| Colby O'Donis
(born March 14, 1989) is a Grammy-nominated American pop, R&B and hip hop singer-songwriter, and actor.
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Life and career
Early Life
Colby O'Donis was born in
Queens, New York on March 14, 1989 and is of
Puerto Rican descent. He was born in
Queens, NY but his parents split up at a young age.
[1] O'Donis's talent was discovered at age 3 when he won first place at a talent show by singing a
Michael Jackson song. He would also perform at his father's flea market in Queens every weekend, just for fun.
[2]
Music Career
By age of 8, Colby's parents had relocated to
Altamonte Springs, Florida where he began collaborating with producer/songwriters,
Full Force, who were responsible for numerous hits by the
Backstreet Boys,
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam,
'N Sync, and
Britney Spears. Colby's rise to fame began at 10 when he became the youngest recording artist ever signed to
Motown Records to do a song for a major motion picture soundtrack. The song titled "Mouse in the House" was featured on the 1999
Stuart Little soundtrack. Soon after, he began taking guitar lessons with Johan Oiested, a musician in Carlos Santana’s rhythm section. At age 11, he appeared regularly as an actor on the TV series Grandpa's Garage. By age 14, Colby's passion for music had him opening shows for major recording artists including
JoJo,
A*Teens,
Hoku,
S Club 7,
Jump5,
B-5,
Backstreet Boys,
Brian McKnight,
98° and
'N Sync. Shortly after his 15th birthday, Colby's parents made the decision to relocate to
Los Angeles and pursue a recording deal using Colby’s 100+ song catalogue. Upon relocating, Colby was introduced to Genuine Music Group where he began collaborating on producing an LP album consisting of songs from his catalog and songs co-written by
producer's Damon Sharpe (
J-Lo,
Ginuwine,
Kelly Rowland,
Anastacia), Gregg Pagani (
Babyface,
Musiq,
3LW), Brion James,
Manuel Seal Jr. (
Mariah Carey,
Usher,
Mary J. Blige) and
multi-platinum recording artist
Justin Timberlake.
[3] Colby also performed in California, opening shows for
Keyshia Cole,
112,
Montell Jordan,
Daddy Yankee,
Omarion,
Don Omar,
Brandy,
Akon,
Rihanna,
Bobby Valentino,
Ne-Yo and
Lil Wayne.
[3] He was also briefly featured on an episode of
Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
as Nelson Duckworth.
2009-Present
In February, Colby attended the
51st Grammy Awards, but he and
Lady Gaga did not win. The following month, "Let You Go", the third single/video from his debut album was released.
In July 2009, Colby's duet with
Brooke Hogan, "
Hey Yo!" from
Brooke Hogan's sophomore album
The Redemption
was released as her second single. He also appeared in Brooke Hogan's Show 'Brooke knows Best'.
Colby is currently working on his sophomore album, with a new single titled "I Wanna Touch You" already on radio stations. Other recorded tracks that have leaked online include "Never Fall In Love Again", "Ooh Ahh", "I'm In Love", "Shake Your Body" and "Talkin 'Bout Us".
Discography