NF (rapper)

NF (2016)

Nathan John Feuerstein (/ ˈfɔɪərstaɪn /; born March 30, 1991 in Gladwin , Michigan ), known by his stage name NF , is an American rapper and songwriter, known from hip-hop and mainstream hip-hop . In 2014, the album NF was released in collaboration with Capitol CMG , with which he made his breakthrough on the Billboard charts. He has released four studio albums to date: Mansion (2015), Therapy Session (2016), Perception (2017) and The Search (2019).

Life

NF, born Nathan John Feuerstein on March 30, 1991 in Gladwin, Michigan , lived with his father after their parents divorced. When he was 18 years old, his mother took her own life. He then dedicated the song "How Could You Leave Us" to her, in which he discussed his longing for her, the resulting psychological problems and his allegations against her.

In 2009 he graduated from Gladwin High School, where he played for the basketball team. NF began his career at the Fine Arts Festival with Connection Church in Canton, Michigan. In September 2018, NF married his partner Bridgette Doremus.

Career

By its own account, NF began rapping during his childhood. On November 29, 2010 he released his debut album Moments under his real name , which was, however, distributed by himself and not by a label. In 2012 he was signed by the Xist label, under which he released the EP I'm Free on May 2, 2012 . The album consisted of nine titles, including the track Alone , which was released three months after its release as a single . After disputes, NF left the label, in 2014 Feuerstein signed with the Capitol Christian Music Group , which is part of Universal Music .

Shortly after the contract was signed, on August 5, 2014, Feuerstein published the EP NF under Capitol CMG . With this album he made it to the Billboard charts for the first time , where he reached 15th place in the top rap albums and fourth in the top gospel albums. The EP received four stars in a review by CCM Magazine , and it was also noted that Feuerstein's style was very similar to Eminem's . NF's first studio album, Mansion , was released on March 31, 2015.

On April 22, 2016, NF's second studio album Therapy Session was released . The single I Just Wanna Know was released two weeks in advance , the second Real was released at the same time as the album. On September 8, 2016, NF released the single Warm Up , which had not been included on any album until then.

NF released his third studio album, Perception , on October 6, 2017 through his own label NF Real Music . The album immediately debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 . Perception was thus Feuerstein's first number one album, and he was only the second artist in 2017 whose album entered the Billboard 200 at number one without having previously been listed on the Billboard Hot 100 . The first single from the album Let You Down debuted at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100. After the album's success, NF went on tour with rappers Logic and Kyle . On January 11, 2019, Perception was awarded platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America with one million units sold .

On January 19 and June 18, 2018, NF released two more singles. On May 30, 2019, the single The Search, including the music video , was released via YouTube as the first extraction from the album of the same name, which was released on July 26, 2019. On June 27, 2019, the album's second single, When I Grow Up , was released, followed by Time , on July 12, 2019 .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2015	Mansion	-	-	-	-	US62 (1 week) US	First published: March 31, 2015
2016	Therapy session	-	-	-	-	US12 (10 weeks) US	First published: April 22, 2016
2017	Perception	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US1 platinum (144 weeks)US	First published: October 6, 2017
2019	The Search	DE26 (4 weeks) DE	AT15 (10 weeks) AT	CH9 (9 weeks) CH	UK7th silver (12 weeks)UK	US1 (... week) US	First published: July 26, 2019

Compilations

• 2012: Move Vol. 1 (First published: August 28, 2012)

Mix tapes

• 2010: Moments (first published November 29, 2010; as Nathan Feuerstein)

EPs

• 2012: I'm Free (First published May 1, 2012)
• 2014: NF (first published August 5, 2014)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2017	Let You Down Perception	DE9 platinum (25 weeks)DE	AT11 (24 weeks) AT	CH16 (31 weeks) CH	UK6th platinum (26 weeks)UK	US12 × 5 Quintuple platinum (28 weeks)US	First published: September 14, 2017
2018	No name	-	-	-	-	US82 gold (1 week)US	First published: January 19, 2018
	Lie perception	-	-	-	-	US48 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: April 17, 2018
2019	The Search The Search	-	-	-	UK88 (1 week) UK	US70 gold (2 weeks)US	First published: May 30, 2019
	When I Grow Up The Search	-	-	-	UK98 (1 week) UK	US78 gold (1 week)US	First published: June 27, 2019
	Time The Search	-	-	-	UK76 (3 weeks) UK	US41 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: July 12, 2019
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2019	Leave Me Alone The Search	-	-	-	-	US85 (1 week) US	Chart entry: August 10, 2019

More singles

• 2011: Alone (with Tommee Profitt & Brooke Griffith)
• 2013: Beautiful Addiction (with Brady Schmitz, Tommee Profitt & Danielle Swift)
• 2015: intro
• 2015: Wait
• 2015: All I Have (US:gold)
• 2016: Paralyzed (US:gold)
• 2016: Intro 2
• 2016: I Just Wanna Know
• 2016: Real (US:gold)
• 2016: Grindin ' (US:gold)
• 2016: Warm Up
• 2017: Outro
• 2017: Green Lights (US:gold)
• 2017: Outcast (US:gold)
• 2017: Remember This (US:gold)
• 2018: Why (US:gold)
• 2018: If You Want Love (US:platinum)

Guest Posts

• 2014: Start Over (FLAME feat. NF)
• 2015: Till the Day I Die ( TobyMac feat. NF)
• 2015: The One with My Friends (Marty feat. NF, John Givez, Wordsplayed, Kaleb Mitchell & Fern)
• 2017: Epiphany (Futuristic feat. NF)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2019: for the single time  Belgium 2018: for the single Let You Down  Brazil 2018: for the single Let You Down 2018: for the single If You Want Love  France 2018: for the single Let You Down  Canada 2018: for the single Lie  Mexico 2018: for the single Let You Down  Portugal 2018: for the single Let You Down  United States 2018: for the single If You Want Love 2018: for the single How Could You Leave Us 2019: for the song Mansion 2019: for the song Got You On My Mind

Platinum record  Denmark 2018: for the single Let You Down 2019: for the album Perception  Italy 2018: for the single Let You Down  Canada 2019: for the album Perception  New Zealand 2018: for the single Let You Down 3 × platinum record  Australia 2018: for the single Let You Down 4 × platinum record  Canada 2019: for the single Let You Down  Sweden 2018: for the single Let You Down

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)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	245,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	2 × gold2	-	40,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	110,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	-	platinum1	400,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	75,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	platinum1	50,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	5 × platinum5	440,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	-	30,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	nztop40.co.nz
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	-	5,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	160,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United States (RIAA)	-	16 × gold16	9 × platinum9	17,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	-	platinum1	720,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	24 × gold24	27 × platinum27

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NF: My first full length record drops the day after my birthday !!! What a present! In: @nfrealmusic. March 28, 2015, accessed February 10, 2018 . 
2. ↑ NF: @ Smitty5 my birthday is March 30th too. In: @nfrealmusic. March 22, 2015, accessed February 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ NF | Biography & History | AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Broadcast Music Inc .: Songwriter / Composer: FEUERSTEIN NATHAN JOHN. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on February 27, 2015 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ^ ^{A b c} David Daniels: How NF Became the First Hip-Hop Artist on Capitol CMG . In: Rapzilla.com . ( rapzilla.com [accessed February 10, 2018]).
6. ↑ David Daniels: NF pens heartbreaking song to his mom who died from overdose . In: Rapzilla.com . ( rapzilla.com [accessed February 10, 2018]).
7. ^ Cody O'Rourke: Heating up the hardwood . In: Gladwin County Record and Beaverton Clarion . ( gladwinmi.com [accessed February 10, 2018]).
8. ^ Congratulations to NF and his wife Bridgette Doremus. In: bigbighit.com , September 4, 2018, accessed June 30, 2019.
9. ↑ Steve Legett: Biography. All Music, accessed June 30, 2019.
10. ^ Artist Index. Billboard, August 23, 2014, accessed June 30, 2019 (PDF)
11. ^ Matt Conner: NF - 'NF' album review. CCM Magazine, October 15, 2014, accessed June 30, 2019.
12. ^ David Daniels: NF Reveals Release Date Of New Album 'Therapy Session'. In: rapzilla.com , February 12, 2016, accessed June 30, 2019.
13. ↑ Justin Sarachik: NF Releases New Single 'Warm Up'. In: rapzilla.com , September 9, 2016, accessed June 30, 2019.
14. ^ Keith Caulfield: NF Scores First No. 1 album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Perception'. Billboard, October 18, 2017, accessed June 30, 2019.
15. ^ American Album Certifications. Recording Industry Association of America, accessed June 30, 2019.
16. ↑ Steven Solis: NF 'The Search' New Album Cover & Release Date Revealed. In: rapzilla.com , May 30, 2019, accessed June 30, 2019.
17. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
18. ↑ Gold for Let You Down in Portugal ( Memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )