Frank Ocean
Date of birth
28th October, 1987
Occupation
Musician
Sex
Male
Height
1.83
Frank Ocean (born Christopher Breaux, 28.10.1987) Frank Ocean is an American R&B singer songwriter who rose to fame on the release of his debut album 'Channel Orange' which charted at number two in the US Billboard 200 in 2012.
Childhood: Frank Ocean was born in Long Beach, California but later moved to New Orleans, Louisiana when he was five. As a teenager he took up numerous small jobs in order to save money to record his music in a studio. He attended the University of New Orleans where he continued to record his music, even setting up his own studio. In 2005, following the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina, he found his recording studio had been looted and flooded.
Musical Career: Frank Ocean moved to LA after University where he signed a songwriting deal and subsequently became a ghost writer for artists such as Brandy, Justin Bieber and John Legend. In 2009 he became a member of the hip hop collective OFWGKTA (aka Odd Future) and released his critically acclaimed 'Nostalgia, Ultra' mixtape alongside charting singles 'Novacane' and 'Swim Good'. Soon after, he signed a deal with Def Jam recordings and legally changed his name to Christopher Francis Ocean inspired by 1960 movie 'Ocean's 11'. In 2011, he featured on Kanye West and Jay Z's 2011 album 'Watch The Throne' contributing on the tracks 'No Church in the Wild' and 'Made In America'. His debut album 'Channel Orange' came out in July 2012 a week earlier than had been announced. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200. It was promoted with three singles: 'Thinkin Bout You', 'Pyramids' and 'Sweet Life'. He came second in the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll and has performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival as well as Lollapalooza. He has collaborated with artists such as Nas, Pharrell Williams and Tyler, The Creator over his relatively short career. Frank Ocean: Personal Life Before the release of his album, Frank Ocean became one of the first African-American R&B artists to come out as having had homosexual relationships. He announced the fact in a blog on Tumblr thanking those who have stood by him for their support and commented: 'I don't know what happens now, and that's alrite. I don't have any secrets I need kept anymore...I feel like a free man.' Frank Ocean: Legal Issues Frank Ocean sampled The Eagles' hit song 'Hotel California' for his track 'American Wedding' without asking the band's permission. Frank suggested the band felt 'intimidated' by his rendition but they retorted that what he did was illegal. Having initially not considered taking legal action, the band are rethinking their decision.
Frank Ocean In Legal Battle With 'Blonde' Producer
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 22 February 2018
He's suing his former associate for trying to claim songwriting rights.
Frank Ocean has entered into a legal battle with his former producer Om'Mas, whom he is suing for claiming songwriting rights to the singer's 2016 album 'Blonde'. It seems that despite a verbal agreement they had, the latter is refusing to acknowledge that he was not a co-writer on the album.
The lawsuit that Frank has filed alleges that Om'Mas Keith - with his company Keith's Analog Genius Corporation - attempted to register as a songwriter for the album with ASCAP on eleven album cuts despite a verbal agreement with Frank that he would not be co-writing on any of the songs.
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Frank Ocean Enchants Fans With 'Moon River' Cover
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 16 February 2018
An amazing rendition of a timeless classic.
Frank Ocean has unveiled a surprise contemporary cover of the pop standard 'Moon River' this week, and the internet has gone absolutely insane over it. Still, it's difficult to know what this release means for the rest of the year and whether or not it's one step closer to a new album.
The now iconic 30-year-old singer has just released his stunning rendition of the Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer penned tune 'Moon River', which was first performed by screen legend Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. It has since been covered numerous times, notably by Andy Williams, but this is definitely the most unique variation we've heard yet.
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Frank Ocean Is Sitting On A New Album
By Clive King on 28 November 2017
Frank Ocean has teased he has created a new album.
Frank Ocean has teased he has created a new album.
The 'Swim Good' hitmaker has admitted he finished making an LP ''before'' he turned 30 last month, but he has yet to release the compilation, although he has not given a reason why he has held back on unveiling his work.
Alongside a note posted on his Tumblr page, he wrote: ''In a note on his Tumblr page posted on Monday night. he wrote: 'I made the album before 30. I just aint put that b***h out. (sic).''
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Calvin Harris Joins Rihanna And Kendrick Lamar At Third Diamond Ball
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 17 August 2017
Calvin Harris has teamed up with pop royalty for his brand new album 'Funk Wave Bounces Vol 1', which lands on June 30.
Calvin Harris has been confirmed to perform at Rihanna's third Diamnond Ball alongside Kendrick Lamar.
The superstar DJ - who collaborated with the Bejan beauty on hits 'This Is What You Came For' and 'We Found Love' - has signed up to the charity fundraiser taking place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on September 14 in aid of the Clara Lionel Foundation.
Rihanna said in a statement: ''I'm ecstatic to add my longtime collaborator and friend Calvin Harris to the stellar line-up at this year's Diamond Ball. Calvin's music will bring the perfect mix of energy and excitement to the evening as we celebrate the Clara Lionel Foundation.''
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Parklife 2017 Preview
By Tareck Ghoneim in Music / Festivals on 01 June 2017
Taking place at Heaton Park in Manchester on June 10th and 11th.
Parklife, brings some serious class and style to the amazing city of Manchester, whose history of music deserves such a stella line up! Having Frank Ocean headlining on Sunday night, pretty much sums up the quality of Parklife these days. Parklife 2017 will not disappoint and seems like a big contender in the plethora of premier music festivals in the UK this year. Parklife would appear to be a brilliant way to start the summer. The festival is held at Heaton Park which is rapidly becoming a place of musical legend!
The festival, which takes place at Slottsskogen Park in Gothenburg, Sweden between August 10th and 12th, has already been announced to host acts such as Lana Del Rey, Major Lazer, Pixies and Young Thug, but Ocean joins the list of top billed artists in his very latest festival booking.
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Are Kanye West, Justin Bieber And Drake Boycotting "Irrelevant" Grammys?
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 31 January 2017
According to reports this year’s Grammys may be lacking some star power.
Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Drake are reportedly not going to be attending next month’s Grammy Awards.
According to reports the three artists will be no shows at the February 12 ceremony, despite receiving multiple nominations each.
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Top 10 Music Videos Of 2016
By John Tindale in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 December 2016
Will anyone ever forget the year 2016?
2016 has been a strange year. Starting off with the death of David Bowie (pictured below) and ending with nobody in the world quite sure what is going it has been a constant journey of ups and downs.
"Ocean invited me to Abbey Road to record on his album. I asked him how he heard about me. He told me his friend Diplo was listening a lot to [my album]Indiamore, and they started to listen to it, and they were wondering how I was doing the speech harmonization, so he called me. He asked me to do some speech harmonization on a song with him," Chassol told Peterson. "After a while, it was cool and he was like, 'yeah, but we have to find another way because you already did it'."
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