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[1] [2] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in the US and gold by the British Phonographic Industry in the UK. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Ne-Yo's second album, Because of You , was released in May 2007; it debuted at number one in the US and number six in the UK.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. American singer (born 1979) "Neyo" redirects here. For other uses, see Neyo (disambiguation). Ne-Yo Ne-Yo in 2023 Born Shaffer Chimere Smith (1979-10-18) October 18, 1979 (age 45) Camden, Arkansas, U.S. Other names Gogo Education Las Vegas Academy Occupations Singer songwriter record ...
The MTV Video Music Awards has nominated Ne-Yo once, in 2008 for Best Dancing in a Video for "Closer". Ne-Yo has also received one award from six nominations at the BET Awards. Overall, Ne-Yo has received eight awards from 31 nominations. Recently, Ne-Yo was honored with four awards at the 2009 ASCAP "Rhythm & Soul Awards".
The first single to achieve 3× Platinum without selling a million copies was "Sorry" by Justin Bieber, which had more than 100 million streams by August 2016. [10] Ed Sheeran has ten singles certified triple platinum or above, Justin Bieber has five, Lady Gaga has four and Pharrell Williams has three.
In the United Kingdom, "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on September 9, 2012 – for the week ending date September 15, 2012 – becoming Ne-Yo's fifth number one song in Britain after "So Sick" in March 2006, "Closer" in June 2008, "Beautiful Monster" in August 2010, and "Give Me ...
The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, giving Ne-Yo his highest-charting album in the UK, beating Because of You, which debuted at number six in 2007. In Japan, the album debuted at number one and has thus far sold over 200,000 copies and in the UK 100,000 copies in its first week.
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[In 2006 Ne-Yo's debut album, In My Own Words, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States.] -- Comma after 2006; added. Mister sparky 21:55, 24 October 2009 (UTC) [In the same week, his second single, "So Sick", debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100; it was also Ne-Yo's first UK number-one single.]