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Name | The-Dream |
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Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | Terius Youngdell Nash |
Born | Rockingham, North Carolina |
Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
Spouse | Nivea (2004–07), Christina Milian (2009–present) |
Genre | R&B;, pop, hip hop |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter, record producer, rapper |
Years active | 1998–Present |
Label | Def Jam, Radio Killa |
Associated acts | Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Los Da Mystro, Electrik Red, |
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Terius Youngdell Nash, better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American R&B; singer, songwriter and record producer. He was born in Rockingham, North Carolina, and raised by his mother Reva Nash until her death at age 35. The-Dream moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he was raised by his grandfather.
The-Dream met R&B; producer Laney Stewart in 2001, who helped him sign a publishing deal. He spent two years working on Nivea's second album Complicated, and continued to write and produce with Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Laney's brother. Together, The-Dream and Tricky produced Rihanna's 2007 hit "Umbrella" and Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", which boosted The-Dream's music career. He signed a deal with Def Jam Records in 2007, and released his debut studio album Love Hate later that year. In March 2009, The-Dream released his second album Love vs. Money. In June 2010, The-Dream released his third album titled Love King.
On March 10, 2009 The-Dream released his second album Love vs. Money. He re-teamed with his production partner Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, who produced most of the tracks on the album, and Los Da Maestro. He also enlisted the help of Lil Jon for the song "Let Me See the Booty". Love vs. Money debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 151,000 copies in its first week. It also entered at number one on Billboards Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums and at number three on its Top Digital Albums chart in March 2009. Upon its release, the album received general acclaim from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 83/100 from Metacritic.
Initially, The-Dream told Billboard that he would release his third album Love King, in December 2009; however, in September 2009, Christopher Stewart told Rap-Up that the album will be released in 2010 instead. According to The-Dream, he collaborated with T-Pain for at least one track and also expressed that he would like to make a collaboration album with Kanye West in the future. In January 2010, The-Dream officially stated he was finished recording the album and he called it the best of his three albums. The first single, "Love King", was released on March 16, 2010 for digital download. The-Dream said that he would release four singles and four music videos prior to the album's release. The album was released on June 29, 2010.
In July 2009, The-Dream announced that Love King will be his last solo album; however, with the release of the song Sex Intelligent Remix, The-Dream stated that on "6-07-2011 he will drop Love Affair" he will still be producing, writing, and featuring on other artist albums.
The-Dream's first single from "The Love; IV" will be "Talk That Shit (feat. R. Kelly)".
Due to label difficulties, The-Dream was not able to deliver "The Love; IV" on 06/07/2011, but instead released double promotional single(s) titled "Body Work" and "Fuck My Brains Out".
In December 2007, The-Dream was nominated for Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "Umbrella", but lost to Amy Winehouse's "Rehab". However, in June 2008, The-Dream won the award for Best New Artist at the 2008 BET Awards. Throughout 2008, The-Dream appeared on a number of records including Plies' "Please Excuse My Hands" with Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J's "Baby", Gym Class Heroes' "Cookie Jar" and Kardinal Offishall's "Gimme Some". In addition, The-Dream signed female R&B; girl-group Electrik Red to Radio Killa Records and they released their debut album, , under the label. The-Dream and production partner Christopher "Tricky" Stewart produced "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" off Beyoncé's album I Am… Sasha Fierce, co-produced two tracks ("Just Like Me" & "Digital Girl") and was featured on Jamie Foxx's album Intuition, and worked with Mario and Lionel Richie. which led to her signing a joint-deal with Radio Killa Records. The-Dream said that when he was building his label, he went looking for Milian because he believed she was a talented singer. The singer confirmed that her second single would be a duet with The-Dream called "Supersonic".
Throughout 2009, The-Dream has also been working on new material for Mariah Carey, Brandy, and Diddy. Diddy's song "Change" is described by The-Dream as, "probably one of the best male records I've ever written...the best record I've written besides 'Umbrella'. The-Dream also worked on Jennifer Lopez's first single Louboutins from her 7th album Love? The song did not chart at the Billboard Hot 100 but charted at number 1 on the Hot/Dance Club Chart. He is still working on more tracks for her album which is going to be released in Summer 2010. He also collaborated on, produced and wrote Snoop Dogg's "Gangsta Luv", which is on the 2009 album Malice n Wonderland.
The-Dream and Tricky Stewart have worked on Ciara's fourth studio album titled "Basic Instinct", which was released on December 14, 2010, and was executive produced by the trio. He co-wrote her lead single titled "Ride", which was released in April 2010, and went on to become a R&B; smash hit and her twelfth top ten hit on the Billboard R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Recently, The-Dream received a fair amount of backlash for his cover of singer Aaliyah's song "One in a Million". Upon the release of the song, fans of Aaliyah bombarded radio shows and blog sites with distaste for The-Dream's rendition.
The-Dream also worked alongside Tricky Stewart on Jessica Simpson's Christmas album titled Happy Christmas, released on November 22, 2010, and also working on Simpson's upcoming pop album, to be released in 2011.
The-Dream recently completed working on Beyoncé's upcoming album titled 4, slated for a June 28, 2011 release.
The-Dream began dating Christina Milian in early 2009; she became pregnant. The Daily Mail reported that "the pregnancy was a surprise, but they were getting married regardless". They then became engaged in June 2009. In August, it was reported that they had applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles. On September 4, 2009, The-Dream married Christina Milian at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas. The-Dream said in an interview that Nivea was still a good friend of his, and that she was also friends with Milian. Milian gave birth to their daughter Violet Madison Nash on February 26, 2010. Milian and The-Dream announced their separation on July 12, 2010 after photos surfaced of The-Dream vacationing with his assistant.
In addition to music, The-Dream revealed he is currently working on a TV reality series for MTV where he will scout aspiring singers,
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