27 Facts About Tevin Campbell

Tevin Jermod Campbell was born on November 12,1976 and is an American singer and songwriter.

Tevin Campbell performed gospel in his local church from an early age.

In 1996, Tevin Campbell released his third album, Back to the World, which was not as commercially or critically successful as his first two releases.

Apart from music, Tevin Campbell commenced an acting career, by appearing in the sequel to Prince's Purple Rain named Graffiti Bridge and made guest appearances on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Moesha television programs, voiced fictional pop star Powerline in Disney's A Goofy Movie and was cast as Seaweed in the Broadway musical Hairspray in 2005.

Tevin Campbell earned 5 Grammy Award nominations, and he has certified sales of 5 million records in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

Tevin Campbell was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the second child of Rhonda Byrd, a former postal worker who eventually became his manager.

Tevin Campbell's father left the family shortly after the birth of his brother.

The family then relocated to Encino, Los Angeles where Tevin Campbell attended a private school in Sherman Oaks neighborhood.

In 1995, Tevin Campbell voiced the character Powerline in Disney's animated film A Goofy Movie, performing the songs "I 2 I" and "Stand Out" for the film's soundtrack.

Tevin Campbell contributed to the RCA Victor Records tribute album called The Songs of West Side Story in dedication to the original West Side Story musical and its 1961 film adaptation.

On February 23,1999, Tevin Campbell released his fourth album which is self-titled.

In 1999, Tevin Campbell made another guest appearance on the hit show Moesha starring Brandy in the episode, "The Rite Stuff".

In July 1999, Tevin Campbell was arrested after soliciting a lewd act from an undercover police officer during a sting operation in Van Nuys, California.

However, in 2005, Campbell made an appearance on Broadway for the musical Hairspray as the character, Seaweed J Stubbs.

Tevin Campbell later reprised his role of Seaweed in the Broadway play in the Melbourne and Sydney productions in Australia.

In May 2008, Tevin Campbell released an internet album entitled, 2008, Never Before Heard through Rambo House Media and the album was released to iTunes and Amazon as a means of test marketing some material originally recorded in 2002.

In early 2009, record producer Narada Michael Walden said that Tevin Campbell was working on new material to be released in early 2009.

Also in 2009, Tevin Campbell made an appearance at the BET Awards 2009 as he paid tribute to The O'Jays with Trey Songz, Tyrese, and Johnny Gill.

Tevin Campbell said that many people wanted him to work again on music and he was thinking about a comeback.

From 2011 to 2012, Tevin Campbell made small appearances here and there.

In 2013, Campbell performed a concert called Tevin Campbell in Cape Town and was a part of Divos Tour 2013 both in South Africa as well as traveling to London to perform at The O2 Arena and performed at the One Man, One Nation, One Celebration memorial service in honor and tribute to Nelson Mandela held at FNB Stadium.

On July 5, Tevin Campbell performed at the 2014 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.

Tevin Campbell appeared on a track called "Let it Flow" with Naturi Naughton from the Full Force album With Love from Our Friends which was released on August 26,2014.

On November 29,2015, Tevin Campbell performed his song "Can We Talk" while Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds played piano as a part of a tribute dedicated to Edmonds who was honored with the Legend Award at the 2015 Soul Train Music Awards.

Tevin Campbell released a new single from his fifth album entitled, "Safer on the Ground" via iTunes and Google Play.

Tevin Campbell is an altino countertenor who possesses an almost four-octave vocal range.

Tevin Campbell added the rainbow flag emoji to his Twitter profile in 2019, along with a Scorpio symbol and a bald eagle emoji.