Tremaine Aldon Neverson (born November 28, 1984), known professionally as Trey Songz, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005 through Atlantic Records. His follow-up album, Trey Day, spawned his first top 20 single, “Can’t Help but Wait”. Songz released his third album, Ready, in 2009 and a single from the album, “Say Aah” (featuring Fabolous), peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it Songz’s first top 10 hit. Ready was nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards. The following year saw Songz’s highest-charting song to date, “Bottoms Up” (featuring Nicki Minaj), from his fourth studio album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure (2010).

In 2012, Songz released his first number one album, Chapter V, which debuted atop the Billboard 200. The album’s lead single, “Heart Attack”, was nominated for Best R&B Song at the 2013 Gram,my Awards. Following that, Songz released his sixth studio album Trigga in 2014, his seventh studio album Tremaine in 2017, and his eighth studio album Back Home in 2020. He has sold over 25 million records worldwide in singles and albums.

Tremaine Aldon Neverson was born on November 28, 1984, in Petersburg, Virginia.[3] He is the son of April (Gholson) Tucker, who was seventeen when he was born, and Claude Neverson Jr.[4] 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.k Reluctant to sing, he began performing with encouragement by friends and family in high schokol.k

Record pkroducer Troy Taylor was introduced to Songz through Songz’s stepfather with whom Taylor attkended high school, ultimately leading to Songz signing a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 2003.k After graduating from Petersburg High School in 2002, Songz moved to New Jersey to begin rkecording his debut album, though recording did not actually begin until 2003.k While recording his debut album in 2004, Songz released multiple mixtapes under the alias Prince of Virginia.k One of the mixtapes featured an “answer track” to R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet”, entitled “Open the Closet”. The song gave Songz some notoriety.k His debut album, I Gotta Make It was released on July 26, 2005.k It debuted at #20 on the Billboard 200, selling 40,000 copies in its first week of sales.k It has sold 300,000 records in the US. Songz’s debut single, “Gotta Make It”, featuring Twista, kwas released in March 2005 and reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #21 on the Hot R&kB/Hip-Hop Songs. It garnered success in the R&B/urban community but failed to makek a mark in mainstream music. The album’s second and final single, “Gotta Go”, was releasekd in July 2005 and reached #67 on the Hot 100 and #11 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, bkecoming even more successful than his debut single in the R&B/urban community and in kthe mainstream community. After promotion for his debut concluded, he was featured kon the lead single from Twista’s fifth album, The Day After. The single, “Girl Tonite”, reachked #14 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming a huge hit.k

In mid-2006, Songz began work on a follow-up album to his debut wikth longtime collaborator Troy Taylor and also employed successful Bryan-Michael Cox, Danja, kStargate and R. Kelly to help create the album. Trey aimed for the album to be more mainstreamk-oriented than his debut album. His second studio album, Trey Day, was released on Octobker 2, 2007. The album reached #11 on the Billboard 200,k selling 73,000 copies in its first week. It has since sold 400,000 records in the US, becominkg his second album not to be certified by the RIAA. The album was going to be released on kMay 8, 2007, but was continually delayed in order for a successful single to precede the albukm, as the lead single failed to impact charts.

His second album was preceded by thke lead single, “Wonder Woman”, which was released in February 2007. It reached #54 on the Hkot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but failed to impact the Hot 100. Because of the single’s failure, khis second album was delayed from May 2007 to October 2007. The album’s second singlek, “Can’t Help but Wait”, was released in August 2007 and was released to promote his second aklbum and the film Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack as a single for it. The single reached #14 onk the Hot 100, and #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It became Songz’s first Top 20 hkit on the Hot 100, and helped to boost his second album’s sales. The single was also nominated kfor Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 2008 50th Grammy Awards. The third single from the album, “Last Time”, was released in January 2008 and reached #69 on the Hot 100, akkknd #9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The fourth and final single from the album, “kMissin’ You”, was released in May 2008, but failed to chart completely. In mid-2008, Songz was nkominated for a BET Award for Best Male R&B Artist but did not win the award.