Olivia Longott

Olivia (2007)

Olivia Theresa Longott (* 15. February 1981 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American R & B - singer and rapper . From 2003 to 2007 she was a member of G-Unit and the only female member of the band.

biography

youth

Olivia Longott was born in February 1981 to a Cuban father and a Jamaican mother in Brooklyn, New York . The family later moved to Jamaica, Queens, where Longott immediately began singing in the church choir. Later she received both guitar and piano lessons .

Career

Longott's career began in 1999 when she became the first woman to be signed to Clive Davis' record label J Records. 2001 saw her debut album Olivia , from which the singles Bizounce and Are You Capable come. Because of the mediocre success of the album, Olivia's contract with J Records was canceled.

In 2003 Longott joined the crew G-Unit and was heard on their albums Beg for Mercy and on 50 Cents second album The Massacre . Alongside 50 Cent, their biggest hit also succeeded: the single Candy Shop , produced together with Scott Storch , which reached number 1 on the German , Austrian , Swiss and US American Billboard single charts in March 2005 .

The release of Longott's first album on G Unit Records has been postponed several times. After the dates were set for June, August and September 2005 and the beginning of 2006, the release was postponed to 2007. The collaboration with G Unit ended in spring 2007. The planned album was no longer released.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
2001	Olivia	-	-	-	-	US55 (6 weeks) US	R&B22 (9 weeks) R&B	First published: June 2, 2001

Singles

Chart placements

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
2001	Bizounce Olivia	-	-	-	-	US15 (14 weeks) US	R&B4 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: March 20, 2001
2011	December	-	-	-	-	-	R&B79 (7 weeks) R&B	First published: April 12, 2011

Chart placements as a guest musician

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
2005	Candy Shop The Massacre	DE1 platinum (20 weeks)DE	AT1 (19 weeks) AT	CH1 (19 weeks) CH	UK4th platinum (32 weeks)UK	US1 Gold + platinum (mastertone) (23 weeks)US	R&B1 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: January 15, 2005 50 Cent feat. Olivia
	Wild 2Nite Clothes Drop	DE40 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH26 (11 weeks) CH	UK61 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First release: September 5th, 2005 Shaggy feat. Olivia
2006	Best Friend (Remix) Behind Closed Doors	-	-	-	-	US35 (15 weeks) US	R&B22 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: January 19, 2006 50 Cent feat. Olivia

more publishments

• 2001: Are U Capable
• 2002: You Got the Damn Thing (I Like)
• 2004: Cloud 9 feat. 50 cents
• 2004: All (from Barbershop 2)
• 2005: Twist It feat. Lloyd Banks (from Behind Closed Doors )
• 2005: So Sexy (from Behind Closed Doors )
• 2005: Wild 2nite ( Shaggy feat. Olivia) (from Clothes Drop )
• 2007: My Daddy (from O-Luv )
• 2007: Cherry Pop feat. Missy Elliott (from O-Luv )
• 2009: Chaise Electrique feat. Fally Ipupa

Web links

• Olivia Longott in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH US1 US2 US R & B1 US R & B2
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: DE UK US
3. ↑ https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/candy%20shop/
4. ↑ https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/wild%202nite/