Chanté Moore

Chanté Torrane Moore (born on February 17, 1967 in San Francisco, California) is an American R&B and jazz singer. Chante is known for her songs "Love's Taken Over", "Chante's Got A Man" and "Straight Up".

Biography

Born to a gospel minister's wife, she grew up singing in the church and was heavily influenced by the music of George Duke and Lee Ritenour. While in high school, she decided to make a career of singing. She was a beauty pageant contestant and model when, at age twenty-two, she was discovered by MCA Records executive Louil Silas. Moore was signed to Silas' MCA-distributed imprint Silas Records.

Early career

Moore has recorded several hit records, including "Love's Taken Over," "It's Alright," "I'm What You Need," "Old School Lovin," and "Free" (a Deniece Williams cover). Moore recorded "Your Home Is in My Heart" with Boyz II Men for the How Stella Got Her Groove Back soundtrack. Moore was also featured on the soundtrack of Waiting to Exhale in 1995 with the song "Wey U."

The song, which featured harmonic vocalisations and no actual words, was acclaimed by critics for demonstrating Moore's vocal range, with music reviewer Tracy E. Hopkins at Barnes and Noble remarking that it "showcases Moore's Minnie Riperton–reminiscent pipes". In 1998, Moore also collaborated with musician Keith Washington for the duet "I Love You."

In 2000, Moore earned a Soul Train Music Awards nomination alongside Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for Single of the Year, Female^[1] for her Billboard #2 R&B and #10 Pop hit "Chanté's Got a Man." However, she lost the award to Lauryn Hill. The single was also certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies in America.

In 2002, she won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo for "Contagious" featuring The Isley Brothers. She also appeared on the hit UPN show Girlfriends, singing Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You." Also that year, Moore sang on Kenny G's single "One More Time," which registered on the Smooth Jazz and adult contemporary singles charts.

With Kenny Lattimore

A year after marrying R&B singer Kenny Lattimore, the two signed as a duet act to Arista Records and released a duet cover album entitled Things That Lovers Do. The album was promoted with a stageplay named after the album and a music video for the single "You Don't Have to Cry" which shows a prominently pregnant Moore on screen with Lattimore. The album also included a remake of the Minnie Riperton and Peabo Bryson duet "Here We Go" on which Moore prominently shows off her whistle register in tribute to Riperton.

In fall 2006, Moore issued a follow-up to the success of Things That Lovers Do, another album of duets with her husband Kenny Lattimore. The duo beat the previous effort with a double-CD of gospel and R&B love songs entitled Uncovered/Covered. The set was led off by dual singles, the Bryan Michael Cox-produced "Figure It Out," and "Make Me Like the Moon," a gospel ballad co-written by Lattimore and Moore and produced by Fred Hammond. Uncovered/Covered was released October 10, 2006 on LaFace/Verity/Zomba Music Group.^[2]

Moore and Lattimore recorded a cover version of the Marvin Gaye-Tammi Terrell duet "You're All I Need to Get By". It serves as the theme song for the BET reality series The Family Crews.

In 2007, Moore starred in the stageplay By Any Means Necessary, along with Dave Hollister, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Shar Jackson, and Danielle Mone Truitt.

Recent activities

During the recording of her duet album with Lattimore, she signed a new solo recording contract with Peak Records, a subsidiary of Concord Music Group.^[3]

Moore released her fifth solo album Love the Woman on June 17, 2008.^[4][5] The album's lead single "Ain't Supposed to Be This Way" impacted radio on May 12, 2008.^[6]

In 2009, Moore set some dates for a Love the Woman tour, with performances in Los Angeles, and Atlanta, Georgia. Additionally, she starred with James Pickens, Jr. (of Grey's Anatomy), Vickie Winans, Loretta Devine, Reginald VelJohnson, Rocky Carroll and Kenny Lattimore in a live stage production of Otis Sallid's Gospel! Gospel! Gospel at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in May 2009.^[7]

In July 2011, it was announced that she would be the TV host for an upcoming women's fitness reality series sponsored by SportyGirl Fitness.^[8] The following year, Moore performed at the 2012 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in a tribute to the late singer Donna Summer.

On January 1, 2013, Moore inked a new record deal with Shanachie Entertainment.^[9] She released her sixth studio solo album "Moore is More" on July 30, 2013^[10] which was preceded by the single "Talking In My Sleep."

In early 2013, it was announced that Moore had joined the cast of the Reality TV show "R&B Divas L.A." with Kelly Price, Dawn Robinson (of En Vogue), Michel'le, Lil' Mo & Claudette Ortiz.^[11] They filmed the series throughout the year, and it premiered/aired during the summer.

Currently, Moore is set to join Tom Joyner's "Fantastic Voyage 2014" Cruise, and is contracted to star on Broadway in the 2014 musical "Gospel Soul Rock 'n' Roll".^[12]

Personal life

In 1996, she had a daughter, named Sophia Hardison, with actor Kadeem Hardison. They secretly married in 1997 and divorced in 2000.

She married singer Kenny Lattimore^[13] on New Year's Day in 2002 at a private ceremony in Jamaica. Their son Kenny, Jr. was born April 10, 2003. In a July 27, 2011 statement on her Facebook page, she announced she and Kenny Lattimore were divorced.^[14]

Her older brother Kelvin Gomillion (born January 25, 1961) passed away on August 18, 2013.^[15][16]

Discography

Albums

Compilations

Singles

Single appearances

Soundtracks and collaborations

• 1991 "Candlelight & You" (House Party 2 OST)
• 1992 "You Know What I Like" (In the Storm – El DeBarge)
• 1992 "Fame" (Snapshot – George Duke)
• 1994 "Satisfy You" (Straight to the Point – Damion Hall)
• 1995 "Illusions" (Illusions – George Duke)
• 1995 "Inside My Love" (New York Undercover OST)
• 1995 "Wey U" (Waiting to Exhale OST)
• 1996 "Heal Our Land" (Place of Hope: Celebrating the New South Africa)
• 1996 "La, La, La Means I Love U" (Emancipation – Prince)
• 1998 "Your Home Is in My Heart (Stella's Love Theme)" (with Boyz II Men) (How Stella Got Her Groove Back OST)
• 1998 "Crusin'" (Blue Planet – Nils)
• 1998 "I Love You" (KW – Keith Washington)
• 1999 "Wall Around My Heart" (Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story soundtrack)
• 1999 "Can We Do That?" (The McCauley Sessions – Gerald McCauley)
• 1999 "Down on My Knees" (Summer Heat 1999, Vol. 1)
• 1999 "Christmas Morn" (My Christmas Album)
• 2000 "Save Some Love for Me" (Yes, Please! – Fourplay)
• 2000 "When You Need Me" (All the Man You Need – Will Downing)
• 2000 "This Is a Test" (Romeo Must Die OST)
• 2000 "Treated Like Her" (with LaTocha Scott) (Big Momma's House OST)
• 2001 "Contagious" (Eternal – The Isley Brothers)
• 2002 "Feeling the Way" (Just Chillin' – Norman Brown)
• 2002 "One More Time" (Paradise – Kenny G)
• 2003 "She's Amazing" (Cool – George Duke)
• 2005 "Till You Come Back to Me" (Wild Card – The Rippingtons)
• 2007 "Santa Baby" (Christmas Present – Boney James)
• 2013 "Where is the Love?" (Say Yes - Phil Perry)

Music videos

• "You Know What I Like" (El DeBarge featuring Chanté Moore)
• "Love's Taken Over"
• "It's Alright"
• "Old School Lovin'"
• "This Time"
• "Satisfy You" (with Damion Hall)
• "Satisfy You" (Remix) (with Damion Hall)
• "Chanté's Got a Man"
• "I See You in a Different Light"
• "Straight Up"
• "Bitter"
• "You Don't Have to Cry" (with Kenny Lattimore)
• "Contagious" (The Isley Brothers featuring R. Kelly & Chanté Moore)
• "Jesus, I Want You"

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Chanté Moore at the Internet Movie Database