The-Dream
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Terius Adamu Ya Gesteelde-Diamant (né Youngdell Nash; born September 20, 1977), known professionally as The-Dream, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for having written or co-produced songs for artists in R&B and hip hop, often in tandem with production partner Tricky Stewart. Beginning with I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), he has been credited on each of American singer Beyoncé's subsequent albums.
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The-Dream: Terius Youngdell Nash (born June 14, 1978 in Rockingham, North Carolina), better known by his stage name The-Dream, is is a Grammy Award winning American R&B singer-songwriter, producer and Executive Vice President of Island Def Jam Records. In 2007 he released his debut album Love Hate which spawned three top 20 singles. In 2009 he released his second album, Love vs. Money , which reached #2 on the Billboard 200 and features guest appearances from artists such as Kanye West. <a href=
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- Person.name
- The-Dream
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- The-Dream performing in 2008
- Person.birth_name
- Terius Youngdell Nash
- Person.birth_place
- Rockingham, North Carolina, U.S.
- Person.years_active
- 1995–present
- Person.children
- 9
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- Musical artist.origin
- Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Nash
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop rap
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Roc Nation
- Official website
- www.the-dreammusic.com/splash
- Image
- The-Dream performing (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- North Carolina
- Voice type
- tenor
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- birth name
- Terius Youngdell Nash
- date of birth
- 1978-06-14
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- pseudonym
- The-Dream
- different from
- Dream / The Dream / Dreams
- described at URL
- www.defjam.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=652
- social media followers
- 553000
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- name in native language
- Terius Adamu Ya Gesteelde-Diamant
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Music career
- 2001–2007: Beginnings
- 2008–2010: The ''Love'' trilogy
- 2011–2014: ''1977'' and ''IV Play''
- 2015–17: ''Royalty: The Prequel (EP)'', ''Love You to Death EP'' and ''Love Affair''
- 2018–present: ''Sextape'' series
- Production and songwriting
- Influence
- Personal life
- Legal issues
- Discography
- Filmography
- Awards and nominations
- Grammy Awards
- References
- External links
Terius Adamu Ya Gesteelde-Diamant (né Youngdell Nash; born September 20, 1977), known professionally as The-Dream, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for having written or co-produced songs for artists in R&B and hip hop, often in tandem with production partner Tricky Stewart. Beginning with I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), he has been credited on each of American singer Beyoncé's subsequent albums.
His co-writing credits include "Me Against the Music" (2003) for Britney Spears, "Ride" (2010) for Ciara, "Umbrella" (2007) for Rihanna, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (2008), "Cuff It" (2022), "Break My Soul" (2022) and "Partition" (2013) for Beyoncé, "Touch My Body" (2008) for Mariah Carey, "16 @ War" for Karina Pasian (2008), "Baby" (2010) for Justin Bieber, "All of the Lights" (2010) for Kanye West, "No Church in the Wild" (2013) for Jay-Z and Kanye West and "Savage (Remix)" (2020) for Megan Thee Stallion. His work has earned him eight Grammy Awards from 21 nominations—including an inaugural nomination for Songwriter of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The-Dream” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.