Happy Birthday Eric Benet Eric Benét Jordan (born October 15, 1966). He is an American #RnB and neo #soul singer-songwriter, who has received a total of four Grammy nominations to date for his work. In 1994, Benét signed with Warner Bros. Records, releasing his solo debut album, True to Myself in 1996. Individual songs from the album were successful, including the top-ten R&B hits Spiritual Thang, Femininity and Lets Stay Together, which appeared on the soundtrack of the film A Thin Line Between Love and Hate. In between albums, Eric collaborated with Something For The People on their 1997 album This Time Its Personal singing leads on the single Act Like You Want It. His next album, A Day in the Life, was released in 1999. Its first single, Georgy Porgy (featuring Faith Evans) received significant airplay, but the second single, Spend My Life With You (featuring Tamia), became a smash hit. Spend My Life With You rose to number one on the American RnB charts, was certified gold, and nominated for a 2000 Grammy Award for Best RnB Performance by a Duo or Group. The album, A Day in the Life also won a Soul Train Music Award for Best #RnB/#Soul Album, Male. Lost in Time -Benéts fifth studio album which was released in the US on November 2010, featured, duets with, his daughter India; Faith Evans; Chrisette Michelle; Ledisi; and Eddie Levert of The OJays. Eric Benéts career, however, was interrupted by a series of personal tragedies. His father died of cancer. His girlfriend Tami Marie Stauff died on April 24, 1993 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident; their daughter, India, was born in 1991 leaving Eric a single father to a one year old. He married actress Halle Berry in January 2001, but by early October 2003 they had separated, with the divorce finalized in January 2005. On July 31, 2011, he married Princes ex-wife, Manuela Testolini, who gave birth to their first child, a baby girl Lucia Bella, in December 2011. His latest album was an album of covers that was released this year called, From E to U: Volume 1 that was only released in Japan. GARY
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:58:05 +0000
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