Jeremy Phillip Felton (born July 17, 1987), known professionally as Jeremih ( ), is an American R&B singer. He embarked on a musical career after meeting record producer Mick Schultz in 2008, and signed a recording contract with

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the following year. Jeremih's 2009 debut single, " Birthday Sex" peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart; it preceded the release of his self-titled debut studio album in June that year, which peaked at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200. His 2010 single, " Down on Me" (featuring

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) saw continued commercial success and matched the chart position of "Birthday Sex", also receiving sextuple platinum certification by the

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(RIAA). It preceded the release of his second album '' All About You'' (2010), which was met with a critical and commercial decline. His 2014 single, "

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" (featuring YG) became his third top-ten hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song and its follow-up singles, " Oui" and " Planez" (featuring J. Cole), each received quintuple platinum certifications by the RIAA and preceded the release of his third album, '' Late Nights: The Album'' (2015). He formed the duo MihTy with singer

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in 2018, with whom he has released an eponymous collaborative album (2018).

Early life

Born in

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, Felton began playing drums at the age of three and is able to play the saxophone, several percussion instruments, and piano/keyboards. He attended Morgan Park High School, where he was part of the

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as well as a

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band. He also learned to play percussion instruments like

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s and

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. Felton was a good student and earned academic honors at Morgan Park High School, allowing him to graduate a year early. He enrolled at the

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and Parkland College in Urbana-Champaign. After spending a semester at the university studying engineering, he wanted to change his education to something related to music. He transferred to

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in 2007 to pursue a degree in music business. After performing a tribute to

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at one of the campus's talent shows, he received positive feedback and realized his vocal ability, saying that the "music was just taking over".

Career

2009–2011: ''Jeremih'' and ''All About You''

Julie Moran with Jeremih at the 2009 American Music Awards

While attending

, Jeremih collaborated with

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Mick Schultz. Together, they recorded a song, titled "My Ride". Jeremih received guidance from his cousin, Day26 group member,

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. In February 2009, Jeremih met with

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CEO

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, and executive

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of A&R Karen Kwak. After performing for the two, Jeremih signed a

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with Def Jam that same day. In 2009, Jeremih released his debut single, " Birthday Sex". The song later peaked at number 4 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In June 2009, Jeremih released his eponymous self-titled debut

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

, ''

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''. The album debuted at number 6 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 59,000 copies in its first week. In promotion of the album, Jeremih took part in America's Most Wanted Tour, alongside

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, and

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. The second single, " Imma Star (Everywhere We Are)", peaked at number 51 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In August 2009, Jeremih was selected by Ron Huberman and Mayor

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of the

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(CPS) to campaign children to return to school. Community activists protested and demanded CPS to undo their decision, claiming that Jeremih's music was "not appropriate for students" and "promotes teen sex". Huberman argued that "school officials would be naive to pretend students don't listen to Felton's music already". Daley also argued that recording artists have the

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, noting that Jeremih was "a young man, ith aback-to-school message, a young man who has had great success recording, producer, going to school, went to public school". In September 2009, Jeremih performed on ''

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s soap opera ''

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'', alongside recording artist

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. The two performed " Just Go", a song from Richie's album with the same title. On June 1, 2010, Jeremih released the first single for his second studio album '' All About You'', titled " I Like" featuring

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. " Down on Me" featuring rapper

was confirmed to be the second single from the album. "Down on Me" charted on the number-one position for eight weeks total on Rhythmic ''Billboard'' chart. ''All About You'' was released on September 28, 2010. The following year, Jeremih and

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were featured on the song, which was performed by Wale, titled "That Way" from the compilation album '' Self Made Vol. 1''.

2012–2015: ''Late Nights''

In December 2011, Jeremih confirmed he had been working on his third studio album, originally titled ''Thumpy Johnson''. He announced plans from a summer 2012 release under

. However, the album was not released. Instead, Jeremih released his first mixtape titled ''Late Nights with Jeremih'' on August 7, 2012. On November 5, 2014, Jeremih and members of his crew were involved in an incident at a

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restaurant in Billings, MT in which Jeremih's associates allegedly "hassle

a young female restaurant employee and a manager for discriminating against them. Members of Jeremih's crew responded to the alleged racism by taking over the restaurant's microphone, throwing beer onto employees, and allegedly throwing a glass beer bottle into the kitchen, getting broken glass into the fryer and forcing the restaurant to close temporaril

The Billings Police Department sought but never issued arrest warrants in response to the inciden

Surveillance footage of the altercation was published by TMZ, and the concert promoter for Jeremih's Billings performance offered refunds to audience members and renounced the actions taken by Jeremih and his crew

"All the Time" is a song which originally appeared on his mixtape ''Late Nights with Jeremih'' but was re-released with an additional verse by rapper

as a single. The song was released on April 16, 2013, as a music download, digital download. On July 17, 2014, Jeremih formally released his collaborative EP "No More" with Shlohmo through his Twitter account. The first single off Jeremih's third studio album (retitled '' Late Nights: The Album''), "

" featuring YG, was released on June 6, 2014. On September 26, 2014, Jeremih released promotional single "Nobody But U" produced by Cashmere Cat, but it did not make the album. The second single, " Planez" featuring J. Cole was released on January 22, 2015. The first promotional single " Tonight Belongs to U!" featuring

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was released on April 21, 2015. The third single, " Oui" was released on October 30, 2015. The second promotional single, "Royalty" featuring

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and

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, was released October 29, 2015. The third promotional single "Peace Sign" featuring

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and

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was released November 18, 2015. The fourth single, "Pass Dat" was released December 1, 2015. On December 4, Jeremih finally released the album to critical acclaim. To promote the album, Jeremih embarked on his Late Nights Uncut Tour.

2016–2018: ''MihTy''

In 2016, Jeremih co-wrote "Woo" from

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's eighth album '' Anti'' alongside

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and

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. On February 7, 2016, Jeremih revealed his fourth studio album will be called, ''Later That Night'' in an interview with ''

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''. In the same interview, he mentioned he had been recently writing songs for

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and

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. In the summer of 2016, Jeremih headlined his first European concert tour. In July 2016, Jeremih released his second mixtape called ''Late Nights: Europe'', which he recorded while on tour overseas. He stated that he was 90% done with his upcoming album ''Later That Night'' that would complete his "Late Night" series. In June 2016, Jeremih announced a joint album with

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titled ''Late Night Party'', which he said would be released before ''Later That Night''. Following this announcement, the two artists headlined a joint tour called Summer's Over Tour scheduled for November and December 2016. In the last week of the tour, it was announced that Jeremih would removed from the tour. The decision came after Jeremih left the stage mid-performance in Chicago, sent a body-double to perform in Houston, and criticized PartyNextDoor on stage in Dallas. A few months later, Jeremih stated that there were arguments between the two artists' teams, but he had no ill will towards PartyNextDoor. On

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2017, Jeremih released an EP, ''Cinco De MihYo'', which he had written and recorded in 24 hours. In March 2018, Jeremih released an EP titled ''The Chocolate Box''. ''Pitchfork'' stated, "When his projects are well-considered, or made with hyper-focused collaborators, he can be the most enchanting man in the room," but called one of the four tracks awkward and bored. On June 8, 2018, Jeremih and

released "The Light" as the lead single from their collaboration album '' MihTy''. The 11-track album was released on October 26, 2018, and features guest appearances from

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, and

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. In July 2018, Jeremih announced a joint tour with singer

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called Later That Night. The tour dates were from August 3 through September 8 in the United States. On August 15, Teyana tweeted that she would be leaving the tour due to mistreatment from Jeremih.

2019–2024: Non-album singles and hiatus

In 2019, Jeremih was featured in Chantel Jeffries' song and music video "Chase the Summer". In March 2020, Jeremih was featured on the remix for "Baby Girl" by

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. On May 3, 2021,

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released a music video for his song "Thankful" from his album ''

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'' featuring Jeremih and

. After a long hiatus from recording, Jeremih released his comeback single, "Changes", on October 21, 2022. In April 2023, he introduced his first protégé, Illinois singer Murf Dilly, to the music scene with his debut single "2 C's". The song featured Jeremih as a guest vocalist and was released on his newly established Late Nightz Records.

2024–present: Departure from Def Jam and upcoming fourth studio album

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and Chris Brown.

Musical style

Jeremih has cited

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, and R. Kelly as his biggest influences. He described their music as "timeless", calling them "true musician-artists". With the release of his debut album, Andy Kellman of

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compared Jeremih's vocals to Slim of R&B group 112 and

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, noting that his "charmingly sly voice...is hard to not like". In contrast, Ken Capobianco of ''

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'' felt that Jeremih's voice was "thin", showing "little range". Jody Rosen expressed that Jeremih "has a way with tunes and hooks". He received comparisons to

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, R. Kelly, and Stevie Wonder.

Personal life

Jeremih has two sons.

Health

In November 2020, Jeremih was hospitalized in

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after testing positive for

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. By November 14, he was reported to be on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. He was taken off the ventilator on November 19 but remained in critical condition. His spokesman said Jeremih has no underlying conditions. Jeremih was transferred out of intensive care on November 21, into a general hospital to make a full recovery. He was released from the hospital on December 4.

Discography

;Studio albums * ''

'' (2009) * '' All About You'' (2010) * '' Late Nights'' (2015) Collaborative albums * '' MihTy'' (2018)

Awards and nominations

;MOBO Awards The

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(MOBO Awards) is an awards ceremony established in 1995 by Kanya King. !Source , - , style="text-align:center;", 2009 , Jeremih , Best R&B/Soul Act , , style="text-align:center;", , - ;American Music Awards The

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s is an annual awards ceremony created by

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in 1973. !Source , - , style="text-align:center;", 2009 , Jeremih , T-Mobile Soul/R&B Breakthrough Artist , , style="text-align:center;", , - ;Grammy Awards !Source , - , style="text-align:center;", 2016 , " Planez" (with J. Cole) , Best R&B Performance , , style="text-align:center;", , - ;NAACP Awards An NAACP Image Award is an accolade presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature. !Source , - , style="text-align:center;", 2010 , Jeremih , Outstanding New Artist , , style="text-align:center;", , - ;Chicago Music Awards The Chicago Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony for music artist professionals to get recognized for their talents and hard work. Ephraim Martin, CMA President, is the founder. !Source , - , style="text-align:center;", 2010 , Jeremih , Best New Entertainer Of The Year , , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 2010 , Jeremih , Songwriter Of The Year , , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 2010 , Jeremih , R&B Entertainer Of The Year , , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 2011 , Jeremih , Best Male Vocalist Of The Year , , style="text-align:center;", , - ;Billboard Music Awards The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard magazine, the preeminent publication covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually in December until it went dormant in 2007, but it returned in May 2011. By

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. !Source , - , style="text-align:center;", 2012 , Jeremih Ft.50 Cent-Down On Me , Top R&B Song , , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 2015 , Jeremih Ft.YG-Don't Tell Em , Top R&B Song , , style="text-align:center;", , - ;iHeartRadio Music Awards The iheartRadio award honors the biggest Artists and Songs of the year. !Source , - , style="text-align:center;", 2015 , Jeremih Ft YG-Don't Tell Em , Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year , , style="text-align:center;", , -

References

External links

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