BIOGRAPHY :
Ne-Yo, whose real name Shaffer Chimere Smith, was born on 18 October 1979 in Camden in Arkansas (USA). He wrote his first very early texts and does not hesitate, in the early 2000, to offer artists known. Mary J Blige, Faith Evans and others choose the texts for some of their songs and slowly Ne-Yo is a name in the middle of the American R'nB. In 2006, he released his first album "In My Own Words" that will lift at the top of the Billboard 200 in the first week of sale. Author inexhaustible, Ne-Yo, in addition to his albums, written for Beyoncé, Rihanna, Craig David, Usher, etc.. the list is long and Ne-Yo gives the impression of never able to stop. In 2007, he released the album "Because Of You" and in 2008 it was with "Year Of The Gentleman" that rose in the charts and shows his talent as a singer songwriter.