Tori Alamaze (born July 7, 1977) is an American singer best known as a backing vocalist for the hip hop duo OutKast.

Tori Alamaze
Born (1977-07-07) July 7, 1977 (age 47)
Detroit, Michigan, US
Occupations
  • Singer
  • backing vocalist

Hailing from Detroit, Alamaze worked as a make-up artist for about 10 years, including work for musicians Faith Evans, Erykah Badu, TLC, Xscape, Monica, Outkast, and Busta Rhymes.[1] After her first recording deal, she worked in the studio on her debut album and opened for The Black Eyed Peas.

Alamaze was briefly signed to Universal Records as a solo artist. Her first single, "Don't Cha" (2004), was written and produced by Cee-Lo Green. After mediocre national success, only peaking at No. 53 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, Alamaze's label dropped her, and the track was re-recorded by The Pussycat Dolls including a rap from Busta Rhymes. The new version climbed to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Club mix version peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

Discography

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  • Magick, Blessings & Bullsht Vol. 2 (2022)
  • Magick, Blessings & Bullsht Vol. 1 (2021)

Singles

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Single Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[2]
US
R&B/
HH

[3]
US
Rhyth.

[4]
US
Sales

[5]
"Don't Cha" 2004 [A] 53 20 4 Non-album
singles
"Control"
(featuring Mobb Deep)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Don't Cha" failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but reached number two on its Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Watkins, Greg (July 10, 2005). "Tori Alamaze: Lost In Translation". AllHipHop. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Tori Alamaze – Chart history – Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Tori Alamaze – Chart history – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "Tori Alamaze – Chart history – Rhythmic". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Tori Alamaze – Chart history – Hot Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
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