Kelly topped them all at #1 with Double Up, his ninth solo release, which now rests comfortably at #4 and this week, without missing a step, T-Pain beats out Paul McCartney and Rihanna to the #1 spot in the country.
On four separate Billboard charts the single has been firmly set at the #1 position for several weeks: #1 Hot 100 Airplay #1 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs #1 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay #1 Rhythmic Top 40, and for seven consecutive weeks T-Pain was the #1 selling ringtone on the Billboard Hot Ringmasters chart.įor the second week in a row Jive Records, the record company to label-mates T-Pain and R. “Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” recently beat out artists such as Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne, Timbaland, and Ne-Yo to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart as the #1 single in the country. The hit single “Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’),” continues to top the R&B/Hip-Hop and airplay charts. In 2008, he released his third album, the circus-themed Thr33 Ringz, which featured the hit single "Can't Believe It.New York, NY - Konvict/Jive Records recording artist T-Pain, lands at the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 and R&B Album charts with his sophomore debut Epiphany. Kelly, Huey, DJ Khaled and every Florida rapper in existence. In 2007, T-Pain staked his claim on hip-hop and R&B with Epiphany, spawning the ubiquitous club joints "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" and "Bartender." With vocoder in tow, T-Pain himself became ubiquitous, collaborating with Chris Brown, R. In the fall of 2005, T-Pain dropped his first major label single, the Zapp-flavored "I'm Sprung," in anticipation of his debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga. Akon himself was so impressed by the cut that he signed the young singer to his Konvict Records imprint. In 2004, he reworked Akon's hit single "Locked Up" into his own tune entitled "F*ck*d Up," and the song took off regionally.
As a teenager, he rolled with a crew called Nappy Headz, finding local success with rowdy street records like "Robbery" and "F.L.A." After the group's shine began to dim, T-Pain switched his focus to singing. In 2008, he released his third album, the circus-themed Thr33 Ringz, which featured the hit single "Can't Believe It."Ĭoming out of Tallahassee, Fla., T-Pain started recording four-track keyboard beats and rhyming over them beginning at the age of 10.
Coming out of Tallahassee, Fla., T-Pain started recording four-track keyboard beats and rhyming over them beginning at the age of 10.