Artist:Taio Cruz f/Ludacris
Song:Break Your Heart
Album:Rokstarr
Break Your Heart topped the US and British charts in 2009. It is the biggest hit for Taio Cruz. These days he seems to prefer writing and producing to recording himself. He was born Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere Apr. 23, 1980 in Brent, Greater London, England. His father is a Nigerian lawyer and his mother is a Brazilian hairdresser. Cruz went to private schools before moving to London to attend Stanmore College. Cruz's songwriting career started as part of producer Christopher "Tricky" Stewart's RedZone Entertainment. Cruz won a 2005 Brit award for co-writing Will Young's 2004 single Your Game. Cruz started his own company Rockstar Music in 2006. When his debut single I Just Wanna Know reached #29 on the British Singles chart, that got him a record deal with Universal. He was on Island in England and Republic in the US. His 2007 album Departure was released and the single Come On Girl reached #5 on the British Singles chart. A couple of songs charted in England but the album went nowhere in the US. After Cruz appeared on Tinchy Stryder's 2009 UK top five single Take Me Back, he decided to work with that song's producer Fraser T. Smith on his 2009 album Rokstarr. Smith had previously worked with Craig David and Adele. The two wrote and produced most of the album including the lead single Break Your Heart. It topped the British charts and Cruz won a Best British Single Brit award. Cruz was still with Republic in the US. But when David Massey of Mercury heard Break Your Heart, Mercury took over the release of Rokstarr. They produced a new video featuring rapper Ludacris and supermodel Nadya Nepomnyashaya. It topped the Billboard Hot 100. The singles Dynamite and Higher were also big hits. This album is available on CD. When Cruz's 2011 album TY. O didn't do nearly as well, Cruz decided to concentrate on other things. I should point out that Smith did not work on TY. O. Cruz worked quite a bit with Dr. Luke. And he planned to record his next album with him. But it was never released and Cruz announced in 2015 that he would only release singles online in the future. He thinks physical releases are outdated. I think you still need to do both. Cruz hasn't released anything anyway. Mostly he concentrates on writing and producing for others. After leaving TikTok in 2020, he has kept a low profile and I expect that to continue. Here's the video for Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris.
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