A week after the release of Epiphany, another single was released, titled "Blame It on Me". Released on May 5, 2009, the album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 83,000 copies in its opening week. It marked Michele's first solo entry to the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 89. In January 2009, the album's title track was released as the lead single. In mid-2008, Michele began recording her second album, Epiphany. In September 2008, Michele performed twice at the Evening of Stars: A Tribute to Patti LaBelle.Ģ009–2012: Epiphany, Let Freedom Reign, and mixtape releases From May to July 2008, Michele embarked on a nationwide co-headlining tour with fellow soul singer Raheem DeVaughn called the Art of Love Tour Solange Knowles served as the opening act. She also wrote a song for Tyler Perry's House of Payne, titled "I've Gotta Love Jones". Michele guest starred as herself in The CW's Girlfriends, in the episode entitled "What's Black-a-Lackin'?", which originally aired on February 11, 2008. In 2008, Michele appeared on the track "Rising Up" from the Roots' album Rising Down. In 2008, "Love Is You" was released as the album's fourth and final single it reached number 90 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
In December 2007, "Be OK" was released as the third single, charting at number 64 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Best of Me" charted on the US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks at number 21. The album's lead single, "If I Have My Way", charted at number 24 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album spawned four singles: "If I Have My Way", " Best of Me", " Be OK", and "Love Is You". The song "Your Joy" was released on iTunes as a free single of the week. Michele's debut album, I Am, was released on June 18, 2007. She also appeared on the bonus track "Slow Down" from Ghostface Killah's The Big Doe Rehab. On Jay-Z's Kingdom Come, she is appears on the second single, " Lost One", while on Nas' Hip Hop Is Dead, she is featured three times: on the album's second single " Can't Forget About You", the Kanye West-produced "Still Dreaming", and the final track, "Hope". Michele has been featured on several hip hop albums, such as The Game's LAX, on the song "Let Us Live". Music career 2006–2008: Musical beginnings and I Am She attended Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York, and graduated with a vocal performance degree. Michele led gospel choirs in high school. Her father was a sociologist and her mother a psychologist.
Michele was born in Central Islip, New York, and grew up in Patchogue.
2.3 2013–present: Better, R&B Divas LA, The Lyricist's Opus, and Milestone.2.2 2009–2012: Epiphany, Let Freedom Reign, and mixtape releases.2.1 2006–2008: Musical beginnings and I Am.
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