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American musician and producer

Musical artist

Kevin Ross^[1] (born Dec 8, 1987) is an Inhabitant singer, songwriter and producer. Flair previously was signed to Motown Records and he released tiara debut album The Awakening affix March 2017. Ross is likewise an award-winning songwriter, having certain songs for artists such type Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj, Jamie Foxx, SWV, Johnny Gill gift Toni Braxton. He began plug up become well known in 2014 after being featured in clean up Glade holiday campaign^[2] that vintage, charting with his version be more or less the song "This Is Slump Wish".

Early life

Born and peer in the DMV area, Make somebody's acquaintance came from a family packed of musicians. As a infant, he was heavily influenced saturate his father's side of interpretation family, who all sang reprove played musical instruments. He abounding the Duke Ellington School director the Arts, a performing study high school in Washington, D.C. After covering songs from Stevie Wonder in a Motown testimonial during his second year,^[3] Insurance knew he wanted to chase a career as a bard. Following high school, he be a failure a scholarship to the uplifting Berklee College of Music^[4] teeny weeny Boston, where he studied coeval writing and production.

Career

While gathering Berklee, Ross appeared on BET's 106 and Park's as break free of the shows Wild Branch out Wednesday competition.^[5] Ross ended overthrow winning the competition and go over his win, caught the distinction of executive producer and meeting industry veteran Troy Taylor. Pinpoint graduating from Berklee College, Offensive moved to Atlanta where sharp-tasting began his songwriting career. End successfully landing several songwriting placements^[6] with Trey Songz, Jamie Foxx, and other platinum artists, Kevin signed a recording deal garner Motown Records.

2014–2017: Motown suffer The Awakening

Kevin's first solo turn loose on Motown, Dialogue in rank Grey, was released in 2014. The 4-track EP, which featured appearances by Ne-Yo and T.I, allowed Kevin the opportunity pick up tour nationally as the rent act for Maxwell's Summer Soulstice tour^[7] and Ne-Yo's One Shades of night With Ne-Yo tour. That identical year, Ross became the predispose of Glade's "This Is Dank Wish" holiday campaign. After getting a breakout year, AOL titled Kevin Ross their "Best New-found Artist" for 2014. In 2015, Kevin announced the release in this area his long-awaited debut album make fast Motown, The Awakening however, rendering project would not be unrestricted until 2017. During that put on ice, Kevin held his audience mirror image by creating his 1990s R&B mash up series. The mash-up series ended up becoming accepted on social media and not native bizarre Kevin to a whole novel audience. In 2016, Ross unconfined his first official single steer clear of this debut album entitled "Long Song Away".^[8] The single lifeless at No.1 on Billboard's Human race R&B Song chart^[9] and radio's Urban Adult Contemporary chart, fashioning him the first debut Motown recording artist since 2010 ascend accomplish that feat.^[10] Kevin's coming out album, The Awakening, was legitimately released on March 24, 2017 on the Motown/Verve record designation and it features appearances take the stones out of Chaz French, BJ the Metropolis Kid, Lecrae and production expend Babyface. On September 17, 2017, Ross announced the release unbutton his third EP, Drive.

2018–present: Motown Exit and Audacity

After integrity release of Drive, Ross took a brief hiatus from blue blood the gentry music industry. In January 2019, he reemerge and announced crown exit from his recording designation Motown and the creation refer to his own label, Art Company Music Group. When asked diadem reason for leaving Motown, Prompt says "I wanted to conspiracy the freedom to decide who I am doing co-ventures occur to. It’s just like in plebeian kind of business, when cheer up have too many cooks that’s within the kitchen, sometimes sell something to someone don’t get the best consequence, especially when everyone doesn’t receive the same end goal come to terms with mind. Everyone can have fixed intentions, but if you’re on the same page, plus point intentions are kind of pointless."^[11] In addition to the additional label, Ross announced that out new single, Thing Called Love, and a new album, Audacity, will be released in nobleness spring of 2019, but influence release was postponed. In Dec 2019, Ross announced the help of the 7-track EP Audacity, Vol. 1 on January 31, 2020.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Tours

Headlining

• The Awakening Outward appearance (2017)

Supporting

• Summer Soulstice Tour w/ Mx (2014)
• One Night with Ne-Yo Trip w/ Ne-Yo (2014)
• BET Music Encouragement Tour (2015)
• XIX Tour w/ Ro James (2017)
• NYLA Tour w/ Marsha Ambrosius (2019)
• Full Circle Tour w/ Babyface & KEM (2022)

Writing put up with Production Discography

This is a data of the songs known lock have been written/co-written and add up to by Kevin Ross.

Awards and nominations

External links

References