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and "You". His sophomore album Love Behind the Melody was released in January 2008. It features the singles "Woman", and "Customer".
DeVaughn was nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards for the single "Woman".
Biography
DeVaughn , the son of jazz cellist Abdul Wadud was born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in
He graduated from High Point High School in Beltsville, Maryland, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County. DeVaughn had an epiphany early in his college career at Coppin State University in Baltimore City, when he saw a group of street corner singers and began harmonizing with them. DeVaughn said his focus became music: "Before I knew what was going on, I was... cutting class to write lyrics and record" . His focus turned to becoming a professional singer.
Personal life

Career
DeVaughn took up a job at Tower Records, where while putting price tags on CDs, he began working the D.C. music circuit—performing with various groups, the most prominent of which being Urbanave31, and at venues such as the State of the Union and Bar Nun on U Street NW, all while having CDs of his songs ready at hand. Locally in the DC
DeVaughn's first solo single released on a major label was the song entitled "Guess Who Loves You More", his second single was "You". DeVaughn's first Jive Records release "The Love Experience",


DeVaughn has been compared to Dwele, Van Hunt, D'Angelo, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder. DeVaughn has described himself as a "R&B hippie neo-soul rock star," a take on the difficulty media types have classifying him. Although Jive has been thrown considerable weight behind his recent album, DeVaughn doesn't leave promotion duties entirely to his label: "I'm my best marketing tool. I'm building the brand Raheem DeVaughn. I have to do it." He worked on the street to spread the word around, sold mixtapes of unreleased material to build hype, and provided impromptu shows at local venues. In another act of self-promotion, DeVaughn made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in late January, wearing a shirt that read "Grammy Nominated on the front" and "Love Behind the Melody-- In Stores Now" on the back. He also appeared on the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live, performing "Woman" on January 18, 2008. 1123
His song "Woman" was featured as iTune's single of the week the week of January 27, 2008 and received a nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the 2008 Grammy Awards.
In 2008, he was featured on T-Pain's song; Reality Show from the album Thr33 Ringz. The song also featured Jay Lyriq and Musiq Soulchild.
Awards and nominations
- BET Awards
- 2008, Best Male R&B Artist (Nominated)
- 2008, BETJ Award (Won)
- 2010, Best Male R&B Artist (Nominated)
- BET J Virtual Awards
- 2008, Album of the Year: Love Behind the Melody (Won)
- 2008, Song of the Year: "Woman" (Nominated)
- 2008, Live Performer of the Year (Nominated)
- 2008, Male Artist of the Year (Won)
- Grammy Awards
- 2008, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance "Woman" (Nominated)
- 2009, Best R&B Song: "Customer" (Nominated)
Discography
Albums
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The Love Experience
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Love Behind the Melody
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The Love & War MasterPeace
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Singles
Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||
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Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | Hot Adult R&B | |||
2005 | "Guess Who Loves You More" | — | 38 | — | The Love Experience |
"Believe" | — | 118 | — | ||
2006 | "You" | — | 53 | 18 | |
2007 | "My Soul's Not 4 Sale" (DJ Jazzy Jeff featuring Raheem DeVaughn) | — | 107 | 35 | The Return of the Magnificent |
"Woman" | 96 | 17 | 1 | Love Behind the Melody | |
2008 | "Customer" | 76 | 12 | 24 | |
"Text Messages" | — | — | — | ||
2009 | "Bulletproof" (featuring Ludacris) | — | 46 | — | The Love & War MasterPeace |
2010 | "I Dont Care" | — | 36 | — |
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