Luke production that topped the charts in a half-dozen different countries. O , Cruz 's third album, was released in The party-anthem singles "Hangover" featuring Flo Rida , "Troublemaker," and "There She Goes" featuring Pitbull were particularly successful across Europe; the second of the trio reached the Top 10 in four territories, including the U.
It wasn't until April that he released the lead single for his fourth album. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. In the meantime, he's written for other artists - including Olly Murs and Nick Jonas - and launched his own tech startup, whose latest product is Vollume , an app that allows musicians to share and collaborate on music in the cloud, rather than emailing files back and forth.
Stepping away from the limelight was an easy decision, the singer maintains. So if I'm not out there being famous, people perceive that as you fell off or something went wrong. But to each their own. I don't feel that way. He's unsure whether the new single heralds a second phase of his music career.
He has other songs in his armoury - including another pandemic anthem called Wash Your Hands - but his experiences on TikTok reinforced his reticence about being in the public eye. I let some of it out on record. But when it feels right, then I will. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment. Taio Cruz quits TikTok after 'suicidal thoughts'. Charli and Dixie D'Amelio speak out about online bullying. TikTok writes to rivals over suicide clips.
Image source, Getty Images. Our favourite of his less-known writing credits is on Will Young's 'Your Game' in , which peaked at No. Who'd have thought? But just a few years later and the London-born singer-songwriter was climbing the charts with himself in the driving seat.
It was 's often overlooked Top 5 hit 'Come On Girl' that gave Taio his first taste of the spotlight. It's wasn't a massive introduction, but enough to ensure his record label Island let him put out a second album. Rokstarr was released a year later in , and led by massive club anthem 'Break Your Heart'.
It was written for Cheryl Cole's debut album 3 Words , but her team passed on it. Although it may not have seemed it at the time, it was the best rejection Taio ever had. Soon after he teamed up with Kesha for 'Dirty Picture', but it was 's 'Dynamite' that was his next mammoth hit. It flew to No. Taio was a proper global pop force at this point. He even managed to get Jennifer Lopez on a special remix of 'Dynamite'. With the increased profile came plenty more songwriting and collaboration offers.
Taio penned tracks for J. If that wasn't enough, Taio then teamed up with Kylie Minogue for a new single version of his hit 'Higher'. Amongst all this massive success, Taio began to create his brand beyond his music. The Rokstarr name was quickly marketed into a line of luxury sunglasses, worn by the likes of Kanye West and Justin Timberlake.
It was later rebranded as RXTR to include watches, as well as menswear and womenswear products. Taio was quickly becoming an empire. But throughout , Taio's success began to crumble as quickly as it grew.
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