The album has a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, and has sold more than 510,000 copies in the United States. The song was later released as the fourth and final single from the album in April 2009. Sullivan later pursued success in the United Kingdom when she first released " Dream Big" as a single in the UK on February 2009. It scored her third consecutive top ten on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, reaching number 10, and garnered some mainstream success by reaching number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100. " Lions, Tigers & Bears" was released as the album's third single in December 2008.
In 2014, Stevie Wonder claimed he considered " Bust Your Windows" a classic song. "Bust Your Windows" appeared on the debut episode of the Fox hit television show Glee and was also nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Song. Sullivan followed her début single with the release of the second single from Fearless, " Bust Your Windows", which reached number 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her most successful single on that chart to date. Fearless debuted at number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums and at number 6 on the Billboard 200. The album received production from Elliott, Remi, Stargate, Carvin & Ivan, Jack Splash, and Fisticuffs. At the time, she wrote and composed many of its songs and served as the album's executive producer alongside Missy Elliott, Salaam Remi and Peter Edge. Sullivan's debut album Fearless was released on September 23, 2008. Sullivan performing live in February 2009 The song, which featured additional vocals by Missy Elliott and Sandy "Pepa" Denton of Salt-n-Pepa, later debuted at number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent a total of 34 weeks atop of the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs altogether. 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 number 21 on the Hot 100. Sullivan wrote and recorded with producers Cool & Dre titled " Say I" was given to Dre's then-girlfriend Christina Milian for her third album, So Amazin'. 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, and it was during this session she first met rapper Missy Elliott, who would go on to produce both the majority of her debut album, Fearless, and tracks on Love Me Back. 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. 2003–2009: Career beginnings and Fearless
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 was born on Apto Don and Pam Sullivan. 1.2 2003–2009: Career beginnings and Fearless.She has also received 15 Grammy nominations, tying with Björk as the female artist with the most Grammy nominations without winning. Sullivan has received one 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 spawned 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 peaked in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the former of which 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 gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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.