Tori Alamaze Explained

Tori Alamaze
Birth Place:	Detroit, Michigan, US
Birth Date:	7 July 1977

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

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

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

Singles

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Year	Peak chart positions				Album
US ^[2]	US R&B/<br />HH ^[3]	US ^[4]	US Sales ^[5]
"Don't Cha"	2004	—	53	20	4	rowspan="2"
"Control" (featuring Mobb Deep)		—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

External links

• allhiphop.com article: http://allhiphop.com/stories/alternatives/archive/2005/07/10/18135455.aspx by Clover Hope
• Tori Alamaze at MySpace.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Watkins . Greg . Tori Alamaze: Lost In Translation . AllHipHop . 2005-07-10 . 2022-11-13.
2. https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3Atori%20alamaze&f[1]=ss_chart_search_title%3A%2Adon%27t%20cha%2A&f[2]=itm_field_chart_id%3ABubbling%20Under%20Hot%20100&f[3]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=1&artist=tori%20alamaze&title=don%27t%20cha Tori Alamaze – Chart history – Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]. October 1, 2018. Billboard.
3. https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3Atori%20alamaze&f[1]=ss_chart_search_title%3A%2Adon%27t%20cha%2A&f[2]=itm_field_chart_id%3AHot%20R%26b/hip-hop%20Songs&f[3]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=1&artist=tori%20alamaze&title=don%27t%20cha Tori Alamaze – Chart history – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]. October 1, 2018. Billboard.
4. https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3Atori%20alamaze&f[1]=ss_chart_search_title%3A%2Adon%27t%20cha%2A&f[2]=itm_field_chart_id%3ARhythmic&f[3]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=1&artist=tori%20alamaze&title=don%27t%20cha Tori Alamaze – Chart history – Rhythmic]. October 1, 2018. Billboard.
5. https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3Atori%20alamaze&f[1]=ss_chart_search_title%3A%2Adon%27t%20cha%2A&f[2]=itm_field_chart_id%3AHot%20Singles%20Sales&f[3]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=1&artist=tori%20alamaze&title=don%27t%20cha Tori Alamaze – Chart history – Hot Singles Sales]. October 1, 2018. Billboard.