
His second studio album, Trey Day, was released on October 2, 2007. Trey aimed for the album to be more mainstream-oriented than his debut album. In mid-2006, Songz began work on a follow-up album to his debut with longtime collaborator Troy Taylor and also employed successful Bryan-Michael Cox, Danja, Stargate and R. The single, " Girl Tonite", reached #14 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming a huge hit. After promotion for his debut concluded, he was featured on the lead single from Twista's fifth album, The Day After. The album's second and final single, " Gotta Go", was released in July 2005 and reached #67 on the Hot 100 and #11 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming even more successful than his debut single in the R&B/urban community and in the mainstream community. It garnered success in the R&B/urban community but failed to make a mark in mainstream music. Songz's debut single, " Gotta Make It", featuring Twista, was released in March 2005 and reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It debuted at #20 on the Billboard 200, selling 40,000 copies in its first week of sales. His debut album, I Gotta Make It was released on July 26, 2005. Kelly's " Trapped in the Closet", entitled "Open the Closet".

One of the mixtapes featured an "answer track" to R. While recording his debut album in 2004, Songz released multiple mixtapes under the alias Prince of Virginia. After graduating from Petersburg High School in 2002, Songz moved to New Jersey to begin recording his debut album, though recording did not actually begin until 2003. Record producer Troy Taylor was introduced to Songz through Songz's stepfather with whom Taylor attended high school, ultimately leading to Songz signing a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 2003. Reluctant to sing, he began performing with encouragement by friends and family in high school.Ĭareer 2003–2008: I Gotta Make It and Trey Day Raised as a military brat by his mother and stepfather, Neverson did not have aspirations for a musical career as a child due to his shyness, saying "Singing wasn't a reality for me, until other people started noticing I sounded good." He recognized his vocal abilities at the age of 14.

He is the son of April (Gholson) Tucker, who was seventeen when he was born, and Claude Neverson Jr. Tremaine Aldon Neverson was born on November 28, 1984, in Petersburg, Virginia.


9 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it Songz's first top 10 hit. Songz released his third album, Ready, in 2009 and a single from the album, " Say Aah" (featuring Fabolous), peaked at No. His follow-up album, Trey Day, spawned his first top 20 single, " Can't Help but Wait". His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005 through Atlantic Records. Tremaine Aldon Neverson (born November 28, 1984), known professionally as Trey Songz, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
