Career

1999–2005: Career beginnings

Ne-Yo(Shaffer Chimere Smith)  emerged into the recording industry as member of the Las Vegas-based quartet Envy. After the group disbanded in 2000, Ne-Yo(Shaffer Chimere Smith)  was signed to Columbia Records, but, after recording his first album, was dropped from the label before he could even release it. American singer Marques Houston happened to hear one of Ne-Yo's(Shaffer Chimere Smith)  tracks, "That Girl", which was supposed to be the latter's debut single off his then-unreleased album. Houston rerecorded "That Girl" and released it as a single to his 2003 album MH. The release of the song led to Ne-Yo(Shaffer Chimere Smith)  being recognized as a top songwriter.

For the next two years, Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith) continued writing songs, some of which have not been officially released. He contributed songs to American singer Teedra Moses's 2004 album Complex Simplicity, Christina Milian's It's About Time, and the American boy band Youngstown, though all of which failed to give Ne-Yo(Shaffer Chimere Smith)  much attention from the mainstream. Ne-Yo(Shaffer Chimere Smith)  has also contributed songs to American singer Mary J. Blige, B2K, Faith Evans and Musiq, among others.

Ne-Yo broke into the music industry after "Let Me Love You", a song he wrote for American singer Mario, reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and later stayed on the top spot for nine weeks. After the successful release, Tina Davis, former A&R representative for Def Jam Recordings, arranged an informal meeting with label head L.A. Reid. Originally, Ne-Yo was not seeking a new contract, but, after he had performed for them, he was signed by American hip hop artist Jay-Z, then-CEO of Def Jam.

"Ne-Yo"(Shaffer Chimere Smith)  was coined by a producer Ne-Yo once worked with, Big D Evans, because Evans claimed that Ne-Yo sees music as Neo sees the matrix. As a joke, Evans started calling him Ne-Yo(Shaffer Chimere Smith)  until everybody was accustomed to it.

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Date:Tue, Feb 22, 2011(18:30)                  Venue:SECC Glasgow(uk)

Date:Wed, Feb 23, 2011(18:30)                 Venue: Echo Arena, Liverpool(UK)

Date:Fri, Feb 25, 2011(19:30)                    Venue: MEN Arena,Manchester(UK)

Date:Sat, Feb 26, 2011(18:30)                    Venue: O2 Arena,London (UK)

Date:Wed, Mar 02, 2011(18:30)                 Venue:National Indoor Arena (NIA),Birmingham,(UK)

Date:Thu, Mar 03, 2011(19:30)                  Venue:Metro Radio Arena,Newcastle(UK)