The album was released to bigger success internationally, where sales were boosted by its hit single "Breathe", a collaboration with rapper Sean Paul. In 2002, Cantrell appeared as a National Anthem Singer Orlando Jones, in the movie “Drumline” starring Nick Cannon, and Zoe Saldana, earning $30,000 for the role, while in 2003 she released her second studio album entitled “Bittersweet”. Blu Cantrell has Narragansett Native American and Cape Verdean roots on her father’s side and is of English descent on her mother’s side, along with some part of French, Scottish, and German ancestry. The song “Breathe” (featuring Sean Paul) was an international hit, and topped numerous charts including UK Singles and European Hot 100 Singles. Cantrell's parents split when she was a child, and she and her five siblings—Adam, Tino, Nick, Kelli, and Summer—were raised by her mother. Soon after, he offered her a contract with the company and also won the bidding war against various labels to sign her with Arista Records. The album comprised of songs such as Waste My Time, Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops! "S.O.S (Tell Me Where You At)" was premiered on Soundcloud without Ms. Cantrell's consent or participation, and was later released across Apple's iTunes Store as a cash cow for those seeking to exploit Ms. Cantrell; Ms. Cantrell has to date ( May 2013) never received one cent from the sale of this song on iTunes. Blu Cantrell released her debut studio album, titled So Blu, on July 31, 2001, via Arista Records, Inc. American chanteuse Blu Cantrell, whose name at birth is Tiffany Cobb is a well-known, Grammy award recognized soul and R&B songwriter and recording artiste. (, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" Blu Cantrell is famous for TOP songs. & Recording a New Album", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blu_Cantrell&oldid=982127361, African-American female singer-songwriters, Articles with dead external links from March 2010, Articles with short description added by PearBOT 5, Short description is different from Wikidata, BLP articles lacking sources from January 2009, Wikipedia introduction cleanup from February 2014, Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from February 2014, All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 09:39. In 2001, she was dating Jay-Z whom is reported was “madly in love with Blu” and purportedly named his daughter after her. Blu Cantrell appeared on the family reality TV game show series. Of course it is hard to divide time between family matters and being an awesome singer, but Blu Cantrell manages to do that. After her father left the family, Blu Cantrell was raised alongside her 5 siblings by her single mother in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Compareceleb © 2016-2020 All rights reseved. Vocalist Blu Cantrell arrives to the 2007 BET Awards, So Blu by Blu Cantrell (CD, Jul-2001, Arista). Cantrell rose to fame in 2001, with the release of her debut single, "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops! This singer has written many songs about love, life, struggle and everything else that people laugh, nod their head or cry to. She also did collaborations with Babyface, Usher, Dionne Warwick, will.i.am, Fat Joe, Lil' Kim, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and jazz legend Herbie Hancock. [4] Stewart originally wanted her to become a member of his girl group 321, but soon offered Cantrell to work with her as a solo artist following a fruitful recording session. Susi Franco, her mother, was a former Mrs Rhode Island, actress, and jazz vocalist.She also has French,Scottish,English and German ancestry. The song earned Cantrell a Grammy Award nomination. Her father is African-American and her mother is Italian-American. During this era, Cantrell helped write and compose, along with several other writers, the song "It's Killing Me (In My Mind)" for the soundtrack of the 2002 film Bad Company.
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