Once Wale's Miguel-assisted Top 40 pop hit 'Lotus Flower Bomb' was well on its way to platinum certification, Miguel resumed his solo output in early 2012 with a trilogy of three-song EPs dubbed Art Dealer Chic. The parent album, All I Want Is You, followed that November and reached the Top Ten of the R&B/hip-hop albums chart, as well as the Top 40 of the Billboard 200, boosted by 'Sure Thing' (number one R&B, number 36 Billboard 200) and 'Quickie' (number three R&B). Raymond, which topped the Billboard 200 just before Miguel made his proper solo debut with the atmospheric hip-hop soul of 'All I Want Is You,' a Top Ten R&B/hip-hop hit.

Miguel also co-wrote a pair of the Jam & Lewis-produced songs that appeared on Usher's Raymond v.

Jaheim's 'Finding My Way Back,' a song he co-wrote, reached number 12 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop hit (and was subsequently nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best R&B Song). By the end of the decade, he placed songs on albums by Musiq Soulchild and Asher Roth. Miguel signed a solo deal with Jive in 2007 and continued to work with underground and major-label artists.

By that point, Miguel was becoming increasingly known in the underground through his collaborative work with Blu, Exile, and Daz-I-Kue. An album, Young & Free, was planned for release, but it was never issued. In 2005, 'Getcha Hands Up!' was issued as a promotional solo single, and its accompanying video - showcasing Miguel's dancing skills - aired on BET. Three years later, he was offered a slot in Fatty Koo, and appeared on the R&B group's BET reality show, but he turned the position down and eventually signed a solo deal with distribution from major-label Universal. As Miguel added to his discography with progressive albums such as Wildheart in 2015 and War & Leisure in 2017, he remained available as a sought-after collaborator, assisting in gold and platinum singles headlined by Mariah Carey ('#Beautiful'), A$AP Rocky ('Everyday'), and Mac Miller ('Weekend').Ī native of Los Angeles, California's San Pedro community, Miguel Jontel Pimentel was involved at the age of 16 with the production company Drop Squad. The singer, songwriter, and producer scored his first hit as a composer via Jaheim's 'Finding My Way Back,' which led the way for a parade of platinum, Top Ten R&B/hip-hop singles as a headliner, beginning with 'All I Want Is You' and culminating two years later with 'Adorn,' the Grammy-winning single from his Top Five crossover smash Kaleidoscope Dream. Biography Miguel flirted with stardom for several years prior to his 2010 lift-off as a specialist in carnal pop-R&B ballads.

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