My Dailymotion Channel www.dailymotion.com/FerrellSo... Chrisette Michele Payne (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Chrisette Michele, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. She won a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2009 for her song "Be OK".
Michele has been featured on several hip hop albums. She is featured on The Game's album LAX on "Let Us Live". On Jay-Z's Kingdom Come she is featured on the second single "Lost One", while on Nas' Hip Hop Is Dead, she is featured three times: on the album's second single "Can't Forget About You", the Kanye West-produced "Still Dreaming", and the final track "Hope". She also appeared on the bonus track "Slow Down", from Ghostface Killah's The Big Doe Rehab.
Michele's debut album, I Am, was released on June 18, 2007.[6] The song "Your Joy" was released on iTunes as a free single of the week. The album spawned four singles: "If I Have My Way", "Best of Me", "Be OK", and "Love Is You". The album's lead single "If I Have My Way" charted at number twenty-four on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[7] "Best of Me" charted on the US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks at number twenty-one.[7] In December 2007, "Be OK" was released as the third single, charting at number sixty-four on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In 2008, "Love Is You" was released as the album's fourth and final single; it reached number ninety on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[7]
In 2008, Michele appeared on the track "Rising Up" from the Roots' album Rising Down. Michele guest starred as herself in The CW's Girlfriends, in the episode entitled "What's Black-a-Lackin'?", which originally aired on February 11, 2008. She also wrote a song for Tyler Perry's House of Payne titled "I've Gotta Love Jones". From May to July 2008 Michele embarked on a nationwide co-headlining tour with fellow soul singer Raheem DeVaughn called the Art of Love Tour; Solange Knowles served as the opening act.[8] In September 2008, Michele performed twice at the Evening of Stars: A Tribute to Patti LaBelle.
The first single from her fourth album Better, titled "Charades", was released on January 29, 2013. Previously, "Charades" was featured on her second mixtape album, released in late 2012. The second single "A Couple of Forevers" was released in February. A video premiered the following month. Michele's fourth album, Better, was released on June 11, 2013 through Motown Records.[12] It was produced by Michele, Shea Taylor and Pop & Oak etc. Michele collaborated with rappers such as 2 Chainz and Wale on the album. The album debuted at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 27,000 copies in its first week. It was nominated at 2014 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album. Chrisette Michelle joined the cast of R&B Divas LA for its second season. On March 20, 2015, it was reported that she left the show. On November 24, 2014, Michele released her latest project entitled The Lyricist's Opus for digital download. Two music videos were released from the EP: "Super Chris" on October 1, and "Together" on December 15.
On November 12, Michele released her single "Steady". It was produced by Blickie Blaze, also from Four Kings Productions, who are currently collaborating with Michele for her album. "Steady" is the lead single from her upcoming fifth studio album Milestone, which was scheduled for release on June 10, 2016 via her label Rich Hipster.
In January 2017 media outlets reported that Michele would perform at the Inauguration of Donald Trump. This was met with backlash on social media,[13] prompting Michele to respond via an open letter on Twitter, stating that she had intended her performance to serve as a bridge between Trump supporters and opponents.[14] Author Aliya S. King published a response to the singer's letter on BET, expressing disappointment with Michele's choice to perform and felt like her letter was a "cop-out".[15] Michele was initially supposed to perform at the Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration held the day prior to the inauguration, but did not perform and instead performed at one of the inaugural balls the following day.[14][16] In response to her performing, Spike Lee removed Michele's song “Black Girl Magic” from his upcoming Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It.[17] Subsequent to the performance, Michele announced the release of her poetry album No Political Genius.