Lyfe Jennings

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Lyfe Jennings (2010)
Lyfe Jennings (2010)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Lyfe 268-192
  US 39 
platinum
platinum
10/02/2004 (60 weeks)
The Phoenix
  US 2 
gold
gold
09/02/2006 (17 weeks)
Lyfe Change
  US 4th 05/17/2008 (15 weeks)
I still believe
  US 6th 09/18/2010 (7 weeks)
Lucid
  US 32 10/26/2013 (3 weeks)
Tree of Lyfe
  US 117 07/11/2015 (1 week)
Singles
Must be nice
  US 40 
platinum
platinum
05/28/2005 (20 weeks)
SEX
  US 37 
gold
gold
08/05/2006 (20 weeks)

Lyfe Jennings (born June 3, 1978 in Toledo , Ohio ; real name Chester Jennings Lyfe ) is an American R&B musician and rapper from Los Angeles .

Career

In his youth, Lyfe Jennings was in the church choir and played with brother and cousins ​​in a band called The Dotsons . But then he became a criminal and was imprisoned for a long time for arson. While in detention, he studied music extensively and recorded a demo CD two days after his release. He performed as a singer with acoustic guitar and successfully sold his CD. And he got offers from record labels and signed with Columbia in New York. His debut album Lyfe 268-192 , named after his prisoner number , was released a year and a half after the end of his prison sentence . The album was very successful, staying on the Billboard 200 for over a year and selling over a million copies. The single Must Be Nice made it into the Top 40 of the Hot 100 and was also a million seller. For this both received a platinum award .

The Phoenix and Lyfe Change albums followed every two years , with Jennings reaching number one on the R&B charts and the top five on the official sales charts. Then he announced that he would release one last album in 2010. For I Still Believe he was able to win some well-known musicians such as Fabolous , Ludacris , Anthony Hamilton and Jazmine Sullivan . Nevertheless, the success of the album lagged behind that of its predecessors.

During this period, he was tried again because of domestic disputes and was sent to prison again. When he was released, he released another album in 2013 called Lucid .

Discography

Albums

  • Lyfe 268-192 (2004)
  • The Phoenix (2006)
  • Lyfe Change (2008)
  • Playlist: The Very Best of Lyfe Jennings (2009, Best of Album)
  • I Still Believe (2010)
  • Lucid (2013)
  • Tree of Lyfe (2015)

Songs

  • Stick Up Kid (2004)
  • Must Be Nice (2005)
  • Hypothetically (featuring Fantasia , 2006)
  • SEX (2006)
  • Let's Stay Together (2006)
  • Cops Up (2007)
  • Never Never Land (2008)
  • Will I Ever (2008)
  • Haters (2009)
  • Busy (2010)
  • Statistics (2010)
  • It Coulds Been Worse (2010)

Features

  • Freeze / LL Cool J featuring Lyfe Jennings (2005)
  • Ghetto Mindstate (Can't Get Away) / Lil Flip featuring Lyfe Jennings (2007)

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources USA: Singles / Albums
  2. ↑ a b US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  3. ↑ Lyfe Jennings in the gold / platinum database of the RIAA (USA)

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personal data
SURNAME Jennings, Lyfe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jennings, Chester Jermaine (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B singer and rapper
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Toledo , Ohio , USA