Eric Benét
Eric Benét Jordan (* October 15, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American rhythm and blues singer.
Life
Eric Benét grew up as the youngest of five children in a very musical family. Consequently, he began early to make music and joined the church choir his community. The mid-1980s he collected at performances with the cover band Gerard at various clubs around first experiences on stage. But the potential of this formation was exhausted pretty quickly and put Eric not satisfied. Therefore, he got already made a short time later and founded with his sister and his cousin the group Benét. In this constellation, much more stuck, so she Capitol Records (label of the EMI Group ) have been contracted, which published in 1992, their debut album " Benét ". However, with only 70,000 copies sold, failed the desired breakthrough and the record contract was dissolved by the labels.
In the same year his girlfriend Tami Stauff brought his daughter Indiazur world. In April 1993, 15 months after birth Indias, Tami was killed in a car accident. Now began both family and musically a very difficult time for Benét. In order to bring himself and his daughter to make ends meet, he worked for a time at UPS. Since he did not want to give up his musical goal, he has guest - roles on the CDs of various artists to make so attentive to his talent.
Many experiences and emotions this time Eric processed in a creative way and put them into songs. After some time he sent a charge at Warner Bros., a demo, which was still active as a producer of Eric at Capitol Records in 1992. This took him due to high quality song material again under contract. In 1996 his solo debut album " True To Myself ". Despite great reviews it sold only moderately. Nevertheless, artistic freedom, he was still granted. He produced his second album " A Day In The Life ," which proved more radio capability after the publication in 1999 and has sold much better. In particular, the winner of gold and a Grammy hit " Spend My Life With You " Established Eric Benét in American rhythm and blues scene. In 2005, he released his third album " Hurricane ".
From 2001 to 2005 he was married to actress Halle Berry. In Germany, he was the most just as Berry's ex-husband a term until he 's duet " Where Does The Love Go " by Yvonne Elliman published in 2006.
Discography
- True to Myself (1996 ) " Let's Stay Together " (Featuring Tamia )
- " Spiritual Thang "
- " Femininity "
- " True to Myself "
- A Day in the Life (1999) " Georgy Porgy "
- " Spend My Life with You " (featuring Tamia )
- » Why You Follow Me "
- » When You Think of Me "
- " Dust in the Wind "
- Hurricane (2005) " I Wanna Be Loved "
- " Hurricane "
- » Where Does the Love Go " (featuring Yvonne Catterfeld )
- " Pretty Baby "