Blu cantrell where is she now

The single reached 2 on the U. Billboard Hot and 1 on the U. Mainstream Top 40 charts. It broke the record previously held by Elvis Presley for the number one most added song to radio. She also had a cameo in the movie Drumline released that same year. Two years after her first album, Blu released Bittersweet with lead single Breathe , featuring Sean Paul. It, too, was nominated for a Grammy Award, and the collaboration with Sean Paul gained much success worldwide.

Breathe charted in the top ten in the U. A year later, she appeared on Celebrity Circus , a show where celebrities learned an array of circus tricks and then competed against each other, but she was the first one eliminated from the show. To date, Cantrell has not released any singles or albums since , but in a interview with Fuse TV , the singer said her work is still "timeless," adding, "I've been eating off of those records and have been doing shows nonstop.

Cantrell posed nude for a magazine called Black Tail at age 18, but that doesn't mean she's interesting in using sex to sell appeal to sell her music. I think my talent definitely overrides one nude shoot. In fact, Cantrell made the case that the music industry was too sexually charged.

It's about emotion and melodicism," she said. I wouldn't have got a record deal if I didn't look cute. We're not suggesting Cantrell fell off the radar for refusing to sex up her image, but perhaps her outspoken critique ruffled some industry feathers at the time.

It's conniving and deceitful The music business, you get screwed and you don't even get your money! After several years out of the spotlight, Cantrell jumped on the reality-TV bandwagon in Hosted by former NSYNC boybander Joey Fatone, the premise of the show was to train artists to do circus acts so they could compete with each other before a panel of judges.

Although the show's concept seemed appealing to some, the result wasn't exactly a career boost. MTV dubbed the series a "death-defying disappointment," and Cantrell was eliminated after just two weeks. To make matters worse, she wasn't portrayed in a flattering light. An NBC promo shows Cantrell seemingly refusing to participate in her trapeze training sessions. When asked if she's "good," Cantrell simply says, "I'm not.

Regardless, the show was nixed after the first season. Blu Cantrell said she was planning a new album back in , telling Fuse TV she was "just looking for producers. Whatever catches my ear, I'll go with that.

While that's simmering, Cantrell also suggested that she'd be pursuing other projects in the entertainment industry. I'll probably do comedy," she said.

Cantrell does have some experience in that realm. Alas, nothing seems to have materialized on that front either. Cantrell occasionally takes the stage in order to keep her name in circulation. The previous year, she self-promoted a club show in Romania on a Facebook post , writing: "Make sure you get your tickets and reservations before it sells out.

It's going to be an insane party. Although she's mostly remembered for just two songs here in the States, it seems Cantrell still has a loyal fan base overseas. With no apparent promotional machine behind her, it's a good sign that she's still able to move tickets using not much more than good old-fashioned word of mouth. Yes, Blu Cantrell somehow still sells tickets, but club shows and festival stops aren't commanding the same audiences or drumming up the media attention that she once did.