George Nozuka (born April 28, 1986) is an American-born Canadian singer and songwriter. best known for his single "Talk to Me", which peaked at No. 1 on the MuchMusic music-video countdown in October 2006.
Career Nozuka released his debut album Believe in 2007 under the mononym George. The album was produced by Perry Alexander, Roy "Royalty" Hamilton, and Anthony M. Jones, and was released by HC Entertainment Group. Three tracks became hits: "Talk to Me”, "Lie to Me", and "Last Time". Music videos for the songs were directed by RT! and appeared on the charts of Canada's specialized music cable channel MuchMusic.
Nozuka co-wrote Justin Bieber's “Home This Christmas” with Justin Bieber, Melanie Joy Fontana, Nasri Tony Atweh, and Nicholas Turpin. He also collaborated with Drake, and toured with The Backstreet Boys across Europe and Japan.
Collaborations Forgotten Children Through the Canadian section of Plan, Nozuka was involved in a documentary about restavecs, children working as domestic servants in Haiti. The documentary Forgotten Children: The Story of Haiti's Restavecs, directed by Craig Goodwill, shows the situation of the children through the eyes of various personalities, including Nozuka, a Canadian United Nations peacekeeper, Haitian filmmakers and activists, and former restavecs themselves.Forgotten Children: The Story of Haiti's Restavecs featuring George Nozuka. Plan Canada. Nozuka produced the song "Hurting Child" for the documentary.Video clip for "Hurting Child" by George with scenes from the documentary. Youtube.com (September 16, 2008). Retrieved on 2013-06-14.
Songwriting Nozuka co-wrote "Home This Christmas" with Justin Bieber, and "I Love Girls" with Cody Simpson.
Personal life Nozuka is one of seven children of Canadian mother Holly SedgwickJustin Nozuka | New Music And Songs. MTV. Retrieved on 2013-06-14.Sperounes, Sandra (November 8, 2006) Famous uncle, Backstreet mentor inspire popster George . The Edmonton Journal. Retrieved on 2013-06-14. and Japanese father Hiromitsu Nozuka. Sedgwick raised Nozuka and his six siblings as a single mother.http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2008/05/051108_10.html Nozuka is the older brother of the musicians Justin Nozuka and Henry Nozuka, and the actor Philip Nozuka.
Nozuka's aunt, his mother's half-sister, is the actress Kyra Sedgwick, who is married to the actor Kevin Bacon. Their two children, Travis and Sosie Bacon, are Nozuka's first cousins.
Discography
Albums + List of albums, with track lists Title Album details Notes BelieveReleased: 2007 Label: HC Entertainment Group Track list "Talk to Me" (remix) "Dance with Me" "I Wanna Love You" "Somethin' Somethin'" "Talk to Me" "Last Time" "Such a Fool" "Lie to Me" "Cherie Amour" "Can't Stop Loving You" "Stay Up" "Butterfly" "Hurting Child" "I Wanna Love You" (remix) Beautiful Released: January 7, 2013 Label: Self-released Track list "Beautiful" (ft. Jackie Boyz) "Runaway" "Up to You" "Invasion" "Haunted" (ft. Riff Raph) "Don't Go" "Unexplainable" "Two Broken Hearts" "I'm Ill" "You Are the Reason" "It's Love That's All" "Do You Remember" "Back to Life" "Boom Boom Boom" "End All Be All" Alone Released: June 5, 2013 Label: Self-released Track list "Alone" (ft. Jhyve) "I'm Reaching Out" "Win Your Love Again" "Pay Attention" "Touch It" (ft. Jhyve) "Valentina" "I'm Jealous" "Plastic Doll" "I am Broken" "What You Didn't Say" "Heaven" "I'm iLL" "Two Broken Hearts" "Back to Life" Dream On Released: June 1, 2014 Label: Self-released Track list "No One Else" "Forever Love" "You and Me" "ShoomDeeDop" "Barbie" "Getaway" "You Deserve Better" "Dream On" "Heaven Above" "That Someone"
Mixtapes 2012: Love Me 2016: Purple Kush
Compilations 2015: You Deserve Better 2021: Till the Morning
EPs 2018: Getaway
Singles 2006: "Talk to Me" 2007: "Lie to Me" 2007: "Last Time" 2012: "Don't Go" 2013: "I'm Reaching Out" 2014: "You Deserve Better" 2017: "My Beating Heart" 2018: "Getaway" 2018: "Touch Yourself" 2020: "What You Got" 2020: "Love You Like" 2021: "Blankets Of Gold"
As featured artist "With You" (remix) - JDiggz and Drake
Awards In 2007, the music video for "Lie to Me" won RT! the Best Director award at the Much Music Video Awards for the second consecutive year.Footage from MMVAs in 2007 for RT! winning Best Director for George's "Lie to Me". Youtube.com (June 17, 2007). Retrieved on 2013-06-14.
References
External links YouTube channel