up Everybody by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes , 1975
2003	Put That Woman First Still Ghetto	-	-	US20 (20 weeks) US	R&B5 (35 weeks) R&B	First published: February 2003 including samples from I Forgot to Be Your Lover by William Bell, 1968
	Backtight Still Ghetto	-	-	-	R&B51 (20 weeks) R&B	First release: September 2003 including samples from Somebody Told Me by Teddy Pendergrass , 1977
	Diamond in da Ruff Still Ghetto	-	-	-	R&B64 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: December 2003 including samples from My Love Won't Stop at Nothing by The Fantastic Four, 1975
2005	Everytime I Think About Her Ghetto Classics	-	-	-	R&B38 (20 weeks) R&B	First release: October 2005 feat. Jadakiss including samples from The Sly, Slick, and the Wicked by The Lost Generation, 1970
2006	The Chosen One Ghetto Classics	-	-	-	R&B58 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: February 2006 including samples from I Choose You by Willie Hutch , 1973
2007	Struggle No More Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls (Soundtrack)	-	-	-	R&B32 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: February 2007 with Anthony Hamilton and Musiq Soulchild from the soundtrack of the film Daddy's Little Girls
	Never The Makings of a Man	-	-	US76 (17 weeks) US	R&B12 (51 weeks) R&B	First published: October 2007
2008	I've Changed The Makings of a Man	-	-	-	R&B35 (25 weeks) R&B	First release: February 2008 feat. Keyshia Cole
	Have You Ever The Makings of a Man	-	-	-	R&B65 (4 weeks) R&B	First published: March 2008
2009	Ain't Leavin Without You Another Round	-	-	US93 (4 weeks) US	R&B12 (49 weeks) R&B	First published: November 2009
2010	Finding My Way Back Another Round	-	-	US95 (1 week) US	R&B12 (35 weeks) R&B	First published: February 2010

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
2004	Lord you know	-	-	-	-	-	R&B81 (4 weeks) R&B	First release: May 2004 Cam'ron feat. Jaheim Authors: Cameron Giles, Jaheim Hoagland, Lenny Mollings, Johnny Mollings, DJ Khaled , JB Weaver, Jr.
	My Place Suit	DE8 (12 weeks) DE	AT20 (12 weeks) AT	CH5 (24 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (13 weeks)UK	US4th gold (20 weeks)US	R&B4 (27 weeks) R&B	First release: July 2004 Nelly feat. Jaheim Authors: Dorian Moore, Gamble and Huff , Randy Edelman , Nelly, El DeBarge, Mark DeBarge, William DeBarge including samples from I Like It by DeBarge , 1982, Come Go with Me by Teddy Pendergrass , 1979, and Isn't It a Shame by LaBelle , 1976
2011	Stay Together Pieces of Me	-	-	-	-	-	R&B23 (40 weeks) R&B	First release: June 2011 Ledisi feat. Jaheim Authors: Ledisi Young, Rex Rideout

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1. ↑ Article at NJ.com
2. ↑ radio stations BlackBeats.FM: Jaheim arrested , Accessed 11 April 2010
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} gold / platinum databases: UK US
5. ^ ^{A b} Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .

Web links

• Official website
• Jaheim at Allmusic (English)
• Jaheim bei Discogs (English)
• Jaheim at laut.de
• Jaheim at warnermusic.de