Igama elithi Omarion laziwa kakhulu emibuthanweni yomculo we-R&B. Igama lakhe eliphelele ngu-Omarion Ishmael Grandberry. Umculi waseMelika, umbhali wamaculo kanye nomculi wezingoma ezidumile. Eyaziwa nangokuthi elinye lamalungu aphambili eqembu le-B2K.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo ka-Omarion Ishmael Grandberry
Umculi esizayo wazalelwa e-Los Angeles (California) emndenini omkhulu. U-Omarion unabafowabo nodadewabo abayisithupha, futhi nguyena omdala phakathi kwabo. Umfana wayefunda kahle esikoleni, edlala kahle ibhola, futhi wayengukaputeni weqembu lakhe.
Eduze kwezigaba eziphezulu, le nsizwa yaqala ukuthanda umculo. Waqala ukuqamba izingoma zokuqala, ukuze abe yingcweti kwezinsimbi zomculo. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi umfowabo omncane ka-Omarion u-O'Ryan naye wakhetha isiqondiso somculo futhi waba umculi.
Ngo-2000, le nsizwa yabona ukuthi umculo uyinto ebaluleke kakhulu ekuphileni kwayo. Angathanda ukuxhuma isiphetho sakhe naye. Lo mculi wahlangana nabafana abaningana nabo abasanda kuqala ukuzama isandla sabo emculweni. Iqembu le-B2K lazalwa kanje.
Naphezu kokuba khona okufushane (iminyaka emithathu kuphela), abafana bakwazi ukushiya uphawu olubalulekile emculweni. Ngo-2001 baqala ukusebenza. Abaculi bavale estudiyo, bazama ukuhlanganisa i-rap, i-R&B futhi bazama nomsindo wesimanje. Umphumela waba ama-albhamu amathathu ngesikhathi esisodwa, akhululwa ngo-2002.
Ukukhishwa okubili akuzange kuqashelwe, kodwa i-albhamu yesithathu yashaya ishadi le-Billboard elihloniphekile futhi yathengiswa kahle. Le albhamu ithole isitifiketi sokuthengiswa kwegolide (amakhophi angaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-500 athengisiwe).
Kusukela ngo-2002 kuya ku-2003 abaculi bakhiphe izingoma ezintsha, kodwa zazingathandwa kakhulu. Ngenxa yalokho, ngo-2004 iqembu lagcina lahlukana, futhi u-Omarion wahamba, ephupha ngomsebenzi we-solo.
Ubesevele engumculi osezingeni eliphezulu futhi ekhiphe izingoma ezintathu ezigcwele ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe. Kwakuyisisekelo esihle sokuqala umsebenzi wedwa.
Umsebenzi we-solo ka-Omarion
U-Omarion uqophe amademo eyedwa kusukela ngo-2003 kuya ku-2005. (ngemuva kokushiya iqembu le-B2K). Ngabhala izingoma zokuqala futhi ngazama ngawo wonke amandla ami ukuwabonisa amalebula amakhulu. Isikhathi esithile wayelandelwa ukwehluleka - amalebula awazange abonise isithakazelo ekusebenzeni ndawonye.
Nokho, ngo-2004 isimo sashintsha. Umculi wabonwa yi-Epic Records, ethanda ukuhlolwa nokusebenza nabaculi abahlukene. Nge-Epic Records, u-Omarion uthole ilebula esezingeni lomhlaba i-Sony Music, izinsiza eziningi, izinkampani.
Ingoma yokuqala nakweshumi eliphezulu!
Ngo-2004, kwakhululwa ingoma yokuqala yomculi enesihloko esilula kodwa sokuqala esithi "O". Eyodwa yamukelwe ngemfudumalo yibo bobabili umphakathi nabagxeki. Ifinyelele kwabangu-30 abahamba phambili ku-Billboard Top 100. Lona bekuwumphumela obaluleke kakhulu wengoma yokuqala engashadile, ekhishwe ngasekupheleni konyaka.
Ngakho-ke, ekuqaleni kuka-2005, kwanqunywa ukukhulula ngokushesha ingoma yesibili. I-Touch eyodwa ayiphumelelanga kangako. Yehlulekile ukushadi ku-Billboard Hot 100 futhi yathola ukudlala kwerediyo okungajwayelekile.
I-single yesithathu yaba yimpumelelo kakhulu. Ingoma ethi I'm Tryna inqobe amashadi amaningi futhi yathakazelelwa kakhulu izethameli. Manje kwase kuyisikhathi sokukhipha i-albhamu yokuqala.
Umsebenzi wokuqala ka-Omarion
I-albhamu yayibizwa ngokuthi "O" (igama elifanayo neyokuqala emsebenzini womculi). Iqoqo likhishwe ngo-2005 futhi lathengiswa kahle kakhulu. Phakathi namasonto ambalwa, ukukhishwa kuwine isitifiketi sokuthengisa "seplatinum" (amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esingu-1 athengisiwe). Lo mphumela wenze umculi waduma ngempela ohlotsheni lwe-R&B.
I-albhamu yesibili ka-Omarion futhi yakhiqizwa nguTimbaland
U-Omarion ophefumulelwe waqhubeka nokuvakasha futhi wanikeza amakhonsathi amaningi aphumelelayo emadolobheni ase-US. Manje kwase kuyisikhathi sokuqala ukuqopha ukukhishwa kwesibili. Lapho ngineminyaka engu-21, umculi uqophe i-albhamu "21", omunye abakhiqizi, okuyinto kwaba Timbaland.
Eyokuqala yakhululwa ekupheleni kuka-2005 futhi yayibizwa ngokuthi yi-Entourage. Wangena emsakazweni, waba ngokushintshana amasonto ambalwa. Lokhu kulandelwe eyodwa ekhiqizwe nguTimbaland.
Ingoma ethi Ice Box ifinyelele ezingomeni ezingu-20 ezihamba phambili zonyaka ngokweBillboard Hot 100. Ibe ngenye yamaringithoni alandwe kakhulu ocingweni ngo-2005 nango-2006.
Umculi wakhulula ngesibindi i-albhamu ethi "21" ngo-2006. Wayelindele ukuthengiswa okubalulekile, kodwa i-albhamu ithengise amakhophi angu-300 kuphela. Naphezu kokwehla okubukhali ekuthengisweni, ukukhululwa akukwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi akunakwa. Ngenxa ye-Ice Box eyodwa nezingoma, wabonakala, futhi umbhali wathola igagasi elisha lokuthandwa.
Ukusebenzisana kuka-Omarion nezihlabani zomculo
Ngemva konyaka (ekupheleni kuka-2007), u-Omarion wakhipha ingoma ehlangene ethi Face Off nomrepha u-Bow Wow. Naphezu kokwehla okukhulu ekuthengisweni kwe-albhamu, ukuhlanganiswa kuthengise amakhophi angu-500.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, u-Omarion waqala ukuvakasha nezinkanyezi ze-rap ne-pop njengoBow Wow, uCiara, uNe-Yo, u-Usher, njll.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2010, ukukhululwa kwesithathu kwe-Ollusion kwakhululwa, kwathi ngo-2014, Uhlu Lwesine Lwadlalwayo Lwezocansi. Ama-albhamu abonise ukuthengiswa okuphindwe kashumi, kodwa amukelwa ngemfudumalo "abalandeli".
