

Sullivan's breakthrough song, " Need U Bad" was released in May 2008. The song became the lead single, peaking at number 13 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs as well as reaching number 21 on the Hot 100 chart. Sullivan wrote and recorded with producers Cool & Dre a song titled " Say I" with producers Cool & Dre it was given to Dre's then-girlfriend Christina Milian for her third album, So Amazin'. She first met rapper Missy Elliott during the session Elliott went on to produce both the majority of her debut album, Fearless and tracks on Love Me Back. Sullivan provided vocals for Kindred the Family Soul's song, "I Am", as well as background vocals on the song "Party's Over", and the title track to their 2003 debut Surrender to Love. She recorded an album, which was never released and she was eventually dropped from the label. Sullivan performing live at a concert in Columbia, South Carolina in 2008.Īt fifteen Sullivan signed to Jive Records. Sullivan's exposure to secular music was initially limited. Sullivan began singing as a contralto in the children's choir, and later in the adult choir. Sullivan is a 2005 graduate of the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts where she was a vocal music major.

When she was five years old, her father landed a position as a curator for the city's Historic Strawberry Mansion in the Strawberry Mansion section and her family moved into the historical landmark. Her mother is a former backup singer for Philadelphia International Records. Jazmine Sullivan's parents are Don and Pam Sullivan. Sullivan has received two Grammy Awards, a Billboard Women in Music Award, two Soul Train Music Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, and two BET Awards over the course of her career. In 2021, she released her critically acclaimed first EP, Heaux Tales which has the single " Pick Up Your Feelings".

After taking a three-year break, Sullivan signed with RCA Records and released her first studio album under the label, Reality Show, in 2015, and it became her second album to peak at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Sullivan followed this with her second studio album, Love Me Back, in 2010, which was received favorably by critics. It spawned four singles, including " Need U Bad" and " Bust Your Windows", both of which were in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart the former became Sullivan's first and only number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The record topped Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Born and raised in Philadelphia, her debut album, Fearless was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success. Jazmine Marie Sullivan (born April 9, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter.
