Ne‐Yo

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Annotation

Born: Shaffer Smith in Camden, AR, USA - Attended Las Vegas Academy of Int'l Studies, Performing & Visual Arts.

His stage name comes from a friend who describes him as seeing music the way Neo saw The Matrix

Annotation last modified on 2006-02-28 12:59 UTC.

Legal name: Shaffer Chimere Smith, Shaffer Smith

Discography

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Album

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2005	In My Own Words	Ne‐Yo	2	6
2007	Because of You	Ne‐Yo	5	5
2008	Year of the Gentleman	Ne‐Yo	5	10
2010	Libra Scale	Ne‐Yo	2	4
2012	R.E.D.	Ne‐Yo	3.5	7
2015	Non-Fiction	Ne‐Yo	2	6
2018	GOOD MAN	Ne‐Yo	4	3
2019	Another Kind of Christmas	Ne‐Yo		3
2022	Self Explanatory	Ne‐Yo		1

Album + Compilation

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2009	The Collection	Ne‐Yo	4	2
2011	Triple Pack: In My Own Words / Because Of You / Year Of The Gentleman	Ne‐Yo	3	1
2017	The Birth of Ne-Yo - The Building of A Supa Star	Ne‐Yo		1
2017	B.O.S.S Building of a Supa Star (The Ne*Yo Story)	Ne‐Yo		1

Album + Mixtape/Street

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2009	Ladies Man	Ne‐Yo		1
2009	The Ne-Yo Diaries	Ne‐Yo		1

Single

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2005	Stay	Ne‐Yo	3	1
2005	So Sick	Ne‐Yo	1	4
2006	Sexy Love	Ne‐Yo	5	4
2007	Because of You	Ne‐Yo	4	4
2007	Sexual Healing	Sarah Connor Featuring Ne‐Yo		1
2007	Can We Chill	Ne‐Yo	3	1
2007	Hate That I Love You	Rihanna feat. Ne‐Yo	4.5	1
2008	Finer Things	DJ Felli Fel feat. Kanye West, Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous & Ne‐Yo		1
2008	Can We Chill / Spotlight	Ne‐Yo	4	1
2008	Closer	Ne‐Yo	3	4
2008	Miss Independent	Ne‐Yo	2	1
2008	She Got Her Own	Ne‐Yo	4	1
2008	Mad	Ne‐Yo		3
2009	Knock You Down	Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne‐Yo		4
2009	Never Knew I Needed (From "The Princess and the Frog")	Ne‐Yo	3	2
2010	Angels Cry	Mariah Carey feat. Ne‐Yo	3.5	1
2010	Beautiful Monster	Ne‐Yo	4	1
2010	Amazing You	Ne‐Yo	4	2
2010	One In a Million	Ne‐Yo	1	1
2010	Angel - Stranger	Ne‐Yo	1	1
2010	Beautiful Monster & Champagne Life	Ne‐Yo		1
2011	Give Me Everything	Pitbull feat. Ne‐Yo, Afrojack & Nayer	4.5	3
2011	We Can't Stop	jj feat. Ne‐Yo		1
2011	The Way You Move	Ne‐Yo feat. Trey Songz & T‐Pain	2	1
2012	Think Like a Man	Jennifer Hudson & Ne‐Yo feat. Rick Ross	3	1
2012	Let’s Go	Calvin Harris feat. Ne‐Yo	2	2
2012	Lazy Love	Ne‐Yo	3	1
2012	Betta Love Me (Right)	Ne‐Yo	2	1
2012	Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)	Ne‐Yo	5	2
2012	Play Hard	David Guetta feat. Ne‐Yo & Akon	5	4
2013	Tonight	Jessica Sanchez feat. Ne‐Yo	3	1
2013	You Girl	Shaggy feat. Ne‐Yo		1
2014	Incredible	Céline Dion with Ne‐Yo		1
2014	A House Is Not a Home	Dionne Warwick featuring Ne‐Yo		1
2014	Money Can’t Buy	Ne‐Yo feat. Jeezy	3	1
2014	She Knows	Ne‐Yo	3	2
2014	Time of Our Lives	Pitbull & Ne‐Yo		1
2015	Every Day With Love	Ne‐Yo feat. Sonna Rele		1
2016	Please Stay	Alpha Dream featuring Ne‐Yo & Snoop Dogg		1
2016	Sin miedo	Yunel, Ne‐Yo & J.Álvarez		1
2017	Another Love Song	Ne‐Yo		1
2018	GOOD MAN	Ne‐Yo		1
2018	Push Back	Ne‐Yo, Bebe Rexha & Stefflon Don		2
2020	Me quedaré contigo	Pitbull & Ne‐Yo ft. Lenier & El Micha		1
2020	Pinky Ring	Ne‐Yo & O.T. Genasis		1
2020	Over Again	Charly Black & Ne‐Yo		1
2020	U 2 Luv	Ne‐Yo & Jeremih		1
2020	Change	Jermaine Dupri, Ne‐Yo, Johntá Austin, Common, Gary Clark Jr., Eric Bellinger, Rotimi, Detroit Youth Choir, PJ Morton, Smokie Norful, Wanya Morris, Big Rube, Bryan-Michael Cox, Anthony Hamilton, Keedron Bryant, Kirk Franklin & Jac Ross	5	1
2020	Because Of You (Remix)	Ne‐Yo		1
2020	U 2 Luv (Remix)	Ne‐Yo		1
2021	Shake	L.L.A.M.A,, Ne‐Yo & Carmen DeLeon		1
2021	Pretend	Kamarah J. & Ne‐Yo		1
2021	No Plans for Love	D‐Nice with Ne‐Yo & Kent Jones		1
2021	"One Headlight"	Frank Niebauer & Ne‐Yo		1
2021	Raider Colors	Too $hort, Ice Cube, Ne‐Yo, DJ Nina 9, Rayven Justice		1
2021	What If	Ne‐Yo		2
2021	Let Me Go	Benny Benassi feat. Ne‐Yo		2
2021	Kiss Me It’s Christmas	Leona Lewis featuring Ne‐Yo		3
2021	Stay Down	Ne‐Yo		1
2022	Bad Habits	Ne‐Yo		1
2022	FriendZone	DJ Moss.irie, Ne‐Yo & DJ CandyLips		1
2023	Mexico	Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Ne‐Yo & Danna Paola		1
—	Turn all The Lights On	T‐Pain feat. Ne‐Yo		0

Single + Soundtrack

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2012	Hands in the Air	Timbaland feat. Ne‐Yo		1
2017	Angels and Harmony	张靓颖 feat. Ne‐Yo		2

Single + Remix

Year	Title	Artist	Releases
2009	Baby by Me (Digital Dog club remix)	50 Cent feat. Ne‐Yo	1
2009	Baby by Me (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron extended remix)	50 Cent feat. Ne‐Yo	1
2014	You Girl (remixes)	Shaggy feat. Ne‐Yo	1
2015	Higher Place (Remixes)	Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike feat. Ne‐Yo	1
2021	No Plans for Love (remix)	D‐Nice with Snoop Dogg, Ne‐Yo & Kent Jones	1

EP

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2007	Because of You: Hit Pack	Ne‐Yo	1	1
2008	Discotech	Ne‐Yo feat. Sound Farm	4	1
2008	Closer (Remix EP)	Ne‐Yo	4	1
2012	Turn Around	Conor Maynard feat. Ne‐Yo		1
2014	3 Simple Rules	Ne‐Yo	3	1
2021	What Was	Ne‐Yo		1

Other

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2013	The Apprenticeship of Mr. Smith (The Birth of Ne-Yo)	Ne‐Yo	5	1

Other + Mixtape/Street

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2009	Gentlemanlike Three	Ne‐Yo	3	1
2009	Gentlemanlike 2	Ne‐Yo	4	1
2010	Gentlemanlike 4	Ne‐Yo	5	1

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