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Taio Cruz
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jacob Taio Cruz, Jacob Milan Taio Cruz, Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere, Tayo Onile-Ere
British singer and songwriter
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- London 2012 Olympic Games — Self2012
- Radio 1's Big Weekend — Self2010
- BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge — Self2010
- Let's Dance for Comic Relief — Self - Performer2009
- 90210 — Himself2008
- Dancing with the Stars — Self - Musical Guest2005
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest2003
- ECHO-Verleihung — Self1992
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1980
Discography
- I Just Wanna Know2006
- Moving On2007
- Taio Cruz2007
- Come On Girl2008
- Departure2008
- I Can Be2008
- She's Like a Star2008
- Break Your Heart2009
- No Other One2009
- Rokstarr2009
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,870,132
- Total plays
- 34,510,057
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Taio Cruz (pronounced Tie-oh Cruise) (born 23 April 1980 as Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere) is a Brit Award winning and MOBO-nominated English singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and music producer. In 2008 he released his debut album Departure which he arranged and produced himself. In October 2009, he released his follow up album Rokstarr which includes his number one single "Break Your Heart". In between the two albums and at present, Cruz has been working on productions and writing songs for C
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x
- Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2018 · cited 11,547x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,231x
- Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2010 · cited 10,044x
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Tayo Onile-Ere Jacob Cruz
- Born
- Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere , ( 1980-04-23 ) 23 April 1980 (age 46) , Brent, London , England
- Genres
- Pop R&B
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter rapper record producer
- Years active
- 2003–present
- Labels
- Rokstarr Island Republic 4th & B'way Mercury Tourean Warner Bros. Universal
- Website
- taiocruz .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Cruz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London Borough of Brent
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- dance-pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Republic Records
- Discography
- Taio Cruz discography
- Official website
- taiocruz.com
- Image
- Taio Cruz In 2008 New.jpg
- Height
- 179
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Taio Cruz
- date of birth
- 1980-04-23
- topic's main category
- Category:Taio Cruz
- birth name
- Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- pseudonym
- Taio Cruz
- social media followers
- 1761371
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Encyclopedic overview
Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Erelisten (born 23 April 1980), known professionally as Jacob Taio Cruz (/ˈtaɪoʊ/ TY-oh), is a British singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer.
Cruz was discovered in the mid-2000s by American record producer Tricky Stewart, joining the latter's record company RedZone Entertainment as in-house talent. After several years in songwriting, he released his R&B-styled debut single "I Just Wanna Know" in 2006. A modest hit and his first UK singles chart entry, its success led him to sign with Republic Records and Island Records' UK branch. The labels released his debut studio album, Departure (2008), which he solely wrote, arranged and produced. It received gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and earned critical praise, as well as a nomination at the 2009 Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBO).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taio Cruz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.