Kandi Burruss

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.
You can assist by editing it now. A how-to guide is available, as is general documentation.
This article has been tagged since January 2007.
Kandi Girl
Background information
Birth name Kandi Burruss
Born May 17, 1976
Origin Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genre(s) R&B & Rap
Years active 1992–2000 (Group)
1998–Present (Solo Musician)
Label(s) Sony (2000–2006)
UpFront/BME Recordings (2006–present)
Website KandiMusic.com

Kandi Burruss (born May 17, 1976; also known as just Kandi or Kandi Girl) is an American R&B singer/songwriter.

Contents

[edit] Career

Burruss first entered professional music in 1992 as a singer in the successful vocal group, Xscape. She sang lead on hits such as "Just Kickin' It" and "My Little Secret" (which displays her versatility; a contralto singing above soprano range). She also wrote their early hits, including "Feels So Good" and "Can't Hang." After the group disbanded in the late 1990s, Burruss continued as a songwriter, and is also credited with the discovery of Columbia Recording artist Jagged Edge.

Her most notable songwriting work is the TLC hit "No Scrubs", which won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. She also made history in 2000 as the first woman ever to win ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Songwriter of the Year. She has continued to write for a number of pop and R&B artists. In 2000 she wrote "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Bug-a-Boo," singles taken from Destiny's Child's The Writing's on the Wall album. The album The Writing's on the Wall of which Kandi co-wrote 5 songs, went on to sell 10 million copies. She has also written for *NSYNC, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, Faith Evans, Whitney Houston, Pink, and Alicia Keys. Many of her works were co-written and produced by Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs.

In 2000, Burruss signed to Sony Records as a recording artist under the stage name Kandi. She released her first single as a soloist, "Don't Think I'm Not," in the summer of that year to some success. The song peaked at #32 at R&B, and performed even better at pop radio (peaking at #12 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart) and the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #24. Her debut album, Hey Kandi... peaked at #72 on the Billboard Hot 200 and sold reasonably well in its first few months on the chart. Her second single, "Cheatin' on Me", was an underground hit and featured a remix by rapper 50 cent.

In 2006 she returned to a recording career with her as-yet untitled second album which will be released through choreographer Devyne Stephens' record label Upfront Records and BME Recordings. Her single "I Need", featuring Bad Boy South artists 8 Ball & MJG, is currently heating up airways. She is featured on E-40's summer 2006 smash song "U And Dat" along with T-Pain.

Burruss was involved in a mild conflict with now-defunct group Sporty Thievz, after they parodied two songs she had written (TLC's No Scrubs and Destiny's Child's Bills, Bills, Bills). The parodied versions were titled No Pigeons and No Bills (Why, Why, Why), which accusing the song's subject of being a gold digger.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Hey Kandi... (2000) US: #1
  • Untitled" (TBR 2007)

[edit] Singles

  • "Don't Think I'm Not" (2000) R&B: #32 US: #24 UK: #9
  • "Cheatin' on Me" (2000) R&B: #4
  • E-40 ft. Kandi and T-Pain "U And Dat" (2006) R&B: #11 US: #13
  • "I Need" (2006) R&B:
  • Trillville feat. Kandi and Cutty "Eat it Up" (2006)
  • Solè feat. Kandi and J.T. Money "4, 5, 6" (1999)

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../k/a/n/Kandi_Burruss_3af4.html"