Anthony Hamilton (musician)
Anthony Hamilton ( born January 28, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American soul and R & B singer, who sings in the tradition of classic soul singers of the seventies. Otis Redding, Sam Cooke and Donny Hathaway are among his strongest musical influences.
Career
Anthony Hamilton had a difficult relationship with his parents and escaped with 15 years through an adoption domestic problems. At the age of 10 years he sang in the church choir as a teenager and went solo on in singing competitions and clubs. At 22 he went to New York and came under the label Uptown Records by André Harrell. Before Hamilton finished debut album was released, however, Harrell moved to Motown and discontinued the label. So XTC released in 1996 at MCA. However, the album itself did not receive much attention, only the single Nobody Else made it to number 63 R & B charts.
Thereafter he joined the label Soulife to, a new label from his home in North Carolina, and worked on a second album. He also worked as a songwriter and background vocalist, among others, for Donell Jones, Eve and D' Angelo. However, the label had to close this time before his second album was released.
The breakthrough for Anthony Hamilton came in 2002 when he collaborated with rapper Nappy Roots at the Single Po ' Folks. The song not only reached number 19 of the official U.S. charts, but was also nominated for a Grammy. Even when he was Grammyfeier So So taken by Jermaine Dupri for his label Def Records. They took on a completely new album titled Comin 'from Where I'm From, which was the breakthrough. It reached # 33 on the Billboard 200, lasted for nearly one and a half years in the charts and was eventually certified platinum. With the song Charlene he had his own Top 20 hit, even reaching number 3 in the R & B charts. After a collaboration with Jadakiss followed on the song Why?, Who came to the U.S. in 11th place and made him known also in Europe. A collaboration with Twista on the title Sunshine, when he was but only unofficially called, was a number - three hit in the UK charts.
The following year, he published the old recordings he had made for Soulife, on an album with the label name as the title. Also in 2005 appeared a new album entitled Is not Nobody Worryin '. Both publications were among the top 20 in the U.S. and the new album reached gold status.
Two years later appeared with Southern Comfort another album with older, previously unreleased recordings, which remained in the success behind the previous albums. For this, he reported back in 2008 with the support of Al Green at the song You've Got the Love I Need. Although the song was not in the charts, but the two singers won the Grammy Award for best traditional R & B performance. These Hamilton published at the end of the year another gold album: The Point of It All reached number 12 and in 2010 was nominated for a Grammy for Best R & B Album. Two songs album also received nominations.
Until next album again went three years. Back to Love in 2011 reached again number 12 in the U.S. charts and increased Anthony Hamilton number of Grammy nominations for two to twelve. The following year, together with the newcomer Elayna Boynton he took on the song Freedom for the soundtrack to the film Django Unchained. The song was particularly successful in Europe.
Discography
Albums
Singles
More
- Nobody Else (1996 )
- Comin 'from Where I'm From (2003)
- Sista Big Bones (2006)
- You've Got the Love I Need ( Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton, in 2008, only appeared on the album Lay It Down, winner of Grammy )
- Cool (featuring David Banner, 2008)
- The Point of It All (2009)
- Woo (2011)
- I'll Wait ( To Fall in Love ) (2011 )
- Pray for Me ( 2012)