Case (singer)
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Case Woodard, stage name Case, is an American R&B singer who was born in New York City
.
, Christopher Williams
and Al B. Sure. Case finally felt close to achieving his dream of becoming a solo artist, and he was. Armed with a song written by Faith Evans
, Case was discovered by Russell Simmons
who signed him to Def Jam Records. “Everything changed with this deal,” says Case, “I was in heaven, on cloud nine.”
Case’s solo career took off in 1996 with the release of "Touch Me, Tease Me" (with rapper Foxy Brown and R&B singer Mary J. Blige
) from "The Nutty Professor
" soundtrack, going gold and reaching #4 on the R&B charts and #14 on the Hot 100. His self-titled debut Case soon followed along with the minor R&B hit singles "More to Love" and "I Gotcha."
Case followed the success of his first album with the release of Personal Conversation in 1999. The album featured the hits "Happily Ever After
" (which reached #3 on the R&B charts and #15 on the Hot 100) and "Faded Pictures," which featured R&B singer Joe
and reached #3 on the R&B charts and #10 on the Hot 100. Aside from being a favorite wedding song, "Happily Ever After" notably featured Beyoncé
in the video as Case's love interest receiving an elaborate scavenger hunt-type proposal. The album's third single, "Think Of You" failed to do well on the charts, managing to only reach #50 on the R&B charts. “This album was a better representation of me,” says Case. Personal Conversation achieved platinum status.
In 2001, as the first artist on the new Def Soul imprint, Case released his third album Open Letter and topped the charts with the Tim & Bob
produced hit song "Missing You." Open Letter, Case's most well-known album went gold. "Missing You" is Case's only #1 single to date as it topped the R&B charts and reached #4 on the Hot 100. Later that year, Case also appeared on rapper Ja Rule
's hit "Livin' It Up
," as well as releasing one more single from his album, "Not Your Friend."
After the success of Open Letter, Case moved to Atlanta to be closer to his children and later suffered a critical accident. On February 5, 2002, Case was moving his cousin's registered handgun, when it accidentally discharged striking him in the throat nearly missing his spine by a half inch. Case suffered no vocal damage. He remembers looking at his throat in a mirror and trying to sing. The bullet, that went in through his throat, came out the back of his neck and was miraculously less than a centimeter away from paralyzing and killing him. To the shock of everyone around, Case was out of the hospital in four hours with just bandages around his neck.
A great deal of Case's success has been due to his appearance on movie soundtracks. Many of Case's most popular tracks appear on the soundtracks for "Nutty Professor," "Rush Hour," "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" and "The Best Man." These singles were "Touch Me Tease Me" (Nutty Professor), "Faded Pictures" (Rush Hour
), "Best Man I Can Be" (The Best Man
) and "Missing You" (Nutty Professor II). Case's single, "Shoulda Known Betta (Featuring Ghostface
)", reached #87 on the R&B charts in 2004. The single appeared on the "Johnson Family Vacation
" soundtrack, and was produced by The Neptunes
.
After a few years away from the music industry, Case reappeared in 2008 on the track "Face to Face" (a duet with singer Coko
) which was included the soundtrack of "Tyler Perry
's Meet the Browns (film)
." His fourth studio album, The Rose Experience
which had undergone various title changes and a label shift (from Def Jam to his own indie imprint, Indigo Blue) was released on March 24, 2009. It was preceded by a single, "Lovely" which reached #72 on the R&B chart.
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Music career
After stints with R&B group Future and a duo called Black, Case got work co-writing and singing background for artists including UsherUsher (entertainer)
Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...
, Christopher Williams
Christopher Williams (singer)
Christopher Williams is an American R&B singer and actor.-Music career:...
and Al B. Sure. Case finally felt close to achieving his dream of becoming a solo artist, and he was. Armed with a song written by Faith Evans
Faith Evans
Faith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B...
, Case was discovered by Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons
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who signed him to Def Jam Records. “Everything changed with this deal,” says Case, “I was in heaven, on cloud nine.”
Case’s solo career took off in 1996 with the release of "Touch Me, Tease Me" (with rapper Foxy Brown and R&B singer Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
) from "The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor (1996 film)
The Nutty Professor is a 1996 science fiction-romantic comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. It is a remake of the 1963 film of the same name, starring Jerry Lewis. The original music score was composed by David Newman. The film won an Academy Award for Makeup.Murphy plays benevolent university...
" soundtrack, going gold and reaching #4 on the R&B charts and #14 on the Hot 100. His self-titled debut Case soon followed along with the minor R&B hit singles "More to Love" and "I Gotcha."
Case followed the success of his first album with the release of Personal Conversation in 1999. The album featured the hits "Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After (song)
Happily Ever After is the second single released from American R&B singer Case's second studio album Personal Conversation. The single reached #15 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the R&B charts. The song stayed on the Hot 100 charts for a total of twenty weeks. The music video features a young Beyonce as...
" (which reached #3 on the R&B charts and #15 on the Hot 100) and "Faded Pictures," which featured R&B singer Joe
Joe (singer)
Joseph Lewis Thomas , usually credited simply as Joe, is an American R&B singer and record producer.-Early life:Joe is a native of Cuthbert, Georgia and later moved to Opelika, Alabama. The son of two preachers, Joe spent much time in church singing, playing guitar, and even directing the choir...
and reached #3 on the R&B charts and #10 on the Hot 100. Aside from being a favorite wedding song, "Happily Ever After" notably featured Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
in the video as Case's love interest receiving an elaborate scavenger hunt-type proposal. The album's third single, "Think Of You" failed to do well on the charts, managing to only reach #50 on the R&B charts. “This album was a better representation of me,” says Case. Personal Conversation achieved platinum status.
In 2001, as the first artist on the new Def Soul imprint, Case released his third album Open Letter and topped the charts with the Tim & Bob
Tim & Bob
Tim & Bob aka Funktwons, are Grammy Award-winning songwriting musicians and a Hip-hop/R&B pop production duo. Tim & Bob have discovered and or worked on some of the biggest artists in the music industry and has helped develop the Atlanta music scene as it is widely known for today...
produced hit song "Missing You." Open Letter, Case's most well-known album went gold. "Missing You" is Case's only #1 single to date as it topped the R&B charts and reached #4 on the Hot 100. Later that year, Case also appeared on rapper Ja Rule
Ja Rule
Jeffrey Atkins , better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.Born in Hollis, Queens, he began his career in the group Cash Money Click and debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla"...
's hit "Livin' It Up
Livin' It Up (Ja Rule song)
"Livin' It Up" is a single by rapper Ja Rule featuring singer Case, released in 2001 from the Pain is Love. The song samples Stevie Wonder's 1982 hit "Do I Do". Basketball star, Baron Davis, makes an appearance in the video....
," as well as releasing one more single from his album, "Not Your Friend."
After the success of Open Letter, Case moved to Atlanta to be closer to his children and later suffered a critical accident. On February 5, 2002, Case was moving his cousin's registered handgun, when it accidentally discharged striking him in the throat nearly missing his spine by a half inch. Case suffered no vocal damage. He remembers looking at his throat in a mirror and trying to sing. The bullet, that went in through his throat, came out the back of his neck and was miraculously less than a centimeter away from paralyzing and killing him. To the shock of everyone around, Case was out of the hospital in four hours with just bandages around his neck.
A great deal of Case's success has been due to his appearance on movie soundtracks. Many of Case's most popular tracks appear on the soundtracks for "Nutty Professor," "Rush Hour," "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" and "The Best Man." These singles were "Touch Me Tease Me" (Nutty Professor), "Faded Pictures" (Rush Hour
Rush hour
A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute...
), "Best Man I Can Be" (The Best Man
The Best Man (1999 film)
The Best Man is a 1999 romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. It was produced by Spike Lee's production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks. The film stars Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Sanaa Lathan, and is considered to be a male-centered answer to...
) and "Missing You" (Nutty Professor II). Case's single, "Shoulda Known Betta (Featuring Ghostface
Ghostface
Ghostface is a fictional character in the film Scream and its sequelsGhostface may also refer to:*Ghostface Killah , American rapper...
)", reached #87 on the R&B charts in 2004. The single appeared on the "Johnson Family Vacation
Johnson Family Vacation
Johnson Family Vacation is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Christopher Erskin. It stars Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Gabby Soleil, Shannon Elizabeth, Solange Knowles, and Steve Harvey...
" soundtrack, and was produced by The Neptunes
The Neptunes
The Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...
.
After a few years away from the music industry, Case reappeared in 2008 on the track "Face to Face" (a duet with singer Coko
Coko
Cheryl Elizabeth "Coko" Clemons is an American gospel and R&B singer, and lead singer of R&B group Sisters With Voices .-Musical career:...
) which was included the soundtrack of "Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry is an American actor, director, playwright, entrepreneur, screenwriter, producer, author, and songwriter. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2005, he released his first film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman...
's Meet the Browns (film)
Meet the Browns (film)
Meet the Browns is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film released by Lionsgate on March 21, 2008. The film was based on the play of the same name by Tyler Perry.-Plot:...
." His fourth studio album, The Rose Experience
The Rose Experience
The Rose Experience is the fourth studio album by multi-platinum R&B singer Case. It was released on March 24, 2009. The first single from the album is "Lovely". It is also Case's first album on the independent label, Indigo Blue. The majority of the album was produced by Case himself...
which had undergone various title changes and a label shift (from Def Jam to his own indie imprint, Indigo Blue) was released on March 24, 2009. It was preceded by a single, "Lovely" which reached #72 on the R&B chart.
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Certifications | |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
U.S. R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1996 | Case Case (album) Case is the debut album by R&B singer Case. It was released on August 13, 1996.- Track listing :#"The Tunnel" #"More to Love"#"Don't Be Afraid"#"Call a Cab" #"I Gotcha"#"Crazy" #"Crazy"#"What's Wrong?"...
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42 | 7 | |
| 1999 | Personal Conversation Personal Conversation Personal Conversation is the second studio album by R&B singer Case. It was released on April 20, 1999. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA.- Track listing :#"Personal Conversation" — 1:15#"Happily Ever After" — 4:36... |
33 | 5 |
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| 2001 | Open Letter Open Letter (Case album) Open Letter is the third studio album R&B singer Case. It features the Tim & Bob produced "Missing You", which was his only number one hit to date... |
5 | 2 |
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| 2009 | The Rose Experience The Rose Experience The Rose Experience is the fourth studio album by multi-platinum R&B singer Case. It was released on March 24, 2009. The first single from the album is "Lovely". It is also Case's first album on the independent label, Indigo Blue. The majority of the album was produced by Case himself... |
111 | 2 | |
Singles
| Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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| 1996 | "More to Love" | - | 36 | Case Case (album) Case is the debut album by R&B singer Case. It was released on August 13, 1996.- Track listing :#"The Tunnel" #"More to Love"#"Don't Be Afraid"#"Call a Cab" #"I Gotcha"#"Crazy" #"Crazy"#"What's Wrong?"... |
| "Touch Me, Tease Me" (featuring Foxy Brown and Mary J Blige) | 14 | 4 | ||
| 1998 | "Faded Pictures" (with Joe Joe (singer) Joseph Lewis Thomas , usually credited simply as Joe, is an American R&B singer and record producer.-Early life:Joe is a native of Cuthbert, Georgia and later moved to Opelika, Alabama. The son of two preachers, Joe spent much time in church singing, playing guitar, and even directing the choir... ) |
10 | 3 | Personal Conversation Personal Conversation Personal Conversation is the second studio album by R&B singer Case. It was released on April 20, 1999. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA.- Track listing :#"Personal Conversation" — 1:15#"Happily Ever After" — 4:36... |
| 1999 | "Happily Ever After Happily Ever After (song) Happily Ever After is the second single released from American R&B singer Case's second studio album Personal Conversation. The single reached #15 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the R&B charts. The song stayed on the Hot 100 charts for a total of twenty weeks. The music video features a young Beyonce as... " |
15 | 3 | |
| "Think of You" | - | 50 | ||
| "The Best Man I Can Be The Best Man I Can Be "The Best Man I Can Be" is a 1999 song for the film The Best Man. It features four R&B singers Ginuwine, R.L. of Next, Tyrese and Case.-Charts:... " (with Ginuwine Ginuwine Elgin Baylor Lumpkin , better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine had released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990's... , R.L. and Tyrese Tyrese Tyrese Darnell Gibson , also known simply as Tyrese, is an American R&B singer, rapper, actor, author, former fashion model and MTV VJ. After releasing several albums, he transitioned into films, with lead roles in several Hollywood releases.-Early life:Gibson was born in Los Angeles, California,... ) |
67 | 15 | The Best Man (soundtrack) | |
| 2001 | "Missing You Missing You (Case song) "Missing You" is the title of a number-one R&B single by singer Case. It was produced by Tim & Bob and released as the album's first single. The song itself is a cover of the same song done by Joe the year before. The hit song spent four weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart.The song was covered... " |
4 | 1 | Open Letter Open Letter (Case album) Open Letter is the third studio album R&B singer Case. It features the Tim & Bob produced "Missing You", which was his only number one hit to date... |
| "Not Your Friend" | - | 65 | ||
| 2004 | "Shoulda Known Betta" (featuring Ghostface Ghostface Ghostface is a fictional character in the film Scream and its sequelsGhostface may also refer to:*Ghostface Killah , American rapper... ) |
- | 87 | The Rose Experience The Rose Experience The Rose Experience is the fourth studio album by multi-platinum R&B singer Case. It was released on March 24, 2009. The first single from the album is "Lovely". It is also Case's first album on the independent label, Indigo Blue. The majority of the album was produced by Case himself... |
| 2008 | "Lovely" | - | 72 | |