

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.

Trey Day debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 73,000 copies in the first week. The fourth single: "Missin' You", which again was also produced by Stargate, officially released on June 20, 2008. The third single: " Last Time", was produced by Bryan-Michael Cox with Kendrick "WyldCard" Dean, and officially released on January 25, 2008. Being produced by Stargate, it became his highest charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 14 until his 2010 single: " Bottoms Up", at number 6. The second single: " Can't Help but Wait", was officially released on August 6, 2007. The lead single: " Wonder Woman", was produced by Danja and officially released on February 13, 2007.
