Marques Barrett Houston (born August 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer and actor. He is a former member of the R&B singing group Immature/IMx and has since gone solo.

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Biography

Early life

Houston was born in Los Angeles, California to Michael and Carolyn Houston. He is a cousin of singer J-Boog. ^[1] In 1997, Houston lost his mother to lymphoma. ^[2] This affected Houston deeply and he wrote songs about his mother's battle with the disease and her eventual death. He shares a birthday with U.S. President Barack Obama.

Music career

Houston was a founding member of R&B group Immature/IMx, which included members Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Kelton "LDB" Kessee and was managed by Chris Stokes. Houston's nickname at this time was "Batman".

The group released four albums under the name Immature: On Our Worst Behavior (1992), Playtyme Is Over (1994), We Got It (1995) and The Journey (1997). In 1999, the group underwent a name change and continued on to release two albums under the name IMx: Introducing IMx (1999) and IMx (2001). The group also branched out into film (such as House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute ) and television (such as A Different World ) before disbanding in 2002.

MH

In 2003, Houston began pursuing a solo career. Under his birth name, Marques Houston, he released his debut album, MH , on October 21, 2003. The album featured the singles "That Girl", "Clubbin'" (featuring Joe Budden), "Pop That Booty" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) and "Because of You".

In the United States, MH peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200 ^[3] and peaked at number 5 on Billboard s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. ^[4]

Naked

In 2005, Houston released his second solo album, Naked , on May 24, 2005. The album featured the singles "All Because of You" (featuring Young Rome), "Naked" and "Sex Wit You".

In the United States, Naked peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200 ^[5] and peaked at number 5 on Billboard s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. ^[6]

Veteran

In 2007, Houston released his third solo album, Veteran , on March 20, 2007. The album featured the singles "Like This" (featuring Yung Joc), "Favorite Girl", "Circle" and "Wonderful".

In the United States, Veteran debuted (and peaked) at number 5 on the Billboard 200 ^[7] and debuted at number 1 on Billboard s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, ^[8] marking this release as Houston's first number one solo album.

Mr. Houston

Houston has confirmed that he will release his fourth solo album, Mr. Houston . His first single is "I Love Her".

Other works

Houston continues to work with former bandmate Jerome "Romeo" Jones (now known as Young Rome). Houston made guest appearances on Jones' album Food for Thought (2004) on songs entitled "Sexapade" and "What Cha Doin' Tonight" while Jones made a guest appearance on Houston's album Naked on the song entitled "All Because of You". The two also collaborated on "For Your Love", a song from an unreleased album by Young Rome.

Houston made guest appearances on fellow TUG Entertainment artist Mila J's single Good Lookin' Out and Yung Joc's single 1st Time, making appearances in both music videos.

Houston was featured on 50 Cent's remix to the hit single "Candy Shop", which also featured Dame Four.

Acting career

Houston made his debut acting appearance in the comedy film House Party 3 , where he played himself along with fellow Immature/IMx bandmates Jerome "Romeo" Jones and then member Don "Half Pint" Santos (who was later replaced in the group by Kelton "LDB" Kessee).

Houston's breakthrough role came when he won the part of Roger Evans in the television comedy show Sister, Sister , playing the next door neighbor of identical twin sisters Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell (played by Tia and Tamera Mowry). He played the role from 1994 to 1998, making a final cameo appearance in the final episode of the show in 1999.

Houston starred in a couple of movies and played the lead roles here and there throughout his career. He even held his own television show for a short while (the short-lived UPN's Cuts , a spin-off of another UPN show, One on One ).

Discography

Albums

Year	Album
2003	MH
2005	Naked
2007	Veteran
2009	Mr. Houston [9]

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2003	"That Girl"	MH
	"Clubbin'" (featuring Joe Budden)
	"Pop That Booty" (featuring Jermaine Dupri)
2004	"Because of You"
2005	"All Because of You" (featuring Young Rome)	Naked
	"Naked"
	"Sex Wit You"
2006	"Like This" (featuring Yung Joc)	Veteran
	"Favorite Girl"
2007	"Circle"
	"Wonderful"
2008	"Sunset"	Mr. Houston
2009	"I Love Her" (featuring Jim Jones)

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role
1993	A Different World	Eli Black
1996	Family Matters	Himself
	The Parent 'Hood	Himself
1994-1998	Sister, Sister	Roger Evans
2003	Rock Me, Baby	Himself
2004 & 2006	One on One	Kevin Barnes
2005-2006	Cuts	Kevin Barnes

Film

Year	Film	Role
1992	Bébé's Kids	Khalil (voice)
1994	House Party 3	Himself
1997	Good Burger	Jake
2001	House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute	Jon Jon
2004	You Got Served	Elgin
	Fat Albert	Dumb Donald
2007	Somebody Help Me	Brendan Young
2009	Backdown	Elgin
	Boogie Town	Micha

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Result	Film/TV Show
1995	Young Artist Awards	Best Youth Comedian in a TV Show	Nominated	Sister, Sister
2004	MTV Movie Awards	Best Dance Sequence (shared with Omarion Grandberry)	Nominated	You Got Served
2005	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor - Comedy	Nominated	Cuts

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Marques-Houston.html
2. Marques Houston's 'Veteran' Debuts at Number One
3. The Billboard 200: MH
4. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: MH
5. The Billboard 200: Naked
6. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Naked
7. The Billboard 200: Veteran
8. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Veteran
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