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Marsha Ambrosius-Billups, born Marsha Angelique Ambrosius (born 8 August 1977) is an English singer and songwriter. She began her music career in the early 2000s with
Floetry Floetry were an English contemporary R&B, R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius ("the Songstress") and The Floacist, Natalie Stewart ("the Floacist"). The group recorded two studio albums, one live album, and sold over 1,500,000 records worldwid ...
, achieving both critical acclaim and commercial success. Following the group's disbandment, Ambrosius released her debut solo album, ''
Late Nights & Early Mornings ''Late Nights & Early Mornings'' is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Marsha Ambrosius. It was released on March 1, 2011, by J Records, following the disbandment of her R&B duo Floetry. The album debuted at number two on the US ...
'', in 2011. The album debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200, topped the
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chart, and included the single " Far Away", which earned two
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nominations and won The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award at the
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. Over the course of her career, Ambrosius has received ten Grammy Award nominations and nominations at the
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,
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,
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, and
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. As a songwriter, she is known for penning
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's "
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", and has written for artists including
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,
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,
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, and
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. She has also collaborated extensively with hip hop artists, featuring on
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's "The One" from '' Cruel Summer'' (2012) and appearing on four tracks from
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's '' Compton'' (2015). Her later solo albums include '' Friends & Lovers'' (2014), ''Nyla'' (2018), and ''
Casablanco ''Casablanco'' is the fourth studio album by British R&B singer Marsha Ambrosius. Released on 28 June 2024 through Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records, the production was mainly handled by Dr. Dre. It contains singles including "The G ...
'' (2024).


Musical career


Early career with Floetry

Original Floetry members Marsha Ambrosius and
Natalie Stewart Natalie "the Floacist" Stewart (born 13 February 1979) is an English rapper, singer, songwriter, spoken word artist, poet, and actress. Born in Germany and raised in London, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, ...
met through their love of
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. Both Stewart and Ambrosius attended the
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for Performing Arts and Technology where Ambrosius studied
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and
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and Stewart Performing Arts, Media and Art. For college Ambrosius planned to attend the
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in
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, Georgia, but could not due to an injury. Stewart attended
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in London and later transferred to North London University. During these years, the women kept in touch. Stewart was a founding member of the performance poetry group 3 Plus 1 which was rising to Han Solo in London, Birmingham and Manchester. In 1999, Ambrosius wrote and submitted a song to her publishers
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called "Fantasize", inviting Stewart to lend some of her poetry to the song. This collaboration led to the creation of
Floetry Floetry were an English contemporary R&B, R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius ("the Songstress") and The Floacist, Natalie Stewart ("the Floacist"). The group recorded two studio albums, one live album, and sold over 1,500,000 records worldwid ...
.


Group success

In 2000, the duo travelled to the
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to perform on the poetry circuit. After frequenting spoken word/poetry spots in Atlanta such as Yin Yang Poets' Cafe (to positive reviews), they moved on to
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. There they met Darren "Limitless" Henson and Keith "Keshon" Pelzer of
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's Touch Of Jazz studio and began recording. She also worked with Michael Jackson - she composed and sang as back-vocal the song "
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" from the album "
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" released in 2001 and in 2002 a single version of this song was published. In the same year, they signed with
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and released their debut album ''
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'', which featured the singles "Floetic" " Say Yes" and "
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". The album was also released in the UK with additional tracks, one of which features British singer/songwriter and producer Sebastian Rogers. They released two more albums: 2003's live effort '' Floacism'' and 2005's studio album '' Flo'Ology''.


Solo career

Ambrosius has been featured on many songs including
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's "I'm Black"; The Game's "Start from Scratch" and "Why You Hate The Game." (also featuring
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);
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' "Get You Some" and "Cocaina"; Nas' "Hustlers" (also featuring The Game); and
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's "Music for Life" and
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's "Freak'in Me". The group has also collaborated with
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on their album, '' Illumination'', on the track "Elevated". She provided background vocals to the
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single “ Cry Me a River”, notably singing the ad lib “Cry me, cry meeee” at the end of the song. She collaborated once again with
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on a song called "Cloud 9". In 2009, she guested on
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's "Diary".


Aftermath Entertainment

Ambrosius was approached to sign to
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's record label,
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, as a solo musician/songwriter/producer. In 2007, she released a mixtape entitled, ''Neo Soul is Dead''. Parting ways with the offer in early 2009, Ambrosius pursued her song-writing/production career landing her placements with R&B and hip hop artists ranging from
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,
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, Jamie Foxx and
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to
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,
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and
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.


''Late Nights & Early Mornings''

In summer 2009, Ambrosius was approached by numerous record labels offering her a solo deal after a long-awaited performance at NYC's
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where a sold-out crowd gathered to a show accompanied by
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and DJ Aktive. In December 2009, Ambrosius signed to
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and her solo debut ''
Late Nights & Early Mornings ''Late Nights & Early Mornings'' is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Marsha Ambrosius. It was released on March 1, 2011, by J Records, following the disbandment of her R&B duo Floetry. The album debuted at number two on the US ...
'' was released on 1 March 2011. " Hope She Cheats On You (With A Basketball Player)" produced by Canei Finch was released as the album's first single on 13 August 2010.Hope She Cheats On You (With a Basketball Player)- Single by Marsha Ambrosius
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The song charted on the US ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked at No. 22. "Far Away" was released as the album's second single on 7 December 2010. The album would debut at No. 1 on the US
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R&B Albums chart and No. 2 on the US
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behind
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and ahead of
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, marking the first time in over 20 years that British acts had topped the US charts. Ambrosius won the Centric Award at the
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. She was also nominated for Best Female R&B Artist at the
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. Ambrosius won the Record of The Year (Ashford & Simpson Songwriters Award) at the 2011 Soul Train Awards for the song "Far Away." In December 2011, she received two
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nominations (Best R&B Song / Best R&B Performance for "Far Away"), the night before she performed at the White House with the President and First Family at the
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lighting.


''Friends & Lovers''

In August 2011,
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announced it was disbanding
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along with
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and
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. With the shutdown, Ambrosius (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release her future material on the
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brand. Ambrosius released her second studio album, titled '' Friends & Lovers'', in July 2014. Ambrosius received two
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nominations for the album. In 2015 Ambrosius received a nomination for
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for "As," a collaboration she recorded with Anthony Hamilton for ''
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''.


''Nyla''

In March 2017, she premiered a new song "Don't Wake the Baby" produced by Dem Jointz and called it "a song for
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." Additionally, she announced a summer tour with
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titled ''The M.E. Tour''. In May, she released her first single "Luh Ya" off her upcoming untitled album, marking her move to an independent label. In June 2018, she released the album's second single "Old Times" and premiered the music video. In September, she announced her third studio album would be titled ''Nyla'' and will be released on September 28. The album's third single, "Flood" was also released.


''Casablanco''

In December 2021, Dr. Dre has confirmed that he has finished recording ''
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'', an album with Ambrosius, with both artists describing the finished product as some of their "best work".
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's founder and violinist Eric Gorfain also confirmed that he’d worked on the album. In February 2023, Ambrosius and Dre held a listening session for the project in Los Angeles. In December 2023, Ambrosius released the first single from the album ''The Greatest'', under Aftermath and
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. The song was produced by Ambrosius, Dr. Dre and his production team, The ICU. The album was released on 27 June 2024 via Aftermath/Interscope Records.


Personal life

In November 2016, Ambrosius announced she was engaged to Dez Billups. In an interview in 2018, she revealed that she and Dez were married in 2017. They welcomed their first child Nyla in December 2016. Ambrosius is a fan of
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Ambrosius is an honorary member of
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.


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


Guest appearances


Writing credits

* 2001: "
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" –
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'') * 2002: "Simple Things", "Beautiful Eyes", "Lonely", "This Love", "Take You High" –
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('' World Outside My Window'') * 2004: "My Man" –
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('' Stone Love'') * 2006: "Circus" –
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'') * 2007: "Go Ahead" –
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('' As I Am'') * 2008: "Wanna Go Back" –
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featuring Marsha Ambrosius and
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'') * 2008: "Love Me or Leave Me" –
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'') * 2008: "Do About It", "Mirror" –
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'') * 2008: "Music (All I Need)" –
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* 2009: "Matter" –
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('' Lady Love'') * 2009: "25 to Life" – JoJo * 2015: "Picture Perfect", "When We Make Love" –
Tyrese Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978) is an American R&B singer and actor from Los Angeles, California. He signed with RCA Records in 1998, and released his debut single "Nobody Else" in August of that year. It peaked within the top ...
('' Black Rose'') * 2018: "Knock You Out" – Mya * 2018: "My Song" –
H.E.R. Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson (born June 27, 1997), known professionally as H.E.R. (pronounced "her" and standing for "Having Everything Revealed") is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer. She has won an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a Child ...


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