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Famous as :
Neo-soul and R&B singerBirth Name :
Talib JohnsonBirth Date :
September 16, 1977Birth Place :
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USClaim to fame :
Album "Aijuswanaseing" (2000)
Musiq Soulchild's 'SoBeautiful' Music Video Gets Premiered
March 04, 2009 02:03:18Musiq Soulchild has debuted a music video in support of "SoBeautiful", the third single off his fifth studio album "OnMyRadio". In the video, he lands the part as a photographer. As he notices a girl next door has a natural beauty, he invites her to his place and asks her to be his model. When it is done and the pictures have been printed in a magazine titled "So Beautiful", he sends the magazine to her with a note read, "I desperately need a stand-in tonight."
Music Soulchild's third album has arrived in U.S. stores since December 9, 2008 under Atlantic Records. Led by single titled "Radio", it lines up such featured guests as Mary J. Blige in track "IfULeave" and Damian Marley in song "I Wanna Be". Having Soulchild composing its music, the record climbed to number 11 on Billboard Hot 200 and claimed the top spot on Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Video Premiere: Musiq Soulchild's 'IfULeave' Feat. Mary J. Blige
October 21, 2008 09:10:03Musiq Soulchild comes out with a new music video to promote his Mary J. Blige-featuring single "IfULeave". Directed by Sanji, the music video shows Soulchild and Blige trying hard to save their hanging-on-the-edge romantic relationship with their lovers. At the end, Blige ends up walking away alone with no man beside her while Soulchild is seen having the girl again after a heart-to-heart conversation discussing their issues.
"IfULeave" is one of the fourteen new songs appearing on Soulchild's fifth major studio album "On My Radio". Scheduled for release on December 9 in the U.S., his effort features Common on "Destiny", Chrisette Michele on "Shotdown", Kanye West and Shawty Lo on "Outtamymind", and 50 Cent as well as Lloyd Banks on "Bringyoudown".
Sneak Peeking Musiq Soulchild's 'IfULeave' Music Video Feat. Mary J. Blige
October 17, 2008 11:10:37A snippet of Musiq Soulchild's music video for his Mary J. Blige-featuring single "IfULeave" has arrived. Directed by Sanji and shot in Manhattan, the sneak peek presents statement written in bold uppercase letters saying "IF IT HURTS TO LEAVE AND HURTS EVEN MORE TO STAY" and displays Soulchild and Blige as a broken-hearted couple.
Furthermore, the music video is scheduled to be premiered on October 20 at 07.30 P.M. on BET. "IfULeave" is one of the fourteen new singles from Soulchild's fifth studio album "On My Radio". Set for December-2 release, the record is led by a BlackKeyz-produced jam "Radio" and lines up 50 Cent, Kanye West, Common, and Lloyd Banks as his collaborators.
Video Premiere: Ice Cube's 'Why Me?' Feat. Musiq Soulchild
September 25, 2008 02:09:36Rapper Ice Cube has premiered a music video in support of his latest single, "Why Me?". Featuring Musiq Soulchild as a guest performer, the song appears in Cube's eight major studio effort called "Raw Footage", which has been available on sale since August.
The music video itself tackles subjects with heavy social importance about the murder of innocent people in inner-city of America. Most of the scenes carry mournful theme about how it feels when someone close to them dies. Tears are shown running down from some people who make cameo appearances in the video, marking their deep sadness.
Video Premiere: Musiq Soulchild's 'Radio'
August 14, 2008 01:08:20R&B artist Taalib Johnson aka Musiq Soulchild has just premiered music video for single "Radio". The track is the lead single of his upcoming album "On My Radio". The single has been played on radios while the album are scheduled for release this November via Atlantic Records.
The video has a sexy girl as a cameo which flashes several times before the video starts. It mostly shows the rapper, wearing headphones, listening to the music and singing along with it. Several scenes display him in a black tuxedo, enjoying himself with some dance moves. Some others have him, sitting on a huge old-fashioned radio.
Newcomers Reign Top 3 in the 13th Week of Billboard 200
March 29, 2007 09:03:54
The chart this week went through quite a change both in the number of copies sold and the albums reigning it. Coming first, second and third are all new comers. Modest Mouse's "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" sold the highest unit this week with 129,000 and therefore has the right to #1 spot. The tight competitor, Joss Stone's "Introducing Joss Stone" came in at No. 2 after selling 118,000 at the first week. Elliott Yamin with self-titled debut album meanwhile joins his fellow idol casts in the chart by sitting at #3 due to total sales of 90,000.
DAUGHTRY in its seventeenth week still holds its last week position at #4 after selling 76,000. With the kind of number, DAUGHTRY's self-titled album has sold a total of 2 million copies worldwide. A tie occurs between newcomer Marques Houston's "Veteran" and old reigner Akon's "Konvicted". "Veteran" and "Konvicted" have both sold an approximate of 69,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan but the former is positioned ahead at #5.
The Number 100,000 Is Finally Broken in the 12th Week of US Hot 200
March 22, 2007 12:03:35
Just when new albums started entering the chart last week, they are replaced by a fresh batch of new ones this week. Also, the number 100,000 has been broken this week after four consecutive weeks selling under that. The breaker is brand new album "Luvanmusiq" by Musiq Soulchild that sells 149,000 copies. This is the R&B artist's second #1 album since "Juslisen" in 2002. In Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart meanwhile Musiq also score a place in the Top 5 through single "B.U.D.D.Y.".
Another fresh-from-the-oven, Lloyd's "Street Love" reigns the second runner of the chart thanks to a sale of 144,000. Rapper Rich Boy entails behind at #3 with his self-titled album that sells 112,000 units. At no. 4 self titled album from old topper DAUGHTRY goes through a decrease sale from 82,000 to 80,000.
