Lose Control Let Me Down - Music

Keri Lynn Hilson Born December 5 1982 In Decatur Georgia USA Is A Grammy Nominated American R&B Singer-Songwriter Signed To Timbaland's Mosley Music Group. She Is Also A Part Of A Collective Of Writers And Producers Known As The Clutch And Has Written Hits For Many Artists Including Britney Spears Usher Ciara Ludacris And Omarion After Performing On Xzibit's Hit Song Hey Now Mean Muggin' And Timbaland's Album Shock Value She Released Her Debut Album In A Perfect World... In 2009. It Spawned The Hit Singles Energy Turnin' Me On And Knock You Down Which Reached #3 On The Billboard Hot 100. Her Sophomore Studio Album No Boys Allowed Was Released December 2010 And Features The Hit Singles Pretty Girl Rock And Breaking Point.

Hilson Has Been Writing Music For Other Artists Since 2001 Including Britney Spears Ciara Usher And Ludacris. Despite Having Made A Name For Herself As An Arranger And Background Vocalist Lending Her Vocal Talents To Many Of The Songs She Wrote On Hilson Remained Behind The Scenes For The Most Part Until 2004 When She Was Featured On Xzibit's Single "Hey Now Mean Muggin" And Made Her Performing Debut Singing The Track Live At The 2004 MTV Europe Awards.

In 2006 Hilson Reappeared On The Music Scene In The Video For Nelly Furtado's Single "Promiscuous". Meanwhile She Signed As An Artist With Timbaland's Newly Formed Interscope Associated Label Mosley Music Group And The Pair Started Work On Her Debut Album '"In A Perfect World...". The Same Year She Was Featured On "After Love" From Diddy's Album Press Play Which Was Originally Written For Danity Kane. She Also Wrote "Right Now" For Danity Kane As Well As "Help" The Second Single From Lloyd Banks' Rotten Apple.

In 2007 Hilson Made Several Appearances On Timbaland's Solo Effort Shock Value Where She Featured Heavily On The Singles "The Way I Are" And "Scream" And The Tracks "Miscommunication" And "Hello". Furthermore She Was Featured On The Track "Lost Girls" On Rich Boy's Debut Album And Its Second Single "Good Things" And Was Credited As A Writer And Backing Vocalist On Britney Spears' Album Blackout. She Also Worked On Spears' Follow-Up "Circus" But The Tracks Didn't Appear On The Album.

A Promotional Video For Her Song "Where Did He Go" Was Released In 2008 And She Went On To Further Promote Herself As A Solo Artist On "Get It Girl" A Track Produced By Timbaland & Danja And Recorded For A Verizon Ringtone Promotion And Available Also Through ITunes.

She Also Played The Lead Role In Usher's"Love In This Club" As Well As Co-Writing Its "Pt. II" Remix Appeared As One Of The "independent Women" In Ne-Yo's"Miss Independent" And Appeared Briefly On Nelly's "Party People"-Shirt With The Slogan 'Hip Hop Aint Dead'. She Soon After Featured On Nas' Debut Single From His Controversial Album Untitled "Hero".

After Many Pushbacks Hilson's Debut Solo Album In A Perfect World... Has Now Been Set For An Early 2009 Release. The Album's First Single Was "Energy" And Its 2008. "Energy" Has Peaked At A Low #78 On The Billboard Hot 100.

A Second Single "Return The Favor" Features Timbaland Was Released 2008 And The Video Directed By Melina Premiered On October 23 2008. In The Meantime She Also Featured On Chris Brown's Single "Superhuman" And Kardinal Offishall's 2008 Single "Numba 1 Tide Is High" Which Was Originally Featured Rihanna. This Single Failed To Chart On The Hot 100.

The Track "Turnin Me On" Features Rapper Lil' Wayne And Was Released As The Third. The Video Which Was Directed By Erik White After He And Hilson Met On The Set Of The "Superhuman" Video Premiered On November 20 2008. "Turnin Me On" Has So Far Peaked At #16 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart And Recently Hit #2 On Billboard's Hot R&BHip-Hop Songs Chart Becoming Hilson's Most Successful Single As Well As Her First Top 50 Single In The U.S.. It Also Peaked As The #1 Mainstream R&BHip-Hop Track. "Turnin Me On" Also Stood As The #1 Video On BET's 106 & Park For About A Week And Currently Is The #5 Video Request On That Show Flucuating Between The Top 5.

Recently Keri Hilson's Track "Alienated" Was Played Exclusively On UK Radio Station Kiss 100 After Winning The Fresh 40 Mixtape Deck Battle With 51% Against Maino's "All The Above".

It Was Announced On March 10th That The Video For "Knock You Down"featuring Ne-Yo & Kayne West Was In Production And Would Be Released As The Fourth Single.

Hilson's Music Has Been Favorably Received Appearing On List Of "Top Year Singles" With The Songs "Energy" And "Turnin Me On". The First Was On Blender Magazine List Of The "The Top 144 Songs Of 2008" At #61 And The Latter Was On Vibe Magazine's "The 80 Best Songs Of '08" At #67. Vibe Also Praised Her Voice And Called Her "ridiculously Hot".

In 2010 Saw The Birth Of No Boys Allowed And Comes Out On The 21st Of December 2010. The First Single Was Breaking Points And Received Positive And Negative Reviews However Failed To Chart Well. The Second Single Pretty Girl Rock Saw More Success And Went On To Chart Respectably Well. The Song Got That Much Attention That A Which Made The Album Too. The Suspected Third Single Is The Way You Love Me And A Full Length Video Short Film Appeared On Vevo. The Video Got Mixed Reviews One Side Saying The Video Was A Side To Keri That Had Never Saw Before A More Seductive Side. However Some Said That This Side Was Too Out There And Was A Bit Too Much.

DISCOGRAPHY
ALBUMS
2009 In A Perfect World...
2010No Boys Allowed

SINGLES
2004 Hey Now Mean Muggin Xzibit Feat. Keri
2006 Help Lloyd Banks Feat. Keri
2007 The Way I Are Timbaland Feat. Keri & D.O.E.
2007 Good Things Rich Boy Feat. Polow Da On & Keri
2008 Scream Timbaland Feat. Keri & Nicole Scherzinger
2008 Hero Nas Feat. Keri
2008 Energy
2008 Superhuman Chris Brown Feat. Keri
2008 Return The Favor Feat. Timbaland
2008 Numba 1 Tide Is High Kardinal Offishall Feat. Keri
2008 Turnin Me On Feat. Lil Wayne
2009 Knock You Down Feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo
2009 Slow Dance
2010 I Like
2010Got Your Back T.I Feat. Keri
2010Breaking Point
2010Pretty Girl Rock
2010The Way You Love Me
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