Year 7, Day 286

Morning! Today's song is Let Me Love You by Ne-Yo.

Photo from: JeffDam

So Ne-Yo is Shaffer Chimere Smith, a singer, actor, dancer, and producer active since 1998. He started in a group called Envy with the pseudonym Go Go until the group disbanded in 2000. He got signed to a label, but promptly dropped before he could make any music, but one of his songs was remade by another singer, leading to him getting recognition as a songwriter. He spent years writing for other artists, and his breakthrough came from another song called Let Me Love You (although they are different), done for and released by the artist named Mario in 2004. After that songs success, Jay Z signed Ne-Yo to Def Jam, where Ne-Yo released his debut album in 2006, followed closely by his second album in 2007. His third album came out in 2008, earning him some Grammy nominations. He did a couple collaborations and a Greatest hits album in 2009 before releasing his next album in 2010, followed by some movie roles and more songwriting credits for big name artists. In 2012 he switched labels, releasing his fifth album on the new one, which is where this song that he co-wrote with Sia came from. He did more artist collabs before releasing his next album in 2015, and has continued to collaborate and make music, and even do some cameos, since then. Most recently this year he was on the Masked Singer as one of the contestants, so he's still around if you wanna go check him out.

Peace.