Glenn Lewis
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Glenn Lewis is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 and neo soul
Neo soul
The term neo soul was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late 1990s as a marketing category following the commercial breakthroughs of artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell...

 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

. Originally planning to pursue a career in animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

 as a teenager, Lewis instead decided to focus on music. His father was a member of the musical group Crack of Dawn. Lewis has cited Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...

 as his biggest inspiration, and Lewis has often been compared to him because of the similarities in their tones.

Early life and career

Lewis was born in Toronto to a Trinidadian
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

 mother, and a Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n father. From the ages of 8 to 14, he also lived in Trinidad before moving back to Toronto. After moving back to the city, he attended high school at Eastern Commerce Collegiate
Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute
Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario. It offers a range of courses leading to all Ministry pathways: University, College, Apprenticeship, and Workplace. Co-operative Education is an integral part of the curriculum....

, where he won a talent contest by covering Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You
I Just Called to Say I Love You
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a song, produced, written and performed by Stevie Wonder. It was one of Wonder's most commercially successful singles....

". After high school, Lewis began recording demos and performing at nightclubs, eventually becoming a respected act in the city. He parlayed this success into the release of his first single, "The Thing to Do
The Thing to Do
"The Thing to Do" is an R&B song by Glenn Lewis. Its his debut single, released in 1997, and featured on the GROOVEssentials Volume One compilation album. The song was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the 1998 Juno Awards....

" in 1997 on Beat Factory
Beat Factory
Beat Factory was a Canadian urban music management/production company and independent record label, based in Toronto, Ontario.In 1982, Beat Factory was founded by Ivan Berry and songwriter Rupert Gayle. Throughout the 1980s and '90s, Beat Factory managed the top urban music artists in Canada...

/BMG Music Canada
BMG Music Canada
BMG Music Canada was the Canadian division of BMG, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Previously working for Henri Dès albums, it acquired the Lanoraie, Quebec-based Interdisc Distribution Inc...

. The song earned him a Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 nomination for Best R&B/Soul Recording
Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
The Juno Award for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1985, as recognition each year for the best rhythm and blues/soul album in Canada.-Best R&B/Soul Recording :*1985 - Liberty Silver, Lost Somewhere Inside Your Love...

. His second single, "Bout Your Love
Bout Your Love
"Bout Your Love" is an R&B song by Glenn Lewis, released in 1998. Produced by 2 Rude, the single and remix appear on 2 Rude's 1999 album, Rudimental 2k. The song was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the 1999 Juno Awards.-Music video:...

", was released in 1998 and garnered a second consecutive Juno nomination. Lewis was also featured in "Whatever it Takes," a track which appeared on fellow Canadian R&B singer Jazmin's 1999 debut album Better Be Good.

This exposure eventually landed him a deal with Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

. Lewis' debut album, World Outside My Window
World Outside My Window
World Outside My Window is the debut album of Canadian R&B singer Glenn Lewis. Released on March 19, 2002, it featured two singles, "Don't You Forget It" and "It's Not Fair". It also features production by Dre & Vidal...

, was released on March 19, 2002. Fueled by the hit single "Don't You Forget It
Don't You Forget It
"Don't You Forget It" is an R&B song by Glenn Lewis, released in 2001. Produced by Andre Harris, it was the first single from his debut album, World Outside My Window. In early 2002, the song became popular after its music video was released...

", the album peaked at #4 on the Billboard charts. The single earned him a Juno for Best R&B/Soul Recording. He promoted the album by touring with R&B singers Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...

 and Tweet
Tweet (singer)
Tweet is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter.-Early years:The youngest child of Tom and Shirley Keys, Tweet was born in Rochester, New York on January 21, 1972, and grew up singing in the church along with her parents and her four older siblings...

, among others.

In 2002, Lewis recorded a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of "Superstition
Superstition (song)
"Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was 22 years old. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Book album, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the USA, and number one on the soul...

" for the tribute album, Conception: An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs. He also makes a brief appearance in the 2002 film Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Wayne Wang about a hotel maid and a high profile politician who fall in love starring Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, and Natasha Richardson. It is based on a story by John Hughes who is credited using a pseudonym. The original music score...

starring Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...

 and Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor and film director. He has appeared in such films as The English Patient, In Bruges, The Constant Gardener, Strange Days, The Duchess and Schindler's List....

. He contributed the song "Fall Again
Fall Again
"Fall Again" is an single by American Smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny G, from his 2010 studio album Heart and Soul which was released on June 29, 2010....

" to the film's soundtrack. "Fall Again" was originally written by Walter Afanasieff
Walter Afanasieff
Walter Afanasieff is a multiple Grammy-award-winning record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his long association with Mariah Carey, for whom he was producer and co-writer for several years, beginning in 1990...

 and Robin Thicke
Robin Thicke
Robin Charles Thicke is an Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the moniker Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound. Robin Thicke has penned hits for popular artists such as...

 for Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

's Invincible album to compose, but did not make it on the track list. However, a demo of the song by Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

 was later released on the Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection
Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection
Disc 2Disc 3Disc 4*The Jackson 5 perform tracks 1-3 and 7 . The Jacksons perform tracks 8, 11-12, 18-19 and track 8 .DVD - Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour # "Intro"# "Jam"...

CD set. A concert DVD, Glenn Lewis Live, was released in 2002.

Lewis prepared his second album, Back for More for release in 2003. The first single, also titled "Back for More
Back for More (Glenn Lewis song)
"Back for More" is an R&B/hip-hop song by Glenn Lewis featuring Kardinal Offishall. Produced by Dre & Vidal, the single was released on September 30, 2003. It was originally the first single from his unreleased album of the same name.-Music video:...

", and featuring rapper Kardinal Offishall
Kardinal Offishall
Jason D. Harrow , better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall , is a Canadian rapper and record producer. He is often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", and is best known for his distinctive reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop.-Life and career:Harrow was born in...

, was released to radio and a video began to air. Inexplicably, the album was pushed back, first to later in the year, then to 2004; it remains unreleased. In the meantime, Lewis netted a Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 nomination for his contribution to Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores...

's "Where Is the Love", a duet also featuring Amel Larrieux
Amel Larrieux
Amel Larrieux is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Larrieux rose to fame in the mid 1990s as a founding member of the duo Groove Theory along with Bryce Wilson. After leaving the group in 1999, she released her debut solo album Infinite Possibilities the following year on...

.

Lewis left Epic Records in 2005 and in 2006, he signed with Underdog Entertainment
The Underdogs (duo)
The Underdogs is an R&B/pop production duo composed of Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas.-Biography:Harvey Mason, Jr. is the son of Harvey Mason, Sr., a noted session drummer...

. The album project recorded with The Underdogs entitled, "Remember Me" was slated for release in 2007, but was never released. Shortly thereafter, Lewis parted ways with The Underdogs and in 2009, Lewis reconnected with Andre Harris and Vidal Davis "Dre & Vidal
Dre & Vidal
Dre & Vidal is a Multi-Grammy Award Winning songwriting and production duo consisting of Andre Harris and Vidal Davis, who are best known as the main producers for Jill Scott and Glenn Lewis...

", the producers of his first album, "World Outside My Window
World Outside My Window
World Outside My Window is the debut album of Canadian R&B singer Glenn Lewis. Released on March 19, 2002, it featured two singles, "Don't You Forget It" and "It's Not Fair". It also features production by Dre & Vidal...

"
and is currently recording a new album. His new single "Good One" was not scheduled for release, however a popular soul music website leaked the song on December 14th 2010 leading Lewis to officially release the song the following week.

As of November 9th 2011, Lewis signed with EMI records through IAMP group which is expecting to release an album tentatively scheduled for a late 2012 release.

Albums

Year Album Chart positions
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...

2002 World Outside My Window
World Outside My Window
World Outside My Window is the debut album of Canadian R&B singer Glenn Lewis. Released on March 19, 2002, it featured two singles, "Don't You Forget It" and "It's Not Fair". It also features production by Dre & Vidal...

  • Released: March 19, 2002
  • Label: Epic
    Epic Records
    Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

4 2

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
U.S.
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

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,...

1997 "The Thing to Do
The Thing to Do
"The Thing to Do" is an R&B song by Glenn Lewis. Its his debut single, released in 1997, and featured on the GROOVEssentials Volume One compilation album. The song was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the 1998 Juno Awards....

"
GROOVEssentials Volume One
GROOVEssentials Volume One
GROOVEssentials Volume One is a Canadian R&B compilation album, released in 1997 on Beat Factory Music. Three songs from the album—"The Thing to Do" by Glenn Lewis, "Don't Leave Me Hangin" by Camille Douglas, and "How May I Do U" by Unique—were nominated for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the 1998 Juno...

1998 "Bout Your Love
Bout Your Love
"Bout Your Love" is an R&B song by Glenn Lewis, released in 1998. Produced by 2 Rude, the single and remix appear on 2 Rude's 1999 album, Rudimental 2k. The song was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the 1999 Juno Awards.-Music video:...

"
Rudimental 2k
2001 "Don't You Forget It
Don't You Forget It
"Don't You Forget It" is an R&B song by Glenn Lewis, released in 2001. Produced by Andre Harris, it was the first single from his debut album, World Outside My Window. In early 2002, the song became popular after its music video was released...

"
30 10 World Outside My Window
2002 "It's Not Fair
It's Not Fair (song)
"It's Not Fair" is an R&B song by Glenn Lewis, released on April 9, 2002. Produced by Dre & Vidal, it was the second single from his debut album, World Outside My Window. The song is about a cheating girlfriend and a disloyal best friend.-Music video:...

"
90
2003 "Back for More
Back for More (Glenn Lewis song)
"Back for More" is an R&B/hip-hop song by Glenn Lewis featuring Kardinal Offishall. Produced by Dre & Vidal, the single was released on September 30, 2003. It was originally the first single from his unreleased album of the same name.-Music video:...

" (feat. Kardinal Offishall
Kardinal Offishall
Jason D. Harrow , better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall , is a Canadian rapper and record producer. He is often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", and is best known for his distinctive reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop.-Life and career:Harrow was born in...

)
76 non-album single
2010 "Good One" non-album single

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