Tinchy Stryder

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	Catch 22
	Third strike
	Singles
	Stryderman
	Where's Your Love (with Craig David )
	Take Me Back (feat. Taio Cruz )
	Number 1 (feat. N-Dubz )
	Never Leave You (feat. Amelle )
	You're not alone
	Gangsta
	In My System
	Second Chance (feat. Taio Cruz)
	Game Over (feat. Chipmunk )
	Let It Rain ( feat.Melanie Fiona )
	Bring It (with Jodie Connor)
	Spaceship (feat. Dappy )
	Off the Record (feat. Calvin Harris & Burns)
	Bright Lights (feat. Pixie Lott )
	Lights On (with Wiley )
	To Me, To You (Bruv) (with Chuckle Brothers)

Tinchy Stryder (* 10. June 1987 in London , real name Kwasi Danquah ) is a British Grime - musicians .

Career

Tinchy Stryder is of Ghanaian descent and grew up in Bow, East End of London . He first appeared in the grime scene at the age of 16 and appeared on the Ice Rink EP in 2003 and the following year on the LP Treddin 'on Thin Ice by Wiley , one of the greats of the grime scene. Further appearances on The Streets and Lady Sovereign followed.

In 2006 he got his own record deal with Takeover Entertainment and released his first mixtapes , Tinchy Stryder had his first solo hit with Underground . His first album Star in the Hood followed the following year, followed by the EP Cloud 9 . In August 2008 he had his first smaller chart hit with the single Stryderman . A collaboration with Craig David on his single Where's Your Love brought him back to the charts.

Stryder's big breakthrough came in early 2009. His single Take Me Back together with Taio Cruz rose to number 3 in the UK charts in three weeks and stayed in the top 40 for 14 weeks. At the beginning of April, he opened with N-Dubz on tour. This resulted in the title Number 1 in collaboration . When it was released on April 20th, it went straight to number one on the UK charts.

Less than four months later he was able to repeat the same thing with Amelle Berrabah of the Sugababes . Their collaboration topped the chart in early August.

For some time now, Tinchy Stryder has also been selling his fashion label Star in the Hood online .

In 2014 he took part in the 14th season of the British television show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part.

Discography

Albums

Star in the Hood (2007)
Cloud 9 (2008, EP with nine tracks)
Catch 22 (2009)
Third Strike (2010)
360 ° (2014)

Mix tapes

I'm Back U Know (2006)
Lost and Found (2006)
Before the Storm (2010)

Singles

Underground (2006)
Breakaway (2007)
Something About Your Smile (2007)
Stryderman (2008)
Take Me Back (2009, featuring Taio Cruz )
Number 1 (2009, featuring N-Dubz )
Never Leave You (2009, featuring Amelle )
You're Not Alone (2009)
Gangsta (2010)
In My System (2010, featuring Jodie Connor )
Game Over (2010, featuring Chipmunk , Tinie Tempah , Professor Green , Devlin , Example & Giggs )
Let It Rain (2010, featuring Melanie Fiona )
Spaceship (2011, featuring Dappy )
Off the Record (2011, featuring Calvin Harris & BURNS)
Bright Lights (2012, featuring Pixie Lott )
Help Me (2012)
Misunderstood (2014)
To Me, To You (Bruv) (2014, with Chuckle Brothers)
Imperfection (2015, featuring Fuse ODG )

Featurings

Ice Rink (with Wiley , 2003)
Next Level (with Wiley et al., 2003)
Fit But You Know It (MC version with The Streets et al., 2004)
Hoodie (Brucker & Sinden Remix with Lady Sovereign , 2005)
Where's Your Love? (with Craig David , 2008)
Bring It (with Jodie Connor, 2011)
2nd Chance (with Cody Simpson , 2011)
Lights On (with Wiley, 2013)

Web links

Commons : Tinchy Stryder - collection of images, videos and audio files

official MySpace page
Tinchy Stryder at Allmusic (English)
Music Sales Awards: UK

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b UK chart statistics from Tinchy Stryder
↑ Star in the Hood
↑ I'm A Celebrity 2014 , Daily Mirror

personal data
SURNAME	Stryder, Tinchy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Danquah, Kwasi (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British grime musician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 10, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	London , England

[UKcharts-1] UK chart statistics from Tinchy Stryder

[2] Star in the Hood

[3] I'm A Celebrity 2014 , Daily Mirror