American singer Cassie Ventura, known simply as Cassie, has released one studio album, one mixtape, thirteen singles (including three as a featured artist) and eleven music videos. She recorded her first song, "Kiss Me", with Ryan Leslie for her mother's birthday in February 2005. Leslie then signed Ventura to his NextSelection imprint, writing and producing her first single, "Me & U", that same year. The song soon went viral after made available on her MySpace page and became a club hit in Germany. In the meantime, Diddy partnered with Leslie to release Ventura's self-titled debut album Cassie in August 2006, through Bad Boy and Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 and charted within the top forty in the UK Albums Chart, where it later received a Silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry. "Me & U" peaked in the top ten of several countries, including number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent seven weeks atop the US Airplay chart, being certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America selling over one million digital downloads. The follow-up "Long Way 2 Go" was the final single of the album and despite less successful in the US, it went on to peak within the top forty of various other countries.
In 2007, Ventura contributed with "Is It You" to the Step Up 2: The Streets soundtrack, also starring in the film. During this time, she was featured on Leslie's single "Addiction" from his debut album. In following years, Ventura released a string of standalone singles that failed to lead a second full-length project, including "Official Girl", featuring Lil Wayne (2008), "Must Be Love", featuring Puff Daddy (2009), and "Let's Get Crazy", featuring Akon (2009), while multiple demo tracks from the project's recording sessions leaked online. In September 2011, she was featured on the Bad Boy Presents: The Preview mixtape with two new songs, "Radio", featuring Fabolous, and "Make You a Believer", featuring Jadakiss, announcing the release of a new single "King of Hearts" the following year, through Interscope Records (later included on the Bad Boy 20th Anniversary Box Set Edition). In 2012, Ventura also released a collaborative track with Nicki Minaj, "The Boys", among guest appearances with other artists, and another promotional single, "Balcony", featuring Young Jeezy, after revealing she was working on a mixtape.
In April 2013, Ventura released her debut mixtape RockaByeBaby to positive reception and critical acclaim, which was preceded by the video premieres of "Numb", featuring Rick Ross, and "Paradise", featuring Wiz Khalifa, while claiming to still be working on her sophomore album simultaneously. Later that year, she contributed with a song, "Indo", to Solange Knowles' record label compilation album Saint Heron. In September 2016, "Joint (No Sleep)" was released as a part of the Honey 3: Dare to Dance soundtrack after Ventura was cast in the film's leading role. In August 2017, she announced signing a joint deal with Epic Records and Bad Boy with the release of a single called "Love a Loser". It was followed by "Don't Play It Safe", produced by Kaytranada and was set to precede a project by the two.
In the summer of 2019, Cassie revealed through social media she would be dropping songs exclusively on streaming platforms throughout a few weeks, dubbed as Free Friday's, which formed a playlist to celebrate the launch of her new independent label Ventura Music. She stated, "#FreeFridays was an exercise in freedom that I hope you all enjoyed and will continue to enjoy."
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US USR&B/HH BEL(WA) FRA GER JPN NL SWI UK UKR&B Cassie Released: August 8, 2006 Label: Bad Boy, NextSelection, Atlantic Formats: CD, digital download 4 2 78 48 82 30 78 57 33 3 US: 321,000 BPI: Silver RMNZ: Platinum
Mixtapes + List of mixtapes, with selected details Title DetailsRockaByeBaby Released: April 11, 2013 Label: Bad Boy Format: Digital download
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album USPeak chart positions for singles in the United States: Billboard Hot 100: Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100: USR&B/HHPeak chart positions for singles in the United States Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: All except noted: "The Boys": USRhy.Peak chart positions for singles in the United States Rhythmic chart: All except noted: "Let's Get Crazy": "King of Hearts": AUS CAN FRA GER IRE NZ UKPeak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom: All except noted: "The Boys": "Me & U" 2006 3 1 1 12 — 8 12 9 4 6 RIAA: Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold MC: Gold RMNZ: 3× Platinum Cassie "Long Way 2 Go" 97 — 29 23 — 21 43 14 17 12 BPI: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum "Is It You" 2007 — — — — 85 — — — — 52 Step Up 2: The Streets "Official Girl" 2008 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="3" "Must Be Love" 2009 — 56 — — — — — — — — "Let's Get Crazy" — — 33 — — — — — — — "King of Hearts" 2012 — — 39 — — — — — — — Bad Boy 20th Anniversary "The Boys" — 41 — — — — — 95 — 101 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up "Love a Loser" 2017 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Don't Play It Safe" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album US USR&B/HHPeak chart positions for singles in the United States R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: "Addiction": AUSPeak chart positions for singles in Australia: "#Wheresthelove": CAN FRAPeak chart positions for singles in France: "#Wheresthelove": GERPeak chart positions for singles in Germany: "#Wheresthelove": NL NZ SWIPeak chart positions for singles in Switzerland: "#Wheresthelove": UKPeak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom: "#Wheresthelove": "Addiction" 2008 — 35 — — — — — — — — Ryan Leslie "#Wheresthelove" 2016 — — 15 — 26 39 — — 41 47 rowspan="2" "Obvious" 2017 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Sound of Love" 2011 The Exclusives R&B Hits Vol.4 "Make You a Believer" Bad Boy Presents: The Preview "Radio" "Babygirl" 2012 Crack on Steroids "Balcony" "Moments" 2019 Free Friday's Playlist "Excuses" "Hungover" "Don't Let Go" "Speaking Of" "Rollercoaster" "Teach Me" "Simple Things"
Guest appearances + List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." 2007 Jay-Z American Gangster "Sweet" "Swagga Like Puff" 2008 Diddy "Chloe Jones" (Skit) 2009 Chester French Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance "Venus vs. Mars" Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 "Repercaution" 2010 Diddy – Dirty Money Last Train to Paris: Prelude "Shades" "Coming Home" Diddy – Dirty Money, Skylar Grey Last Train to Paris "Sex, Drugs, & Rock-N-Roll" 2011 Planet VI The American Dream "Warning Shot" 2012 Machine Gun Kelly Half Naked & Almost Famous "Fly with U" Far East Movement Dirty Bass "I'm Not Drunk" (Interlude) Colin Munroe Unsung Hero "Not Love" (Interlude) "Diced Pineapples" Fabolous, Trey Songz The S.O.U.L. Tape 2 "Weak" 2013 Los, Wiz Khalifa Becoming King "Hit It" Jonte', Dai Burger Dirty Werk "In the Mood" LoLa Monroe Lipstick and Pistols "Indo" rowspan="2" Saint Heron "Joint (No Sleep)" 2016 Honey 3: Dare to Dance "SDP Interlude" Travis Scott Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight "Lose" "Muse / About Ava" 2018 The Code Paramount "Big Shoes" (Remix) Empire Cast, Yazz Empire Original Soundtrack Season 4 "Way to the Show" 2019 Solange When I Get Home "Time" 2021 Black Coffee Subconsciously "Universal Love" 2022 The Game, Chris Brown, Chlöe Drillmatic – Heart vs. Mind
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released, other artists and directors Title Year Other artist(s) Director(s) As lead artist "Me & U" 2006 rowspan="4" Ray Kay Little X "Long Way 2 Go" Erik White "Is It You" 2008 Jon M. Chu "Official Girl" Lil Wayne Chris Robinson "Must Be Love" 2009 Puff Daddy Bernard Gourley "King of Hearts" 2012 rowspan="2" Christopher Sims "King of Hearts" (R3hab Remix) Julien Bachelet "The Boys" Nicki Minaj Colin Tilley "Numb" 2013 Rick Ross Alex Nazari "Paradise" Wiz Khalifa "I Know What You Want" rowspan="1" Chris Latouche, Jay-Ohh "I Love It" Fabolous Chris Latouche "Love a Loser" 2017 G-Eazy Harrison Boyce "Don't Play It Safe" 2018 rowspan="1" Life Garland Guest appearances "Just a Friend 2002" 2002 Mario Diane Martel "Here I Go Again" 2005 Ray Kay "Stronger" 2007 Kanye West Hype Williams "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." Jay-Z Chris Robinson "Crawl" 2009 Chris Brown Joseph Kahn "Ciroc Star" 2010 Chester French, Diddy,Jadakiss, Clinton Sparks Spiff TV "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)" Rick Ross, Styles P Parris "Roll Up" 2011 Wiz Khalifa Jake Davis "Shot Caller" (Remix) 2012 French Montana, Diddy,Rick Ross, Charlie Rock Colin Tilley "I'm a Coke Boy" (Remix) 2013 Chinx Drugz, Rick Ross,French Montana, Diddy Spiff TV "I Don't Belong to You" 2015 Keke Palmer Mia Swier, Jim Swaffield "#Wheresthelove" 2016 The Black Eyed Peas, The World Michael Jurkovac "Corazon" 2022 Ilham, French Montana Karrueche Tran, Robert Hanaford "Psychic" 2023 Chris Brown, Jack Harlow Cameron Dean
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