In 2012, Trey Songz released his first number one album, Chapter V, which debuted atop the Billboard 200.
31 Facts About Trey Songz
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Trey Songz has sold over 25 million records worldwide in singles and albums.
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In mid-2006, Songz began work on a follow-up album to his debut with longtime collaborator Troy Taylor and employed successful Bryan-Michael Cox, Danja, Stargate and R Kelly to help create the album.
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Trey Songz aimed for the album to be more mainstream-oriented than his debut album.
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In 2008, Trey Songz began work on his third studio album with Bryan-Michael Cox, Sean Garrett, Stargate and Troy Taylor and aimed for a more mature record than his first two.
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Trey Songz released his third studio album, Ready, on August 31,2009.
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Trey Songz was the opening act for Jay-Z on his Jay-Z Fall Tour in late 2009.
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Trey Songz began work on the album in early 2010 with Sean Garrett, Troy Taylor and Stargate and has stated that the album will be his most personal to date and was completed in July 2010.
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Trey Songz contributed the song "Already Taken" to the Step Up 3D soundtrack, which was released on July 27,2010.
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Trey Songz filmed a video for the song, which was released in July 2010.
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Trey Songz appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12,2010.
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Trey Songz performed at the BET Awards 2011 which was broadcast on June 26,2011.
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On November 28,2011, his 27th birthday, Trey Songz released his Inevitable EP to prepare for the release of his album.
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In February 2012, Trey Songz will embark on his Anticipation 2our to promote his mixtape Anticipation 2 and to raise awareness of his new album.
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Trey Songz toured in promotion of the album on his Anticipation 2our, a tour spanning from February 9 to March 11,2012, in North America.
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On June 20,2013, in a radio interview with KS 107.5, Trey Songz confirmed that he had already recorded about eight songs for his sixth studio album.
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On Christmas Day, Trey Songz released the song titled "Na Na" on The Angel Network.
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In February 2014, Trey Songz released another track featuring Young Jeezy called "Ordinary" and he was featured on the remix to Mariah Carey's single, "You're Mine ".
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In March 2014, Trey Songz released the second single of his album called "SmartPhones".
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On July 1,2014, Trey Songz released his sixth album Trigga and it debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 105,000 copies.
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On June 5, in response to the uprising following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Trey Songz released "2020 Riots: How Many Times".
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In December 2016, following a performance at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Trey Songz was arrested and charged with felony assault of a police officer and misdemeanor aggravated assault for injuring a photographer.
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Trey Songz pleaded guilty in August 2017 to two reduced counts of disturbing the peace, and was sentenced to 18 months of probation, substance screening and anger-management classes.
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Trey Songz accused him of using "sexual intimidation" while recording her, and that at one point during the alleged incident she hid from him in a closet.
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In June 2018, Trey Songz was sued in federal court for the incident that took place following the 2016 Detroit concert.
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The officer alleged that after being hit, he and Trey Songz fell to the floor, with the singer landing on top of the officer, causing him to hit his head on the concrete and hurt his hip.
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On January 24,2021, Trey Songz was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri, while attending the conference championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills.
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Trey Songz was being heckled by fans, and he asked them to "chill out".
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Trey Songz later filed a lawsuit seeking damages of $10 million.
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On December 30,2021, Dylan Gonzalez, a former member of University of Las Vegas' women's basketball team, tweeted, "Trey Songz Is A Rapist".
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On January 11,2022, she released a statement on social media accusing Trey Songz of raping her "at a well known Las Vegas hotel".