The single also served as the second and final single from Drake’s EP, So Far Gone. A promotional single, “Successful”, featuring rapper Drake, was released in June 2009 and reached #17 on the Hot 100, becoming Songz’s third Top 20 hit. The lead single from the album, “I Need a Girl”, was released in April 2009 and reached #5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart and #59 on the Hot 100, becoming an R&B/urban hit but not a mainstream hit. The album has since sold over 1,000,000 records in the US, earning a Platinum certification from the RIAA in June 2014, becoming his first Platinum album. These are his best first week sales to date and the album was his first to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. The album reached #3 on the Billboard 200, selling 131,000 copies in its first week. Trey released his third studio album, Ready, on August 31, 2009. Genesis was a collection of Trey Songz’s first recordings when he was fifteen years old and was released to show his fans the dedication that he had to making a record when he was young. Another mixtape from Trey was released in the summer of 2009, called Genesis. Before releasing his third album, Songz released a mixtape titled Anticipation in June 2009 through his blog, which featured songs from his third album. In 2008, Trey began work on his third studio album with Bryan-Michael Cox, Sean Garrett, Stargate and Troy Taylor and aimed for the record to be more mature than his first two. In mid-2008, Songz was nominated for a BET Award for Best Male R&B Artist but did not win the award. The fourth and final single from the album, “Missin’ You”, was released in May 2008, but failed to chart completely. The third single from the album, “Last Time”, was released in January 2008 and reached #69 on the Hot 100, and #9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The single was also nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 2008 50th Grammy Awards. It became Songz’s first Top 20 hit on the Hot 100, and helped to boost his second album’s sales. The single reached #14 on the Hot 100, and #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album’s second single, “Can’t Help but Wait”, was released in August 2007 and was released to promote his second album and the film Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack as a single for it. Because of the single’s failure, his second album was delayed from May 2007 to October 2007.
It reached #54 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but failed to impact the Hot 100. His second album was preceded by the lead single, “Wonder Woman”, which was released in February 2007. The album was going to be released on May 8, 2007, but was continually delayed in order for a successful single to precede the album, as the lead single failed to impact charts. It has since sold 400,000 records in the US, becoming his second album not to be certified by the RIAA. The album reached #11 on the Billboard 200, selling 73,000 copies in its first week. His second studio album, Trey Day, was released on October 2, 2007. Trey aimed for the album to be more mainstream-oriented than his debut album. In mid-2006, Songz began work on a follow-up album to his debut with longtime collaborator Troy Taylor and also employed successful Bryan-Michael Cox, Danja, Stargate and R. The single, “Girl Tonite”, reached #14 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming a huge hit. After promotion for his debut concluded, he was featured on the lead single from Twista’s fifth album, The Day After. The album’s second and final single, Gotta Go, was released in July 2005 and reached #67 on the Hot 100 and #11 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming even more successful than his debut single in the R&B/urban community and in the mainstream community. It garnered success in the R&B/urban community but failed to make a mark in mainstream music. Songz’s debut single, Gotta Make It, featuring Twista, was released in March 2005 and reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It debuted at #20 on the Billboard 200, selling 40,000 copies in its first week of sales. His debut album, I Gotta Make It was released on July 26, 2005. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet”, entitled “Open the Closet”. One of the mixtapes featured an “answer track” to R. While recording his debut album in 2004, Songz released multiple mixtapes under the alias Prince of Virginia.
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