Profile On Keri Hilson

Name: Keri Lynn Hilson
Age: 28 (Dec 5th 1982)
Occupation: Singer/ Songwriter

Claim to Fame: Keri Hilson was born on December 5, 1982 and grew up near Atlanta, Georgia. Becoming an active participant in extracurricular activities such as swimming and basketball, she at the age of fourteen joined a band called D'Sign, who were unfortunately dropped from their label before recording an album.
Feeling strong passion for music, Keri continued polishing her talent by writing songs. However, she didn't pen tracks for big artists until 2001 when she was signed to help Ciara craft a single called “Oh Baby.” At that time, she joined forces with singer/song-writer Sean Garrett. Beside writing songs, Keri also served as an arranger, background vocalist and featured guest to many of the songs she wrote.
Keri remained behind the scenes until 2006 when Timbaland recognized her huge talent as a singer and so signed her to his newly-formed Interscope associated label Mosley Music Group. She then cooked up new materials with the rapper for her debut studio album.
Hilson released her debut studio album, In a Perfect World... in March 2009, which peaked within the top five of the Billboard 200 albums chart and featured the hit singles "Knock You Down" and "Turnin Me On". The album reached number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was eventually certified gold.[2] Hilson earned two Grammy Award nominations for the album including Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Knock You Down", which features Kanye West and Ne-Yo. A reissue of the album included previously unreleased songs such as "I Like". The song became Hilson's first number one hit in Germany and certified platinum there. Hilson has been featured on over a dozen singles by other artists, including the number-one hit single "The Way I Are" with Timbaland.