1. Tevin Jermod Campbell was born on November 12,1976 and is an American singer and songwriter.
27 Facts About Tevin Campbell
1. 2.
Tevin Campbell performed gospel in his local church from an early age.
3.
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.
4.
Tevin Campbell voiced fictional pop star Powerline in Disney's 1995 animated film A Goofy Movie, in which he provided vocals for the film's songs "Stand Out" and "I2I".
5.
Tevin Campbell appeared as Seaweed in the Broadway musical Hairspray in 2005.
6.
Tevin Campbell has earned five Grammy Award nominations, and he has certified sales of 5 million records in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
7.
Tevin Campbell was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the second child of Rhonda Byrd, a former postal worker who eventually became his manager.
8.
Tevin Campbell's father left the family shortly after the birth of his brother.
9.
The family then relocated to Encino, Los Angeles where Tevin Campbell attended a private school in Sherman Oaks neighborhood.
10.
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.
11.
On February 23,1999, Tevin Campbell released his self-titled fourth album.
12.
In 1999, Tevin Campbell made another guest appearance on the hit show Moesha, starring Brandy, in the episode "The Rite Stuff".
13.
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.
14.
Tevin Campbell later reprised his role of Seaweed in the Broadway play in the Melbourne and Sydney productions in Australia.
15.
In May 2008, Tevin Campbell released an album titled 2008, Never Before Heard as a digital download, composed of material recorded in 2002, but removed it from digital stores six months later.
16.
In early 2009, record producer Narada Michael Walden said that Tevin Campbell was working on new material to be released in early 2009.
17.
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.
18.
Tevin Campbell said that many people wanted him to work again on music and he was thinking about a comeback.
19.
From 2011 to 2012, Tevin Campbell made small appearances here and there.
20.
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.
21.
King's Blues Club and Grill in New York called An Evening with Tevin Campbell and received positive reviews.
22.
On July 5, Tevin Campbell performed at the 2014 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.
23.
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.
24.
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.
25.
Tevin Campbell released a new single from his fifth album entitled, "Safer on the Ground" via iTunes and Google Play.
26.
On March 19,2019, Tevin Campbell revealed he would appear on the fourth season of the OWN scripted drama series Queen Sugar in a surprise video posted to the show's Facebook page from the set.
27.
Tevin Campbell is an altino countertenor with an almost four-octave vocal range.