

Recording Industry Association of America. ^ "American single certifications – Omarion – O".^ "Year-End Charts: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - 2005".^ "Omarion Chart History (Pop Songs)".^ "Omarion Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". The four charting hits - 'I'm Tryna,' 'O,' 'Touch,' and 'Ice Box' - from the two albums are included, as are a few of the stronger cuts not released as singles, like 'Drop That Heater' and 'Midnight.' A very viable alternate to picking up those two albums.
^ "Breaking News - Captivating Combos Added to "2005 American Music Awards" ".Dave "Natural Love" Russell – recording, editing, mixer.Recorded and mixed at The Underlab, Los Angeles."O" (Urban clean remix) (featuring Ray Cash)Ĭredits are adapted from the liner notes of O.He performed the song again at the 2005 American Music Awards on Novemas part of a medley with Bow Wow's " Like You" and " Let Me Hold You". The performance was Military-themed with Omarion and the dancers dressed in Army outfits. Omarion first performed "O" and " Touch" at the 2005 BET Awards on July 28, 2005. The video won the BET Award for Viewer's Choice at the BET Awards 2005. Intercut are scenes of Omarion dancing on the roof of an apartment with his friends, a woman or by himself. Omarion is remaining unbothered as his ex-girlfriend and former Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood co-star Apryl Jones continues her romance with his B2K bandmate Lil Fizz. Music video ĭirected by Chris Stokes (who previously directed Omarion in the 2004 film You Got Served), the video features Omarion going over to a girl's house and getting intimate with her. Eight weeks later, it peaked at number 27 the week of Maand stayed there for two weeks. Completing a circle, Omarion toured with a reformed B2K in 2019 before striking out on his own again on 2020’s The Kinection, a sinuous collection that sees him embrace trap and dancehall sounds while keeping up with guests like Busy Signal, T-Pain, and Wale."O" debuted at number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of January 22, 2005. After a stint on Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood, he returned to the charts with the slinky 2014 hit “Post To Be” and his fourth album Sex Playlist. A 2006 collaboration with Timbaland, “Ice Box” showed his increasing maturity as Omarion channeled his heartbreak over a relationship’s end into what became his biggest solo hit. The Grammy-nominated album established Omarion as an R&B powerhouse who was just as compelling on the lean and funky Neptunes-assisted “Touch” as he was on “I’m Tryna,” a slow jam that showed off his knack for being both salacious and sweet. World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. “I’m here to make you feel good.” And that’s just what he did with 2005’s O. “That was the moment I realized I’m here to make music,” he said. As he told Apple Music, he felt like he came into his own artistically when he was able to work with The Neptunes on his first solo album. In 2006, he released second solo album 21. As the teenaged frontman for the R&B boy band B2K, Omarion lived every young singer’s dream of performing in front of screaming fans and lighting up the charts with hits like the frisky “Bump, Bump, Bump.” But for Omarion-who was born Omari Ishmael Grandberry in Inglewood, California, in 1984-that early success was just the beginning of a richer creative life. Omarions debut single 'Never Gonna Let You Go (Shes A Keepa),' a collabo with Big Boi of Outkast, was released in the early fall of 2004, followed by his first solo album O at the end of the year.
