By the end of the year, Aiko was one of the most in-demand artists for featured appearances, having added Common's "Blak Majik," Chris Brown's "Drunk Texting," and Omarion's "Post to Be," among dozens of other tracks, to her secondary discography. She was featured on Big Sean's Top 40 hit "Beware" and teamed up with Drake on "From Time," both of which went platinum, and she scored her first two platinum hits as a headliner with "Bed Peace" (featuring Childish Gambino) and "The Worst." Those two songs were included on the November release Sail Out, an EP that entered the Billboard 200 at number eight and went gold.Īiko capitalized on the momentum by following up in September 2014 with the full-length Souled Out, a number three hit with "To Love & Die," "The Pressure," and "Spotless Mind" all charting as singles. Subsequently signed to Def Jam through No I.D.'s ARTium imprint, she released the single "3:16AM" in 2012. Written entirely by Aiko, it showcased her dreamy, pared-down style of R&B, and featured appearances from Kanye West, Miguel, and Drake, as well as Gucci Mane and Kendrick Lamar. Still in her mid-teens, Aiko left the industry to focus on her education.Īiko returned in 2011 with the mixtape Sailing Soul(s). In 2003, she released her first single, the KayGee-produced "No L.O.V.E." Its parent album, My Name Is Jhené, was shelved. Across 20, she made her solo debut with a version of "Santa Baby" (on Epic Records: A Season of Soul and Sounds), popped up on numerous tracks by TUG product B2K (including "Tease"), and contributed to the soundtracks of Master of Disguise ("Cherry Pie") and Barbershop ("Sneaky"). In the early 2000s, Aiko was signed to major-label Epic through Chris Stokes' TUG Entertainment. Two of her sisters, Miyoko and Jamila (aka Mila J), arose in the '90s as members of Gyrl, and she had plenty of musical training to launch her own career. An Album of the Year nod for Chilombo highlights Aiko's Grammy nominations.īorn and raised in Los Angeles suburb Ladera Heights, Jhené Aiko (full name Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo) is from a musical family. This success has been followed by Souled Out (2014), Trip (2017), and Chilombo (2020), Top Ten albums issued amid a near-constant flow of collaborative output, including duo work with Big Sean (as TWENTY88) and featured appearances on additional gold and platinum singles from the likes of Chris Brown ("Drunk Texting"), Omarion ("Post to Be"), and 2 Chainz ("It's a Vibe").
During that year, she was the common factor on platinum hits by Big Sean ("Beware") and Drake ("From Time") and issued Sail Out, her Top Ten debut EP. The singer and songwriter made inroads the preceding decade as an associate of B2K and hit her stride as a solo artist in 2013.
Easily identified by her light but expressive soprano and nuanced manner of conveying emotional extremes from distress to bliss, Jhené Aiko has been among contemporary R&B's most prominent artists since the early 2010s.
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