Wiggle Lord, Jason Derulo

Jason Joel Desrouleaux a.k.a. Jason Derulo (an alternate spelling of his name which shares the same pronunciation), is an American singer, songwriter and dancer. Since the start of his career as a solo recording artist in 2009, Jason has sold over 45 million singles and has achieved ten career platinum singles, including “Wiggle”, “Talk Dirty”, “In My Head”, and “Whatcha Say”.

Jason was born on September 21, 1989 in Miami, Florida, to Haitian parents.

HIS CAREER

After producing records for several artists and writing songs for Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman, Young Money Entertainment owner Lil Wayne and rapper Diddy, Jason signed to minor recording label Beluga Heights. After Beluga Heights became part of the Warner Music Group, Jason Derulo released his debut single “Whatcha Say” in May 2009. It sold over five million digital downloads, gaining an RIAA certification of triple platinum, and reaching number 1 in the U.S. and New Zealand.

Derulo released his second single, “In My Head”, in December 2009. His debut album, Jason Derulo, was released on March 2, 2010. He released his second studio album, Future History, on September 16, 2011, the album was preceded by the release of the UK number-one single “Don’t Wanna Go Home”. Derulo’s third international album, Tattoos, was released on September 24, 2013, while Derulo’s third U.S album Talk Dirty was released on April 15, 2014.

 
In 2011, Jason Derulo recorded a track with Demi Lovato titled “Together” for her album Unbroken. His second studio album, Future History, was released on September 27, 2011. Its lead single, “Don’t Wanna Go Home”, was released on May 20, 2011. It landed the number-one spot in the UK and in the top five in Australia. Jason Derulo planned to embark on an eight-date UK tour in support of the album in February 2012, including a show at Wembley Arena on March 1. However, on January 3, 2012, while Derulo was rehearsing for his Future History Tour, he broke one of his vertebrae. As a result, he canceled all of his tour dates.

On March 28, 2012, Jason Derulo appeared on American Idol to announce he would allow fans to help him finish the lyrics for a new song entitled “Undefeated”, as part of a partnership with American Idol and Coca Cola. Fans were given the opportunity to submit their own lyrics to complete the song, and fans were then given the chance to vote on which lyrics they liked the most. On May 5, 2012, Jason announced that his first post-neck injury television performance would be on the eleventh season finale of American Idol, on May 22, 2012. Something his fans were sure looking forward to. In August 2012, Jason Derulo became a dance master alongside Kelly Rowland, for the first season of the Australian dance talent show Everybody Dance Now. The show was cancelled shortly after its fourth episode aired due to poor ratings.

 
On April 16, 2013, Jason Derulo released his single, “The Other Side” to radio on April 23, 2013. As of July 4, 2013 “The Other Side” peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Derulo announced via Twitter that his third album will be called Tattoos. The album was released on September 24, 2013. The album’s second single, “Talk Dirty”, was released internationally on July 27, 2013 (digitally). “Talk Dirty” has peaked at #3 on the “Billboard” Hot 100.
The album features American hip-hop recording artist 2 Chainz; it is the first single from Derulo to contain a feature.

“Marry Me” made its US radio premiere on On Air with Ryan Seacrest on August 26, 2013. On Wednesday December 11, 2013, he was the headline act for Radio City Live in the Echo Arena, Liverpool. He performed Ridin’ Solo and Talk Dirty.

6 months after Jason Derulo’s third album Tattoos was released (Other than in the U.S) he announced on March

18, 2014 that he would be releasing an album with 4 newly recorded songs and 7 from “Tattoos” as the U.S album and that it would have different artwork and be re-titled “Talk Dirty”. Talk Dirty was released on April 15, 2014.

 
In 2014, Jason Derulo was the #1 most played male artist on all of radio, with 9 songs reaching the Top 10 on the Top 40 chart. Jason was also the #5 most Shazamed artist, the top 10 most played artist on Pandora, and his hit single “Wiggle” ft. Snoop Dogg was YouTube’s 5th most watched music video in 2014.

On January 22, 2015, Dick Clark Productions announced that Jason Derulo would be a judge in the upcoming 12th season of So You Think You Can Dance, alongside new judge Paula Abdul and returning judge Nigel Lythgoe. Jason said,

I am truly excited, and eagerly look forward to joining the cast of So You Think You Can Dance,” “It is one of the most respected and longest-tenured shows on network television, and I hope to be a part of new growth and continued success.

On March 9, Derulo released the first single from his forthcoming fourth studio album, Everything Is 4, called “Want to Want Me”.

AWARDS

In 2010, Jason won Choice R&B Track and Choice R&B Album at the Teen Choice Awards. Later in 2011 at BMI Pop Music Awards, he won Songwriter of the Year and 50 Most Performed songs of the Year, wow! That is cool. He once more went to the Teen Choice Awards and won Choice Music: Star Male in 2014.
A man of many talents is Jason Derulo and he is my favorite American R&B artiste.

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