Musiq Soulchild

Music Soulchild, 2009

Musiq Soulchild (* 16th September 1977 in Philadelphia ; actually Talib Johnson ) between 2001 and 2007, only Musiq is an American Soul - and R & B - singer and representatives of the so-called neo soul . With around four million albums sold to date in the US, he was one of the best-known artists on the Def Jam record label .

biography

Soulchild was born one of ten children into a Muslim family and grew up in Philadelphia. As a teenager , he made the plan to become a professional musician.

Under the title Aijuswanaseing , he released his debut album in November 2000 , which was well received by critics and audiences alike. He was awarded a platinum record for more than 1.8 million albums sold . The extractions Just Friends (Sunny) , Love and Girl Next Door placed in the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.

With the follow-up album Juslisen he was able to repeat this success, reached number 1 in the US album charts in May 2002 and also went platinum. With Halfcrazy and Dontchange , two hit singles were also included on this long player . Musiq Soulchild is also on Prince's album One Nite Alone… Live! represented.

The album Soulstar , released in 2003, was less successful than its predecessor, but also made it into the US charts. The sales figures were still enough for a gold record . The songs Forthenight and Whoknows made their way into the pop and R&B / hip-hop charts.

After Soulstar , Soulchild took a three-year creative break. During this time he separated from his record company Def Jam and switched to Atlantic Records . In March 2007, his fourth album was released under the title Luvanmusiq , with which he came back to number 1 on the Billboard charts and for which he received his second gold record. The releases Buddy and Teachme are further hits that entered the top 10 of the R & B / Hip-Hop charts.

The 2008 album OnMyRadio and the singles IfULeave , Radio and Sobeautiful contained on it are further commercial successes for Musiq Soulchild. In the same year, the EP A Philly Soul Christmas was released with seven Christmas carols, including Jingle Bells , O Holy Night , O Christmas Tree and The First Noel .

The success continued with the 2011 album Musiqinthemagiq . The releases Yes and Anything are Soulchild's last single placements in the R & B / Hip-Hop charts. The 2013 released album 9ine fell short of expectations and only made it to the bottom of the R&B charts.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	R&B
2000	Aijuswanaseing (I Just Want to Sing)	-	-	US24 platinum (41 weeks)US	R&B4 (67 weeks) R&B	Producer: A Touch of Jazz Productions ( DJ Jazzy Jeff )
2002	Juslisen (Just Listen)	-	UK97 (1 week) UK	US1 platinum (35 weeks)US	R&B1 (48 weeks) R&B	Producers: Jerome Hipps, Kevin Liles, Michael McArthur, Musiq
2003	Soul star	-	-	US13 gold (23 weeks)US	R&B3 (37 weeks) R&B	Producers: MAD, Carvin Haggins, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Junius Bervine, 88-Keys, Da Gutta Fam, Heiku, Musiq
2007	Luvanmusiq	-	-	US1 gold (24 weeks)US	R&B1 (39 weeks) R&B	Producers: Musiq, Sauce , Carvin Haggins, Raphael Saadiq , Ivan “Orthodox” Barias, Ron “NEFF-U” Feemstar, Lab Ratz, The Underdogs
2008	A Philly Soul Christmas (EP)	-	-	US86 (3 weeks) US	R&B20 (11 weeks) R&B	Title in Germany: Christmas Musiq
	OnMyRadio	-	-	US11 (29 weeks) US	R&B1 (50 weeks) R&B	Producers: Kevin Liles, Musiq, Victor Jason Greig
2011	Musiqinthemagiq	-	-	US8 (7 weeks) US	R&B3 (22 weeks) R&B	Producers: August Rigo, Musiq, Victor Greig
2013	9ine	-	-	-	R&B54 (1 week) R&B	with Syleena Johnson , producer: Flava McGregor
2016	Life on Earth	-	-	US27 (2 weeks) US	R&B3 (8 weeks) R&B	Producers; Warryn Campbell, Musiq, KC & Cooper
2017	Feel the real	-	-	US126 (1 week) US	-	First release: September 15, 2017 2 CDs; Executive Producer: Musiq Soulchild

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	R&B
2000	Just Friends (Sunny) Aijuswanaseing	-	-	US31 (20 weeks) US	R&B6 (37 weeks) R&B	from the soundtrack of the film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Authors: Bobby Hebb , Talib Johnson, Vidal Davis, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Carvin Haggins Original: Mieko Hirota , 1965
	Love Aijuswanaseing	-	-	US24 (21 weeks) US	R&B2 (28 weeks) R&B	Authors: Andre Harris, Talib Johnson, Carvin Haggins,
2001	Girl Next Door Aijuswanaseing	-	-	US85 (8 weeks) US	R&B28 (22 weeks) R&B	feat. Ayana of Aaries Authors: Ed Green, Andre Harris, Carvin Haggins, Jill Scott , Talib Johnson Original: Ramsey Lewis , 1973
2002	Half Crazy Juslisen	-	-	US16 (25 weeks) US	R&B2 (43 weeks) R&B	Author: Francis Lai Original: Nicole Croisille - Vivre pour vivre , 1967
	dontchange Juslisen	-	-	US17 (26 weeks) US	R&B3 (42 weeks) R&B
2003	Break You Off Phrenology	-	UK59 (2 weeks) UK	US99 (1 week) US	R&B55 (20 weeks) R&B	The Roots feat. Musiq authors: Questlove , Ben Kenney, Kamal Gray, Karl B. Jenkins, Kyle Jones , Leonard Hubbard, Scott Storch , Talib Johnson, Tariq Trotter
	Nothing at All Shaman	CH74 (3 weeks) CH	-	US- gold US	-	Santana feat. Musiq authors: Cory Rooney, Rob Thomas
	Forthenight soul star	-	-	US53 (17 weeks) US	R&B18 (20 weeks) R&B	Text: Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Musiq Music: Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Johnnie "Smurf" Smith
2004	Whoknows Soulstar	-	-	US65 (13 weeks) US	R&B23 (24 weeks) R&B	Text: Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Musiq Music: Frankie "Vegas" Romano, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
2006	Buddy Luvanmusiq	-	-	US36 (18 weeks) US	R&B2 (37 weeks) R&B	Text: Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Musiq Music: Cornelius Church, Earl Guinn, Kenton Nix
2007	Struggle No More (The Main Event)	-	-	-	R&B32 (20 weeks) R&B	with Anthony Hamilton and Jaheim
	Teachme Luvanmusiq	-	-	US42 (20 weeks) US	R&B2 (58 weeks) R&B	Text: Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Corey Williams Music: Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Johnnie "Smurf" Smith
	Makeyouhappy Luvanmusiq	-	-	-	R&B61 (16 weeks) R&B	Text: Musiq Soulchild, Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell Music: Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell
2008	IfULeave OnMyRadio	-	-	US71 (12 weeks) US	R&B6 (35 weeks) R&B	feat. Mary J. Blige Authors: Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Johnnie "Smurf" Smith, Miguel Pimentel , Musiq
	Radio OnMyRadio	-	-	-	R&B55 (12 weeks) R&B	Authors: Christopher Umana, Dru Castro, Euforo Ebong, Musiq Soulchild
	Chocolate High Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics	-	-	-	R&B19 (28 weeks) R&B	India.Arie feat. Musiq Soulchild
2009	Sobeautiful OnMyRadio	-	-	US84 (11 weeks) US	R&B8 (51 weeks) R&B	Authors: Talib Johnson, Lee Hutson Jr.
2011	Yes Musiqinthemagiq	-	-	-	R&B24 (44 weeks) R&B	Authors: Claude Kelly, Hitesh Ceon, Kim Ofstad
	Anything Musiqinthemagiq	-	-	-	R&B31 (20 weeks) R&B	feat. Swizz Beats Authors: August Rigo, Jerry Duplessis, Kaseem Dean, Linton Beckles, Lipson Francis, Roy Anthony Carter
2012	Ah yeah black radio	-	-	-	R&B86 (10 weeks) R&B	Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Musiq Soulchild and Chrisette Michele Authors: Chrisette Payne, Derrick Hodge , Robert Glasper, Talib Johnson

More singles

• 2000: Aijuswanaseing
• 2001: If I Woulda Knew (feat.Aaries)
• 2002: Dontchange (The Pound Boys Dance Remixes)
• 2002: Something
• 2005: Give More Love (Remixed by Sivad Productions)
• 2006: Take Your Time (Black Ice feat. Musiq)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: CH UK Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200 Billboard R&B albums (from 1999) Billboard R&B songs (from 2011)
2. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum database US
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Musiq Soulchild at Allmusic (English)
• Musiq Soulchild at Discogs (English)