Trey Songz

R&B singer Trey Songz parlayed his smooth tenor voice into an astonishingly prolific, Grammy-nominated career as an R&B performer with multiple No. 1 albums and a slew of Top 10 hits on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop charts. The Virginia native was discovered while still a teenager by producer Troy Taylor, who largely shepherded his career from guest appearances on singles in 2004 to his debut album, I Gotta Make It (2005) and subsequent releases. Songz toiled tirelessly, slowly rising up the R&B and hip-hop ladder while focusing on mainstream success; after breaking into the Billboard 200's Top 20 with "Can't Help But Wait" (2007), he remained a constant presence on both the mainstream and urban charts before finally earning his first chart-topping album with Chapter V in 2012. Songz also flirted with an acting career, which included a lead role in "Texas Chainsaw 3D" (2013), but music remained his focus and passion, which underscored his status as one of pop and R&B's hardest working performers.