“When you get signed, you have an advance and you sign your deal and you have to work solely on your project. “It allowed me the opportunity to grow financially,” she explains to Rated R&B. As mentioned previously, she used the time to focus on songwriting. I was already signed as an artist but I just had to wait for my turn.”Īlthough she had to wait her turn, she didn’t let any time go to waste. So, the transition didn’t go exactly as it appears for everyone else. As a matter of fact, during that time, I was actually signed and shelved for maybe three or four years before I actually came out. “I remember it being a very welcomed transition.
“Honestly, being a songwriter was like the more realistic side but the dreamer Keri had always dreamt of being an artist,” Hilson tells Rated R&B. When it was time for Hilson to shift gears from songwriter to solo artist, she recalls it being pretty smooth. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which only helped bring worldwide name recognition for Hilson. Hilson not only co-wrote the latter Timbaland single, which appeared on his Shock Value album, she was also a featured artist. Blige’s “Take Me As I Am” (2005), Pussycat Dolls’ “Wait A Minute” (2005), Omarion’s “Ice Box” (2006), Britney Spears’ “Gimme More” (2007), Bobby Valentino’s “Anonymous” (2007), and Timbaland’s “The Way I Are” (2007).
In the years leading up to the album’s release, she worked as a songwriter who co-penned hits for artists like Mary J. On March 24, 2009, exactly 10 years ago, Keri Hilson released her debut album In A Perfect World… via Mosley Music Group/Zone 4/Interscope Records.
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