Yung Bleu Explained

Yung Bleu
Birth Date:4 April 1994
Birth Name:Jeremy Biddle
Birth Place:Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Alias:Bleu Vandross
Years Active:2013–present
Label: EMPIRE

Jeremy Biddle (born April 4, 1994), known professionally as Yung Bleu or Bleu,[1] is an American rapper and singer. He is best known for his 2020 single "You're Mines Still", which peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 after it was remixed by Canadian rapper Drake.[2] [3]

Life and career

Biddle was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama.[4] He started making music in 2013, releasing a string of mixtapes that had his name circulate throughout the Southern scene, and eventually signed a deal with Columbia Records through Boosie Badazz's label Bad Azz Music Syndicate.[5]

In 2017, he came back on the scene with the singles "Miss It" and "Ice on My Baby" from the mixtape Investments 4, which featured a guest appearance from YoungBoy Never Broke Again. In 2018, he released a remix for "Miss It" featuring Kid Ink and for "Ice on My Baby" featuring Kevin Gates.

In 2020, he released the mixtape Inv 5 and the EP Bleu Vandross, which were his last releases under Columbia Records and Bad Azz Music. Later that year, he signed a deal with Empire Distribution and a management deal with Meek Mill's label Dream Chasers Records.[6] The same year, he released the EP Love Scars: The 5 Stages of Emotions, which included the single "You're Mines Still". A remix for "You're Mines Still" featuring Canadian rapper and singer Drake was released through OVO Sound on October 16, 2020, after the two artists were connected by basketball player DeMarcus Cousins.[7] The remix peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, which helped Love Scars: The 5 Stages of Emotions to enter the Billboard 200 chart.[8] [9]

In 2021, Biddle released the singles "Thieves in Atlanta" featuring Coi Leray,[10] "Baddest" featuring Chris Brown and 2 Chainz,[11] and "Way More Close (Stuck in a Box)" featuring Big Sean.[12] All of the three songs appeared on Biddle's debut album Moon Boy, released on July 23 of the same year.[13] [14] The album features guest appearances from Drake, Gunna, Big Sean, Kehlani, Chris Brown, 2 Chainz, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Moneybagg Yo, H.E.R., and Kodak Black.[15]

On September 16, 2022, he released "Love in the Way" with Nicki Minaj, the lead single from his second studio album Tantra, which was released on November 11, 2022.[16] The album also includes guest appearances by Fivio Foreign, Lucky Daye, Ty Dolla $ign, Ne-Yo, Zayn, Kelly Rowland and Lil Wayne.[16] He released a follow-up five months later, named Love Scars II, a sequel to his 2020 EP, with guest appearances by Ty Dolla $ign, Tink, and Chris Brown.[17]

Discography

Artist:Yung Bleu
Studio:3
Ep:6
Option:8
Option Name:Mixtapes
Singles:29

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[18]
US
R&B/HH
[19]
US
Rap
[20]
Moon Boy
  • Released: July 23, 2021
  • Label: Vandross Music Group, Empire
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
12 7 6
Tantra
  • Released: November 11, 2022
  • Label: Empire, Moon Boy University
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
99 48
Love Scars II
  • Released: April 14, 2023
  • Label: Empire, Moon Boy University
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
38 15
Jeremy
  • Released: April 26, 2024
  • Label: Empire, Vandross Music Group
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
51
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Mixtapes

!Title!Mixtape details
Investments
  • Released: September 29, 2015
  • Label: F.A.B. Nation
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Investments 2
  • Released: May 12, 2016
  • Label: F.A.B. Nation
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Investments 3
  • Released: December 2, 2016
  • Label: Bad Azz
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Bleu Da Ruler
  • Released: May 5, 2017
  • Label: Bad Azz
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Investments 4
  • Released: September 12, 2017
  • Label: Bad Azz
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Investments 5
  • Released: February 14, 2018
  • Label: Bad Azz
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Investments 6
  • Released: September 20, 2019
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Bleu Vandross 3
  • Released: August 28, 2020
  • Label: Empire
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays

Title! rowspan="2"
EP detailsPeak chart positions
US
[22]
US
R&B/HH
[23]
Bleu Vandross
  • Released: April 5, 2018
  • Label: Bad Azz
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Bleu Vandross 2
  • Released: February 14, 2019
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Throw Aways
  • Released: August 16, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Since We Inside
  • Released: April 30, 2020
  • Label: Empire
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Love Scars: The 5 Stages of Emotions
  • Released: October 16, 2020
  • Label: Empire
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
8244
No, I'm Not Ok[24]
  • Released: December 17, 2021
  • Label: Empire
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

Title! rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[25]
US
R&B/<br/>HH
[26]
US
R&B
[27]
US
Rap

[28]
CAN
[29]
NZ
Hot

[30]
UK
[31]
UK
R&B
[32]
WW
[33]
"Miss It"
2017 Bleu Da Ruler
"Man Man Man"
"Ice on My Baby"[35]
2018
  • RIAA: Gold
Investments 5
"On Cam"
Bleu Money
"Unappreciated"[36]
  • RIAA: Gold
Bleu Vandross
"Elevatorz"
2019Investmens 6
"Boyz II Men"2020
"Running Out of Love"Blue Vandross 3
"You're Mines Still"
18 10 3 36 9 45 22 67 Love Scars: The 5 Stages of Emotions and Moon Boy
"2AM in Houston"Love Scars: The 5 Stages of Emotions
"Come Over"
"Build a Bae"
Nobody Knows
"Ghetto Love Birds"
2021Moon Boy
"Thieves in Atlanta"
rowspan="2"
"You Got It"
"Baddest"
56 17 12 38
  • RIAA: Gold
Moon Boy
"Way More Close (Stuck in a Box)"
18
"Selfish"
Heat of the Moment
"Beautiful Lies"
65 20 5 Moon Boy
"Fans Go Crazy"
"Walk Through the Fire"
2022Tantra
"Drip"
rowspan="2"
"No Limit"
"Love in the Way"
93 25 11 24 Tantra
"Life Worth Living"
"Feel It Inside"
2023
"Games Women Play"
"Stingy"
"Kissing On Your Tattoos"

As featured artist

Title! rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
R&B/<br>HH
Air.
[38]
"Mudd"
2016Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas
"Tomb Raider"
rowspan="3"
"Til I Came Up"
"Goin In"
2017
"Wild"
The Take Over
"We Was Broke"
2018
"24/7"
Upper Echelon
"Him" rowspan="2"
"Nann"
"Distractions"
Winning
"Twisted Fantasy"
rowspan="9"
"Unsure"
2019
"Special Somebody"
"Just in Case"
"Drop Top"
"Victim"
2020
"My Story"
"Territory"
"I Luv It"
"Tweakin'"
Back in da Lab
"Hate Me"
Introspection
"Beat da Odds" rowspan="4"
"Broken Scars"
2021
"A Million Reasons"
"Nasty Nasty"
"Track Star (Remix)"
Melodic Therapy 4 the Broken
"Read My Mind"
Land of Nothing Real 2
"VVS"
"Trying"
Multi
"Stay Down"
34Self Explanatory
"3am"
2022My Advice Is, Live Life
"UonU"
Toxic Chocolate
"Talk 2 Me Nice"
rowspan="2"
"Better"
"Do Not Disturb"
Lost Souls
"Marvin the Martian"
rowspan="2"
"One Light"

Other charted songs

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[39]
US
R&B/<br>HH
[40]
US
R&B
[41]
US
Rap

[42]
WW
[43]
"This Feeling"
2021A Gangsta's Pain: Reloaded
"Die Alone"
202292 38 25 143DS4Ever
"Possessive"
98 31 9 Breezy
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Let Me Know"2017Boosie BadazzBooPac
"Semi on Me"
"Ride For Me"2019Ann MarieTripolar 2
"Dope Boy"Asian DollFight Night
"Falling"2020TECWeb Life Vol.3
"Bipolar"T-RellSmile Through It
"Friendly"K CampKiss Five
"Perfect"2021LakeyahIn Due Time
"Trance"YSL Records, KarlaeSlime Language 2
"More Than Average"Taleban DoodaFallen Angel
"Paradise"H.E.R.Back of My Mind
"Nobody"Azjah1:03 AM
"Build A Bae"Muni LongNobody Knows
"Polaroid"RotimiAll or Nothing
"Changes"Ann MarieHate Love
"This Feeling"Moneybagg Yo, Ja'niyahA Gangsta's Pain: Reloaded
"Worthless"Money ManBlockchain
"Beat It"SmileyBuy or Bye 2
"Bitter"LPB PoodyI'm The One
"What You Need"Dusty LocaneUntamed
"Die Alone"2022Gunna, Chris BrownDS4Ever
"Aye Yai Yai"Coi LerayTrendsetter
"World Watching"Fivio Foreign, Lil TjayB.I.B.L.E.
"Find My Way"Hd4presidentFind My Way
"4 Letter Word"MTM DonDonMixed Emotions
"Who Are We"M HunchoChasing Euphoria
"Babysitter"Lobby Boyz, Jim Jones, MainoThe Lobby Boyz
"Possessive"Chris Brown, Lil WayneBreezy
"10:55"2023NandoSTLYear of the Ape

Notes

Notes

  1. Web site: Rapper Bleu makes appearance at Mobile's Mardi Gras. February 18, 2023 .
  2. Web site: Ju. Shirley. April 19, 2021. Yung Bleu opens up about Drake hopping on "You're Mines Still". July 23, 2021. Revolt.
  3. Drake Chart History (Billboard Hot 100). July 23, 2021. Billboard.
  4. Web site: Yung Bleu & Davido Stay Cold Hearted On "Unforgiving". July 25, 2021. HotNewHipHop. July 25, 2021.
  5. Web site: September 27, 2020. Yung Bleu Says 'He's Badazz For Life' After Boosie Badazz Let Him Out Of His Deal To Get Bigger. July 29, 2021. HipHopDX.
  6. Web site: Yung Bleu Clarifies Label Deal With Boosie Badazz & Meek Mill. July 29, 2021. HotNewHipHop. September 30, 2020.
  7. Web site: How Drake Ended Up on Yung Bleu's New Remix (With Help From DeMarcus Cousins). July 29, 2021. Complex.
  8. Yung Bleu Scores First Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. July 29, 2021. Billboard.
  9. Billboard 200 Chart (Week of October 31, 2020). July 29, 2021. Billboard.
  10. Web site: Yung Bleu & Coi Leray Team Up For "Thieves In Atlanta". July 29, 2021. HotNewHipHop. February 26, 2021.
  11. Web site: Powell. Jon. July 7, 2021. Yung Bleu, Chris Brown, and 2 Chainz salute the "Baddest" in new video. July 29, 2021. Revolt.
  12. Web site: Yung Bleu Reveals Big Sean Collab Came About From Accidental Studio Mixup. July 29, 2021. Complex.
  13. Web site: Yung Bleu: Moon Boy. July 29, 2021. Pitchfork.
  14. Web site: Yung Bleu, Dave, EST Gee and More – New Projects This Week. July 29, 2021. XXL. July 23, 2021 .
  15. Web site: Yung Bleu Shares Debut Album 'Moon Boy' f/ Drake, Gunna, Big Sean, and More. July 29, 2021. Complex.
  16. News: Devin . Yung Bleu Reveals 'TANTRA' Tracklist Featuring Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, & Zayn . November 9, 2022 . . November 8, 2022.
  17. Web site: Yung Bleu Shares New Album 'Love Scars II' f/ Ty Dolla Sign, Chris Brown, and Tink. Complex. Mahadevan. Tara. April 13, 2023. April 26, 2023.
  18. Peaks on the Billboard 200:
  19. Peaks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums:
  20. Top Rap Albums: Week of August 7, 2021. Billboard. August 3, 2021.
  21. Web site: Gold & Platinum . .
  22. Billboard 200 Chart: Week of October 31, 2020. August 3, 2021. Billboard.
  23. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart: Week of October 31, 2020. August 3, 2021. Billboard.
  24. Web site: Yung Bleu - No, I'm Not Ok - EP . . December 17, 2021.
  25. Peaks on the Hot 100:
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  29. Canadian Hot 100: Week of October 31, 2020. Billboard. December 1, 2022.
  30. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 100: Week of January 29, 2021. Official Charts Company. December 1, 2022.
  31. Web site: Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40: Week of January 29, 2021. Official Charts Company. December 1, 2022.
  32. Billboard Global 200: Week of October 31, 2020. Billboard. December 1, 2022.
  33. United States. Yung Bleu. February 16, 2022.
  34. Web site: Ice On My Baby - Single by Yung Bleu . February 17, 2022 . April 16, 2018.
  35. Web site: Unappreciated - Single by Yung Bleu . February 17, 2022 . August 22, 2018.
  36. United Kingdom. Yung Bleu. June 29, 2023.
  37. R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: Week of March 12, 2022. Billboard. December 1, 2022.
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