Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about TEVIN CAMPBELL!
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Tevin Jermod Campbell (born November 12, 1976) is an american singer, songwriter and actor . he performed gospel in his local church from an early age . in 1989, Campbell collaborated with Quincy Jones performing lead his double-Platinum selling second album, I’m Ready, released in 1993 . in 1996, Campbell released his third album, Back to the World . his fourth and most recent album, Tevin Campbell, was released in Campbell has earned 5 Grammy Award nominations and certified sales of 4.5 million records . he began singing gospel, first as a choir member, then as soloist at Joshua Chapel, texas . Campbell was introduced to the R&B world by Quincy Jones in August 1989 . his debut single was “Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)” it was the lead single from Jones’ critically acclaimed ensemble LP Campbell’s first solo hit was “Round and Round” the song earned Campbell a Grammy Award nomination . it lost to Luther Vandross for “Here and Now” the album reached number 38 on the Billboard 200 chart and 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart . it eventually was certified Platinum by the RIAA for selling 1 million copies in the united states “i wanted to make a more mature-sounding album to reflect my current state of mind,” he says . “i hope people will see that i’m not the same young kid that I was on my first album the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . the album sold 2 million copies in the united states . he scored a top 30 R&B hit with a fourth single, “Don’t the album was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards . in 1994, Campbell scored an R&B hit with the single “U Will Know” he performed as an opening act on select dates during the summer of Janet Jackson’s Campbell appeared alongside female recording artist Brandy on the September 28, 1995 episode of NY Undercover . the album saw production by Sean Combs . it reached number 46 on the Billboard 200 chart and 11 on the Top R&B “Back to the World” reached number 47 on the billboard 200 chart and 14 on the R&B charts . the album’s other two singles didn’t even reach the Hot 100 . in 1996, Campbell s the album saw collaborations with Wyclef Jean, Faith Evans, David Foster, and SWV lead singer Coko . in 1999, Campbell made another guest appearance on the hit show moesha starring Brandy in episode, Campbell was also in possession of a small amount of marijuana at the time of his arrest . in 2002, it was reported that he had stopped making music . however, this didn’t stop his international (World) tours Campbell was accompanied by his team, his mother and DJ Dennis “The Menace” in 2005, he made an appearance on Broadway for the musical Hairspray as the character, Seaweed J. Stubbs . Campbell in may 2008, Campbell released an internet album entitled, 2008, Never Before Heard . the album was released to iTunes and Amazon as a means of test marketing some material . as of 2019, it is unknown if Campbell will ever Campbell was featured on the remake of a song by Quincy Jones called “Secret Garden” the remake featured Usher, Robin Thicke, Tyrese Gibson, LL Cool J and Barry White . in 2009, from 2011 to 2012, Campbell made small appearances here and there . in 2013, Campbell performed a concert called Tevin Campbell in Cape Town . he was a part of divos tour 2013 both in south africa and traveling on august 14, 2015, Campbell performed his song “I 2 I” from the A Goofy Movie soundtrack . on September 29, Campbell was featured on a remake of the song, “Maybe Tomorrow” the song is featured on jazz Campbell released a new single from his 5th album entitled, “Safer on the Ground” the song served as a “buzz” single and was available for free streaming a day earlier on SoundCloud . campbell is an altino countertenor who possesses a four and a half-octave vocal range . he says he doesn’t agree with the new sound of current R&b music