Anthony Hamilton is making parallels to Bill Withers and Bobby Womack today. He felt that it was his inspiration for his youth to step on to bigger stuff that eventually brought him there. Hamilton, who was born on January 28, 1971, was brought up in Charlotte, North Carolina. He entered a small community group at the age of 10, then sang in the choir of his high school.
In 1993, Hamilton wanted to relocate to New York City to seek a more professional musical career, and that was when he secured a publishing contract with Uptown Records from Andre Harrell. In 1995, his debut album was about to be released, but the business went bankrupt and left the album on the shelf. But his journey, with the mark, did not go down.
He signed with MCA Records and in 1996 he created a debut album named “XTC” The album struggled to peak on both the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts amid the medium popularity of “Nobody Else” song, and eventually went out of print. Hamilton recorded songs for other bands during his downtime and was finally asked to supply backup vocals for D’Angelo’s “Voodoo Tour”
At this time, Hamilton was already releasing another solo album under the new label. Unfortunately, after he came back from D’Angelo’s tour, Soulife Records also went out of operation. He also won a mass following when he performed the “Po’ Folks” chorus of Nappy Roots. In 2003, Hamilton earned a Grammy Award nomination for the song’s “Best Rap/Sung Collaboration” More alliances also followed suit.
His second studio album, Comin ‘from Where I’m From, was released in 2003 and received platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) at the beginning of December 200The song “Charlene” peaked on the Hot 100 at number 1For the song, he was nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2005.
‘Soulife’ was the first compilation album to be issued on Rhino Records in 200During its first week, it sold 53,000 copies, peaking at number 12 on the Hot 200 chart. His third studio album, “Ain’t Nobody Worryin'” was released at the end of 2005, making his Hot 200 debut at number 1In 2007, he then released another compilation album, “Southern Comfort” which was his first album to include a Parental Advisory stamp.
Later on, Hamilton went to Arista Records and released his fourth studio album in 2008, “The Point of It All” In addition to making its debut on Hot 200 at number 11, the album received mostly favorable reviews from most music critics. When Tarsha, his mom, gave birth to twin boys, his private life took over for a while in 20A year later, with “Back to Love” his fifth studio album that was released by RCA Records in December 2011, he was back in company.
