小档案
中 文 名 泰欧·克鲁兹
外 文 名 Taio Cruz
国 籍 英国
出 生 地 英国伦敦
出生日期 1983年4月23日
艺人资料
英国R&B/流行歌手/制作人Taio Cruz来自英国伦敦,1983年4月23日出生,曾获得全英音乐奖。他曾为众多知名艺人例如Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake和Pussycat Dolls等写歌,2008年他得到了机会发行了由自己全权创作的个人处子专辑《Departure》。专辑为他在英国获得了MOBO黑人音乐奖提名。2009年10月,他的第二张专辑《Rokstarr》在英国发行,单曲“Break Your Heart”先是在英国,之后2010年3月在美国都分别获得了单曲榜冠军。而目前Cruz参与创作专辑的艺人还包括Cheryl Cole, Kesha, Alexandra Burke, Grandy Norwood和Sugababes等。
Taio Cruz出生于伦敦,爸爸是尼日利亚人而妈妈则巴西人。
Taio曾与Jazze Pha和Rich Harrison合作为Usher, Mya还有Britney Spears等诸多大牌歌星担当歌曲创作。Youtube网络当红美女歌手Esmée Denters进入Justin唱片公司顺利成为签约歌手Taio功不可没。
被超级热门歌曲的制作者Dallas Austin是TLC和Boys 2 Men的制作人称Taio是“the new Babyface”新版Babyface。上学的时候他常常被老师和同学昵称为“小孩”(The Kid),这个名字是从“天才小孩”(the wonder kid)缩略来的。但后来,他就以各种各样的名字为人所知了。比如:Eric Sermon,制作人兼说唱歌手。喜欢他的人叫他(The Truth)“真理”。Christopher "Tricky" Stewart,出现在Rihanna的《Umbrella》,Madonna和Britney的《Me Against The Music》的制作人被昵称为The Black Liberace。
作为制作人或者是创作者的Taio在英国曾与很多艺术家、制作人和作曲人合作或者替他们写歌。简单说来有:灵歌巨星——Omar,著名的制作人/艺术家——Nitin Sawhney,传奇歌手——Lulu,英国Garage音乐的创始人——Wookie,还有原来的流行偶像的获得者——Will Young。Taio为Will Young创作的《Your Game》这首歌,不光是获得了白金销量,更为他在Brit Awa
rds上赢得了最佳英国单曲的大奖。
作为制作人,Taio取得了前所未有的成功。作为歌手,虽然是新人但过人的才华也是为他赢得了歌迷媒体的强烈关注。Taio平和柔美的嗓音可以和诸多伟大的歌手比拼。与他可以相提并论的有:Stevie Wonder,Boys 2 Men,Marvin Gaye,Michael Jackson和Prince。他从这些人那里得到了不少灵感,而且Taio认为能与这些歌手相比是他无尚的光荣。
主要专辑
2006年发行录音室专辑《NapsterLive Sessions》。
2008年发行录音室专辑《Departure》。6月发行现场专辑《iTunes Festival: London 2008》。
2009年发行录音室专辑《Rokstarr》。
2010年发行录音室专辑《The Rokstarr Collection》。
2011年发行录音室专辑《iTunes Sessions》《TY.O》。
2012年发行录音室专辑《There She Goes》。
2015年发行录音室专辑《Black》(未发布)。
2016年即将发行专辑《#Black》,具体时间还未公布。
Life and career
Jacob Taio Cruz (born on 23 April),is a British singer, songwriter, record producer, rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album ‘Departure’, which he wrote, arranged and produced himself. The album achieved certified gold status in the United Kingdom and earned him a MOBO Award nomination.
In October 2009, Cruz released his follow-up album ‘Rokstarr’, which includes the number one singles "Break Your Heart" and "Dynamite". Cruz has collaborated with Kesha and Fabolous on the single "Dirty Picture", as well as Kylie Minogue and Travie McCoy on his single "Higher". Additionally, Cruz penned and recorded the song "Telling the World" as the lead single from the soundtrack to the 2011 animated film ‘Rio’. Cruz's third studio album, ‘TY.O’, was first released in Germany in December 2011. In 2012, Cruz co-wrote the David Guetta song "Without You". In April 2015, Cruz released the first single, "Do What You Like" from his forthcoming ‘Roses Collection’. In late 2015, Taio added vocals to Tujamo's Melbourne track, "Booty Bounce" which was released on Spinnin' Records.
On 27 April 2015, Taio Cruz released his first single in two years. "Do What You Like", produced by Taio and the Grammy Award winning production team, The Monsters & The Strangerz, was fully released on 24 July 2015 through a joint venture between the multinational Cruz owned venture capital company, Tourean and Kobalt Music Group. The "Do What You Like" full release features remixes by Bel Air, Billy Da Kid, KREAM and Zoo Station."Do What You Like" is the first single from Cruz's ‘Roses Collection’.According to his biography, Cruz will henceforth release collections of singles; rejecting the outdated album format.Cruz called this particular collection Roses, "because every rose is unique". Roses will compose of around ten tracks, each with its own lifecycle.
On 4 December 2015, Tujamo rereleased his song "Booty Bounce", featuring vocals from Cruz.
As of 2016, ‘#Black’ is yet to be released and has no scheduled release date.