Tremaine Aldon Neverson.(November 28, 1984 in Petersburg, Virginia), better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American contemporary R&B singer and songwriter. His debut album Gotta Make It, released by Atlantic Records in 2005. Inspired musically by R&B artists from the 1960s and 1970s such as Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin as well as contemporary artists such as Luther Vandross and R. Kelly, the young star debuted in 2005.
"Just Gotta Make It", which peaked at #87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and only number 21 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs tally. He was on "Girl Tonite", a song from Twista's album The Day After which reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs tally.
Trey Songz recently began work on his upcoming album Trey Day, which is a follow up to I Gotta Make It and will be his second album under Atlantic Records. It is set to be released October 2, 2007. The first single, "Wonder Woman", was shot on April 4th and feature Angel aka Lola Luv as Trey's love interest.
Trey also appeared on Obie Trice's second album, Second Round's on Me on two songs called "Ghetto" and "Mama". Trey will be featured on future projects from these artists too. He also appears on Yung Joc's "First Time".
Songz sold slightly under 75,000 records in his first week for his album "Trey Day", despite having a high bullet on his biggest hit to date, "Can't Help but Wait", which peacked in the top 5 on the Billboard R&B charts and in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, both of which are first for Trey.