Life+Story

= An Article For Omarion Grandberry = ~When He Started His Career& His Music Career & Who His Family Members Are !

In an interview published on lyricsera. com Omarion says that Michael Jackson inspired his sound. [|Click here] for the complete interview.

~B2K
In 1998, Omarion was the last member to join B2K and became the lead singer of the group. The band, including Omarion, was made up of four members, [|Lil Fizz], [|J-Boog], and [|Raz-B]. The band released their debut album, //[|B2K]//, to some success. Their second album, //[|Pandemonium!]//, was far more successful, reaching the top ten on the [|Billboard 200], giving them their first #1 with "[|Bump, Bump, Bump]". Following their third album, a soundtrack to the movie //[|You Got Served]//, B2K announced they had broken up.

//~O// (2004-2005)
After the break up of B2K, Omarion started his solo career he was eventually signed to [|Epic Records] and [|Sony]. In 2004 Omarion released his debut single "[|O]" the single was a top 30 hit on the U.S. Billboard. Then in 2005 Omarion released his second single "[|Touch]" which was not as successful than his first single, and was followed by his third single "[|I'm Tryna]". Omarion released his debut album which was entitled //[|O]// which was his [|nickname]. The album went [|platinum] selling over 1,000,000 units. [//[|citation needed]//] That same year, he was featured on Bow Wow's hit song "[|Let Me Hold You]". The song reached #4 of the Billboard 100, becoming Omarion's first top-ten single as a solo artist.

//~21// (2006-2007)
On December 26, 2006 Omarion released His sophomore album, //[|21]//, dominated radio airplay and also debuted #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The first single from the album was "[|Entourage]". The second single from 21, "[|Ice Box]" produced by [|Timbaland], reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was a platinum selling ringtone and was Omarion's highest single to date. Even though //21// only sold over 300,000 copies it was as successful as his first album on the Billboard charts. It has sold over 390,000 copies in the United States up to November 2008 eventually the album went platinum. [//[|citation needed]//] In late 2007 Omarion and [|Bow Wow] decided to do a collaboration album entitled //[|Face Off]//. The first single from the album was "[|Girlfriend]". Then "[|Hey Baby]" was the second single. The album sold over 100,000 copies in its first week and eventually sold over 500,000 copies making it Omarion's second album to be certified gold. Omarion has toured with Bow Wow, [|Ciara], [|Yung Joc], [|Ne-Yo], [|Usher], [|Lloyd], [|Mario] (singer), [|Pretty Ricky], and [|Jibbs].

//~Ollusion// (2009-2010)
On March 30, 2009 [|Lil Wayne] confirmed that Omarion was officially signed to [|Young Money Entertainment] but only after two months he was dropped by the label with both Lil Wayne and Omarion confirmed he was out for business reasons. [//[|citation needed]//] In early 2010, Omarion signed with [|EMI] and created his own label, StarrWorld Entertainment. Omarion later re-released the single "[|I Get It In]" with Lil Wayne replaced by [|Gucci Mane]. Then he released his second single "[|Speedin']". He released his third studio album //[|Ollusion]//, which sold 21,200 copies in its first week. [//[|citation needed]//]

//~The Awakening// (2011-present)
It is currently known that Omarion is working on his fourth studio album which working title is 'The Awakening' that will be released in the fall of 2011.