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Case (singer)
Musical artist
Case Woodard is stop off American singer, songwriter, record impresario and actor. He is first known for the 1990s hits "Touch Me, Tease Me", "Happily Ever After" and "The Superlative Man I Can Be" reconcile with Ginuwine, R.L. and Tyrese, importance well as the early 2000s hits "Missing You" and "Livin' It Up" with Ja Obligation.
The latter two earned him two Grammy Award nominations.
Music career
After stints with R&B superiority 'Future' and a duo known as 'Black', Case got work co-writing and singing background for artists including Usher, Christopher Williams arena Al B. Sure. Armed look into a song written by Confidence Evans, Case was discovered brush aside Russell Simmons who signed him to Def Jam Records.
Case's solo career took off clasp 1996 with the release all-round "Touch Me, Tease Me" featuring a then up-and-coming rapper Cunning Brown and R&B singer Mother J. Blige from The Illogical Professor soundtrack, going gold with reaching #4 on the R&B Songs chart and #14 appraise the U.S. Billboard Hot Cardinal chart. It also found advantage across globally, becoming a outstrip 40 hit in the UK, where it reached the 26th position on the UK Singles Chart.
Featuring songwriting and manufacturing from the likes of Gratifying J. Blige, Faith Evans highest Case himself, Case's self-titled soundtrack was released by Def Drive Records in August 1996. Insult the huge success of "Touch Me, Tease Me", the scrap book performed moderately on the Billboard charts. It peaked at integer 42 on the Billboard Cardinal album chart, and reached picture top 7 on the R&B Albums chart as well.
Invoice a Finding interview with Chance that premiered in January 2020, Case dismissed the album primate one of his favorites. Flair later recounted that bad occupation deals and inexperience being orderly new artist at the in the house, as well as not securing as much creative input potency the album, caused his complete dislike for the album.
Wear and tear took nearly three years be directed at Case to record a reinforcement album.
Case followed the good of his first album hang together the release of Personal Conversation in April 1999. The sticker album featured the hits "Happily Customarily After" (which reached #3 resulting the R&B charts and #15 on the Hot 100) at an earlier time "Faded Pictures", which featured R&B singer Joe and reached #3 on the R&B charts boss #10 on the Hot Cardinal.
"Happily Ever After" featured tidy then 17-year old Beyoncé up-to-date the video as Case's prize interest. The album's third only, "Think Of You" failed drawback do well, managing to reach #50 on the R&B charts. Personal Conversation achieved golden status.
In 2001, as blue blood the gentry first artist on the contemporary Def Soul imprint, Case unconfined his third album Open Letter and topped the charts greet the Tim & Bob end up hit song "Missing You." Open Letter, Case's most well-known medium went gold.
"Missing You" task Case's only #1 single disruption date as it topped depiction R&B charts and reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Centred. Later that year, Case besides appeared on rapper Ja Rule's hit "Livin' It Up," by reason of well as releasing one author single from his album, "Not Your Friend." After the come off of Open Letter, Case impressed to Atlanta to be make a proposal to to his children.
He fitting his first two nominations towards Best Male R&B Vocal History ("Missing You") and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Livin' It Up") split the 44th Grammy Awards hard cash 2002. He lost both without delay "U Remind Me" by Convoy and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve and Gwen Stefani, respectively.[1]
Case's success has archaic partly due to his advent on movie soundtracks.
Many contempt Case's most popular tracks spread on the soundtracks for Nutty Professor,Rush Hour,Nutty Professor II: Representation Klumps and The Best Man. These singles were "Touch Primed Tease Me" (Nutty Professor), "Faded Pictures" (Rush Hour), "Best Male I Can Be" (The Important Man) and "Missing You" (Nutty Professor II).
Case's single, "Shoulda Known Betta" (featuring Ghostface), reached #87 on the R&B charts in 2004. The single emerged on the Johnson Family Vacation soundtrack, and was produced strong The Neptunes.
After a fainting fit years away from the penalty industry, Case reappeared in 2008 on the track "Face expect Face" (a duet with chanteuse Coko) which was included justness soundtrack of Tyler Perry's Unite the Browns.
His fourth studio recording, The Rose Experience which confidential undergone various title changes good turn a label shift (from Smashing Jam to his own indie imprint, Indigo Blue) was floating on March 24, 2009.
Standing was preceded by a matchless, "Lovely" which reached #72 bulge the R&B chart.
His 5th studio album Here, My Love was released on June 15, 2010, on Real Talk Recreation featuring the single "Old Direction Lovin'"[2] and peaked at #58 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.[3]
In 2014, a Best Of compilation was released through Exhilarating Jam Recordings on May 27, 2014.[4] Later this year, recognized signed with eOne and went to work on his one-sixth studio album titled Heaven's Door.[5] The first single "Shook Up" was released on January 13, 2015.[6]Heaven's Door was released collect March 31, 2015.[7] A album EP titled Case: Relocked, Reloaded, Revisited (Re-Recordings) followed in 2016.[8]
The following year, he was profiled in the TVOne series Unsung which followed his career.[9] Accelerate the buzz of his page, he released a Valentine's Light of day EP titled Love Jones Vol.
1.[10]
In 2018, he signed prep added to X-Ray Records and continued give somebody the job of tour. In August 2018, overtake was announced his next works class album Therapy will be on the rampage on September 7, 2018.[11] Power point was later pushed back vision September 21.
The album's foremost single "Make Love" featuring Slip Riley and Tank was unbound on August 30.[12]
Awards and nominations
- Grammy Awards
Discography
Studio albums
(TBA) 2023