Chanté Moore
{{short description|American contemporary R&B, singer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name =
| image = Chante Moore 2018.png
| caption = Moore in 2018
| birth_name = Chanté Torrane Moore
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|2|17}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|television personality|author}}
| years_active = 1985–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Undisclosed Individual|1991|1993|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Kadeem Hardison|1997|2000|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Kenny Lattimore|2002|2011|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Stephen G. Hill
|2022}}
}}
| children = 2
| parents =
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| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{hlist|R&B|soul|jazz|gospel}}
| label = {{hlist|Silas||MCA|Arista|LaFace|Zomba|Peak|Concord|Shanachie}}
| website = {{url|chantemoore.com}}
}}
}}
Chanté Torrane Moore (born February 17, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter, television personality, and author. Rising to fame in the early 1990s, Moore established herself as an R&B singer.
Her debut studio album Precious was released in 1992. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on November 14, 1994, in the United States, spawning such R&B hits as "Love's Taken Over" and "It's Alright". Released in 1994, her second album, A Love Supreme, did not achieve the same success as her debut album.
In 1999, her third album, This Moment Is Mine, was released. The album included "Chanté's Got a Man", her first top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the R&B chart, which became her signature song and her best charting song to date. She then released three more solo studio albums, Exposed (2000), Love the Woman (2008), Moore Is More (2013) and two collaborative albums Things That Lovers Do (2003), Uncovered/Covered (2006), both with Kenny Lattimore.
Aside from her success in music, Moore became a television personality in 2013, being involved in TV One's reality series R&B Divas: Los Angeles for three seasons before it was cancelled.
Early life
Chanté Torrane Moore was born on February 17, 1967, in San Francisco, California, to Christian Evangelist parents Larry Moore, a minister, and Virgina Moore. She is the younger sister of LaTendre Moore and Kelvin Gomillion. Moore was raised in San Diego and grew up singing in church. She was heavily influenced by the music of George Duke and Lee Ritenour.{{Cite web |last=Koennecke |first=Grace |date=February 20, 2024 |title=Artist Spotlight: Chanté Moore defines what is it to be multifaceted |url=https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2024/02/artist-spotlight-chant-moore-career-timeline-music |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221085255/https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2024/02/artist-spotlight-chant-moore-career-timeline-music |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Artist Spotlight: Chanté Moore defines what is it to be multifaceted - The Post |language=en-US}} Moore was a beauty pageant contestant and model when, at age twenty-two, she was discovered by MCA Records executive Louil Silas.
Career
=1986–1995: Debut album ''Precious'', breakthrough and ''A Love Supreme''=
Motivated by her then-boyfriend to approach a professional career in music,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_k_J7hDAy0|title=Questlove Supreme Podcast: Chanté Moore|via=YouTube|date=April 19, 2023|access-date=August 2, 2023}} Moore was initially signed by talent manager Benny Medina to Warner Bros. Records at the age of 19. While she recorded an album, titled Listen to My Song,{{cite web|first=Brendan|last=Frederick|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/brendan-frederick/brian-alexander-morgan-swv-interview|title=Interview: Brian Alexander Morgan, the '90s Mastermind Behind SWV, on His History & Return to Music|magazine=Complex|date=September 22, 2014|access-date=August 2, 2023}} for the label, the project was shelved late into the production and Moore was eventually dropped.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dZXqZg9lF0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/2dZXqZg9lF0| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=We Luvv Rare Grooves 7 25 16 Guest Chante Moore|last=Cllifton Moseley|date=July 26, 2016|access-date=August 2, 2023|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} In February 1991, she signed with MCA Records executive Louis Silas, Jr.'s newly founded Silas Records, a joint venture with MCA, after A&R director Madeleine Randolph had presented him several demos from her Listen to My Song sessions.{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Nathan|url=https://books-google-com.translate.goog/books?id=CxAEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl|title='Precious' Time: Silas Gives Chanté Debut Extar Effort|magazine=Billboard|date=July 10, 1993|access-date=August 2, 2023}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Silas Records' first signee, she immediately began recording her solo debut album. In October 1991, "Candlelight and You," a duet which Moore had recorded with R&B singer Keith Washington for her debut was placed on the MCA-produced soundtrack for the comedy film House Party 2.
On September 29, 1992, Silas Records released Moore's debut album, Precious.{{cite web|title=Chante Moore Precious Amazon Music|url=https://www.amazon.com/Precious-Chante-Moore/dp/B000002OKZ/|website=Amazon Store (U.S.)|access-date=3 July 2017}} The album featured production from Simon Law, Bebe Winans, George Duke, among others, and peaked at number one-hundred and one on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/298935/chant-moore/chart?f=305|title=Billboard 200 Charts > Chante Moore|website=billboard.com|access-date=3 July 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204172834/http://www.billboard.com/artist/298935/chant-moore/chart?f=305|url-status=dead}} The first single, "Love's Taken Over" peaked at number eighty-six and number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|title=Chanté Moore - Billboard Chart History - Hot 100 Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/298935/chant-moore/chart?f=379|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 July 2017|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504090440/https://www.billboard.com/artist/298935/chant-moore/chart?f=379|url-status=dead}} and R&B Singles charts, respectively.{{cite magazine|title=Chanté Moore Billboard History R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/298935/chant-moore/chart?f=367|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 July 2017|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504090427/https://www.billboard.com/artist/298935/chant-moore/chart?f=367|url-status=dead}} The album's second single, It's Alright failed to make impact on the Billboard Hot 100, however, peaking at number thirteen on the R&B charts. More singles from Precious were released in 1993, including "As If We Never Met" and "Who Do I Turn To?". The album was certified gold by the RIAA on November 14, 1994.[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Chant%C3%A9+Moore&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – Chanté Moore albums"]. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 3 July 2017
On November 15, 1994, Moore released her second album A Love Supreme which peaked at sixty-four on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Moore was one of the co-executive producers of the album and co-wrote eight of its songs, along with Fred Moultrie. The album's first single, "Old School Lovin'", peaked at number nineteen on the R&B chart, marking her third top 20 R&B song. Three more songs were released from the album: "This Time" (1994), "I'm What You Need" (1995) and "Free/Sail On" (1995). In 1995, Moore appeared on the soundtrack to the hit film Waiting to Exhale and featured on five tracks, performing a solo on "Wey U," and adding backing vocals on the hit single, "Count On Me."
=1996–2002: ''This Moment Is Mine'', divorce and ''Exposed''=
In 1998, Moore collaborated with Boyz II Men on the song "Your Home Is In My Heart" from the soundtrack to the film How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
In 1999, she released her third album This Moment Is Mine, which was led by her biggest single to date, "Chanté's Got a Man", written for then-husband Kadeem Hardison. It peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two on the R&B chart and was certified gold. It was followed-up by the single "I See You in a Different Light" with JoJo Hailey of Jodeci and included as the theme for the film For the Love of the Game starring Kevin Costner.
Following her divorce from Hardison, Moore worked with a different set of collaborators for the more contemporary R&B album Exposed, which followed in 2000 and included the singles "Straight Up" (produced by Jermaine Dupri) and "Bitter" for which the latter's video continued the saga of the R. Kelly and The Isley Brothers "Mr. Big" story.
In 2002, Moore had the distinction of winning a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single for the song "Contagious", featuring The Isley Brothers and R. Kelly. The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
=2003–2007: Duet albums with Kenny Lattimore: ''Things That Lovers Do'' and ''Covered/Uncovered''=
A year after marrying R&B singer Kenny Lattimore, the two signed as a duet act to Arista Records and released a duet cover album titled Things That Lovers Do in 2003. The album was promoted with a stageplay named after the album and a music video for the single "You Don't Have to Cry", which shows a prominently pregnant Moore on screen with Lattimore.
In fall 2006, Moore issued a follow-up to Things That Lovers Do, another album of duets with her then-husband Kenny Lattimore; a double-CD of gospel and R&B love songs titled Uncovered/Covered. The set was led off by dual singles, the Bryan-Michael Cox-produced "Figure It Out", and "Make Me Like the Moon", a gospel ballad co-written by Lattimore and Moore and produced by Fred Hammond. Uncovered/Covered was released via LaFace/Verity/Zomba Music Group on October 10.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurweb.com/printable.cfm?id=29161 |title=KENNY AND CHANTE PLAY MARRIAGE THERAPISTS WITH NEW ALBUM: Couple heeds their calling with "Covered/Uncovered"; God knows Christian marriages need it. |date=2006-10-13 |publisher=EURweb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204224441/http://www0.eurweb.com/printable.cfm?id=29161 |archive-date=2007-12-04 }}
In 2007, Moore starred in the stageplay By Any Means Necessary, along with Dave Hollister, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Shar Jackson, and Danielle Mone Truitt.
=2008–2012: Label change and ''Love the Woman''=
During the recording of her duet album with Lattimore, she signed a new solo recording contract with Peak Records, a subsidiary of Concord Music Group.{{cite web|url=http://fm5280.com/nuke/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=28|title=Chante Moore Signs To Peak Records|date=2007-07-18|publisher=FM5280 ~ Smooth Jazz|access-date=February 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228101029/http://fm5280.com/nuke/modules.php?name=News|archive-date=December 28, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
On June 17, 2008, Moore released her fifth solo album Love the Woman.[http://byanymeansplay.com/show/index.html By Any Means Necessary Biographies] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426060742/http://byanymeansplay.com/show/index.html |date=April 26, 2008 }}[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000X410DO/ Chanté Moore: Love The Woman]. Amazon.com The album's lead single "Ain't Supposed to Be This Way" impacted radio on May 12, 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3id751287ff1c2313e1edea67701d45127 |title=R&B Briefs: Berklee College of Music, Chanté Moore |date=2008-04-08 |publisher=Billboard.Biz |access-date=2008-04-26 |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |archive-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508204433/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3id751287ff1c2313e1edea67701d45127 |url-status=dead }}
In 2009, Moore set some dates for a Love the Woman tour, with performances in Los Angeles, and Atlanta, Georgia. Additionally, she starred with James Pickens, Jr. (of Grey's Anatomy), Vickie Winans, Loretta Devine, Reginald VelJohnson, Rocky Carroll and Kenny Lattimore in a live stage production of Otis Sallid's Gospel! Gospel! Gospel at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in May 2009.{{cite web |url=http://jamespickensjrfoundation.org/fund/fund.html |title=Gospel! Gospel! Gospel |date=2009-05-05 |publisher=James Pickens Jr Foundation |access-date=2009-05-05 | last=Pickens | first=James Jr. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714235117/http://www.jamespickensjrfoundation.org/fund/fund.html |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
In July 2011, it was announced that she would be the TV host for an upcoming women's fitness reality series sponsored by SportyGirl Fitness.{{cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8662081.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210233655/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8662081.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 10, 2012 |title=SportyGirl Fitness Reality TV Casting Call on Saturday, July 30th in Atlanta, Georgia |publisher=Prweb.com |access-date=2012-04-09}} The following year, Moore performed at the 2012 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in a tribute to the late singer Donna Summer.
=2013–2015: ''Moore Is More'', ''R&B Divas: Los Angeles'' and ''Will I Marry Me?''=
On January 1, 2013, Moore signed a new record deal with Shanachie Entertainment.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/shanachie.entertainment/posts/304684409651597 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/143290382387214/304684409651597 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title= Chante Moore has joined Shanachie Entertainment |publisher=Shanachie Entertainment |date=2013-01-03 |access-date=2013-01-19}}{{cbignore}} She released her sixth studio solo album Moore Is More on July 30,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Moore-Is-More-Chante/dp/B00BKBCIZS|title=Moore Is More|date=30 July 2013|access-date=10 April 2017|via=Amazon}} which was preceded by the single "Talking in My Sleep".
In early 2013, it was also announced that Moore had joined the cast of the reality TV show R&B Divas: Los Angeles with Kelly Price, Dawn Robinson (of En Vogue), Michel'le, Lil' Mo and Claudette Ortiz.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvone.tv/shows/r-b-divas--la.html |title=R&B Divas: LA |access-date=2013-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727083728/http://tvone.tv/shows/r-b-divas--la.html |archive-date=July 27, 2013}} They filmed the series throughout the year, and it premiered/aired during the summer. A second season was filmed in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://tvone.tv/shows/r-b-divas--la/inside-the-show/two-new-divas-join-la-cast-.html |title=Two New Divas Join LA Cast | R&B Divas: LA | TVONE.TV |access-date=2014-03-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220164758/http://tvone.tv/shows/r-b-divas--la/inside-the-show/two-new-divas-join-la-cast-.html |archive-date=2014-02-20}}
In March 2014, it was announced that Moore would start a limited run in Vegas on March 24 in the Bally's Las Vegas legendary show Jubilee!, after Terry Ellis (of En Vogue) had completed her run. The show was directed by Frank Gatson Jr. and also starred Grammy-nominated singer Luke James.{{cite web|url=http://www.superwomanlifestyle.com/exclusive-chante-moore-leaps-rb-divas-historical-las-vegas-show/|title=[Exclusive] Chante Moore Leaps From R&B Divas To Historical Las Vegas Show - Vicki Irvin - Superwoman Lifestyle|date=17 March 2014|work=superwomanlifestyle.com|access-date=10 April 2017|archive-date=March 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320132305/http://www.superwomanlifestyle.com/exclusive-chante-moore-leaps-rb-divas-historical-las-vegas-show/|url-status=dead}} The second season of R&B Divas: Los Angeles premiered in July 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisrnb.com/2014/06/tv-one-announces-rb-divas-l-a-season-2-premiere-date/|title=TV One Announces R&B Divas L.A. Season 2 Premiere Date - ThisisRnB.com - Hot New R&B Music, Videos, News|work=thisisrnb.com|date=June 3, 2014 |access-date=10 April 2017}} and Moore released a digital single, "I Know, Right?", later that month.{{cite web|url=http://www.singersroom.com/content/2014-07-29/Chante-Moore-I-Know-Right/|title=Chante Moore - I Know, Right - Singersroom.com|date=29 July 2014|work=singersroom.com|access-date=10 April 2017}}
She released her self-help book Will I Marry Me? in August 2014.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IAmChanteMoore/statuses/494720513520857089|title=Chante Moore on Twitter|work=twitter.com|access-date=10 April 2017}} Moore's manager, Cheryl Cobb Debrosse, began producing an adaptation of Will I Marry Me? into a one-woman show in 2015. That same year, Moore announced work on a new solo album which would include new material in addition to a few remakes of her songs, due to the experience of her one-woman show.{{cite web|url=http://urbantmedia.com/2015/03/chante-moore-the-encore/|title=Chante Moore…The Encore - -|date=7 March 2015|work=urbantmedia.com|access-date=10 April 2017|archive-date=August 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827141337/http://urbantmedia.com/2015/03/chante-moore-the-encore/|url-status=dead}} The third (and final) season of R&B Divas: Los Angeles premiered on February 11, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.wetpaint.com/rb-divas-la-season-3-1393301/|title=R&B Divas L.A. Season 3 Premiered — What Did You Think? - Wetpaint|date=26 February 2015|work=wetpaint.com|access-date=10 April 2017}}
=2016–2021: ''The Rise of the Phoenix'' and ''Christmas Back to You''=
In 2016, Moore premiered a new track titled "Ghetto Love" featuring Kurupt on Donnie Simpson's radio show.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/6x9giHyMch/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/6x9giHyMch |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Instagram post by Chante Moore • Aug 24, 2015 at 9:08pm UTC|work=instagram.com|access-date=10 April 2017}}{{cbignore}} Later in July, she appeared on the radio show to premiere her new single "Put It On Fate" of which she filmed a music video on July 13.{{cite web|url=http://urbantmedia.com/2015/03/chante-moore-the-encore/|title=Chante Moore… The Encore |date=March 7, 2015|work=urbantmedia.com|access-date=April 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616193520/http://urbantmedia.com/2015/03/chante-moore-the-encore/|archive-date=June 16, 2016}}
File:Chanté Moore in 2018 at Shreveport, Louisiana.jpg.]] In February 2017, Moore, along with Carl Anthony Payne II and LisaRaye McCoy, began touring with and co-starring in Je'Caryous Johnson's off-Broadway play Married But Single Too.{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Gans |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/casting-set-for-tour-of-married-but-single-too|title=Casting Set for Tour of Married But Single Too|website=Playbill.com|date=December 29, 2016|access-date=August 2, 2023}} The same month, she released "Real One,"{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IAmChanteMoore/status/826605374018949122|title=Chante Moore on Twitter|work=twitter.com|access-date=10 April 2017}} the lead single off her seventh studio album The Rise of the Phoenix, her debut on her own record label CM7 Records.{{cite web|first=Yvette|last=Caslin|url=https://rollingout.com/2017/03/08/chante-moore-new-man-talks-new-album-stage-play/|title=Chanté Moore has a new man; talks loving again, new album and stage play |website=rollingout.com |date=March 8, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2023}} The song proved to be her most successful single in seventeen years, peaking at number 10 on the US Adult R&B Songs chart and at number 39 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IAmChanteMoore/status/792128920220946433|title=Chante Moore on Twitter|work=twitter.com|access-date=10 April 2017}} Released to streaming services on September 8, 2018,{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6MFzM71w48QiHPPExTUX93 |title=The Rise of the Phoenix by Chanté Moore on Spotify |website=Open.spotify.com |date=2017-09-06 |access-date=2020-04-18}} followed by a digital and physical release the weeks after, The Rise of the Phoenix, chiefly produced by Lil' Ronnie, earned positive reviews from critics,{{cite web|first= Hannah |last=Rodríguez|url=https://www.wepluggoodmusic.com/wpgm-recommends-chante-moore-rise-phoenix-album-review/ |title=WPGM Recommends: Chanté Moore – The Rise Of The Phoenix (Album Review) |website=wepluggoodmusic.com|date=October 17, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2023}} and peaked at number 24 on the US R&B Album Sales chart.
Also in 2017, Moore released her first full-length Christmas album titled Christmas Back to You.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/chantemoorefans/photos/a.171114659604086.37014.170037496378469/1407917002590506/?type=3 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/170037496378469/1407917002590506 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Chante Moore - This was night b4Last in Detroit at Chene... |website=Facebook.com |date=2017-06-30 |access-date=2020-04-18}}{{cbignore}} Again featuring main production from Lil' Ronnie, the project comprises five original songs and six cover versions of Christmas standards and carols.{{cite web |url=http://middlechildpromotions.com/chante-moore-pushes-back-phoenix-release-announces-christmas-album/ |title=Chante Moore Pushes Back 'Phoenix' Release & Announces Christmas Album|website=middlechildpromotions.com |access-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001345/http://middlechildpromotions.com/chante-moore-pushes-back-phoenix-release-announces-christmas-album/ |archive-date=September 21, 2017 |date=September 19, 2017|url-status=dead }} In March 2018, Moore premiered the single "One Love," featuring Lewis Sky, ahead of a new EP, 1 of 4, released on April 5.{{cite web|url=https://youknowigotsoul.com/chante-moore-1-of-4-ep-stream |title=Chante Moore – 1 of 4 (EP Stream)|website=YouKnowIGotSoul.com |date=April 7, 2018 |access-date=August 2, 2023}} Including guest appearances from Sky, Felly the Voice, D. Bryant, and girl band June's Diary, the EP was the first project to be released as part of a four-EP series,{{cite web|first=Porsha|last=Monique|url=https://rollingout.com/2019/10/26/chante-moore-turns-up-the-heat-on-making-fresh-love/|title=Chante Moore turns up the heat on making 'Fresh Love'|website=rollingout.com |date=October 26, 2019|access-date=August 2, 2023}} but while Moore released another single from the project, "Fresh Love," in 2019, the series was eventually discontinued and plans, to release all four parts on one album were shelved. In September 2021, Moore released the standalone single "Right One", which she co-wrote alongside Eric and Jovan Dawkins.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6zg3IitJ0RvBXxjXOujjag?si=VzGgUpNSSwelym59nNWPwQ|title= Chante Moore - Right One|website=Spotify|access-date=30 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.soulbounce.com/2021/09/chante-moore-right-one/|title=Chanté Moore Finds Inspiration In The 'Right One'|website=SoulBounce|date=September 7, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://ratedrnb.com/2021/09/chante-moore-returns-with-new-single-right-one/|title=Chanté Moore Returns With New Single 'Right One'|website=Rated RnB|last=Samuels|first=Keithan|date=4 September 2021|access-date=30 December 2021}}
= 2022–present: Ninth studio album and ''Singer 2024'' in China =
In November 2022, celebrating the 30th anniversary of her debut album Precious (1992), Moore performed a medley, consisting of "Love's Taken Over", "It's Alright" and "Chanté's Got a Man," at the 2022 Soul Train Music Awards,{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/chante-moore-2022-bet-soul-train-awards-1234714390/|title=Chanté Moore Hits A High Note During 2022 BET Soul Train Awards Performance|website=Vibe.com|last=Corrine|first=Amber|date=November 26, 2023|access-date=July 31, 2023}} to rave reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/soul-train-awards-2022-ari-lennox-muni-long-perform-xscape-morris-day-honored-1235176691/|title=Ari Lennox, Muni Long Perform; Xscape, Morris Day Honored at Soul Train Awards 2022|website=Billboard.com|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|date=November 27, 2023|access-date=July 31, 2023}} In January 2023, P Music Group announced that Moore had signed with the label.{{cite web|url=https://www.pmusicgroup.com/news/chante-moore/|title=Chanté Moore Signs With P Music Group|website=pmusicgroup.com|date=January 1, 2023|access-date=August 1, 2023}} In June 2023, she was a part of Babyface's Tiny Desk concert ensemble, along with Avery Wilson and Tank.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/babyface-tiny-desk-concert-1234767719/|title=Babyface Brings Decades of Hits to the 'Tiny Desk'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=June 9, 2023|access-date=July 31, 2023}} The following month, Moore announced that she had started work on her ninth studio album Evolve, involving previous collaborators such as Laney Stewart, Tricky Stewart, Babyface, and Simon Law, as well as Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.{{Cite instagram |user=iamchantemoore|postid=CvLAQrEx210|title=New beginnings are amazing and inspiring! |date=July 31, 2023}}
Between May and July 2024, Moore participated in the ninth season of the Chinese reality show Singer 2024, a singing competition for professional singers.{{Cite web |last=李平 |title='Singer 2024' unfolds in Changsha with a diverse array of talent |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202405/10/WS663dc76ba31082fc043c66ae.html |date=May 10, 2024|access-date=March 8, 2025 |website=China Daily}} The first R&B vocalist to compete on the singing competition, she made it to the show's final but did not advance to its second round, earning her a joint fifth place.{{Cite web|title="Singer 2024" Foreigners are too powerful and China sets off a battle to defend the Chinese music scene |url=https://news.vocofm.com/en/entertainment-news/95964/|date=May 16, 2024|access-date=March 8, 2025 |website=vocofm.com}} Broadcast to up to 250 million viewers, Moore took the opportunity to play concerts in several stadiums throughout the country after the show ended.{{Cite web |title=Chanté Moore • R&B MONEY • Ep.145 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6VDhso4WZs|date=March 8, 2025 |access-date=March 8, 2025 |via=YouTube}} In August 2024, she appeared on "So Distracted," a duet with Eric Benét's from his EP Duets. Released as the extended play's second single, it as since reached number seven on the US Adult R&B Songs chart.{{Cite web |title=Chanté Moore Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chante-moore/chart-history/rba/ |access-date=April 13, 2025 |website=Billboard}}
Personal life
In 1991, Moore married a friend from her childhood. In her 2014 autobiographical self-help book, Will I Marry Me?, she publicly revealed this marriage (and subsequent divorce), stating that the two had dated in sixth grade. Moore also shared that the friend was her first kiss at the age of 13. Speaking of this time in her life, during an UNSUNG interview, she said: "After being in a couple of relationships that weren't so great, I was a little shy about love, so I thought, I'll outsmart love this time; I'll marry my friend."
In 1993, Moore met actor Kadeem Hardison at a party.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gz0DAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl|title=Chanté Moore Sings About Good Black Men In Hit Tune 'Chanté's Got a Man'|magazine=Jet|date=June 28, 1999|access-date=April 21, 2025}} They were later chosen to present together at the 25th NAACP Image Awards and began dating afterwards. In 1996, Moore and Hardison welcomed a daughter named Sophia Milan Hardison. The pair secretly married in 1997 and later divorced in 2000.
Moore married singer Kenny Lattimore{{cite magazine|title=Singers Chanté Moore and Kenny Lattimore wed in Jamaica |magazine=Jet |date=February 4, 2002 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_7_101/ai_83040514 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314114753/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_7_101/ai_83040514 |archive-date=March 14, 2007}} in a private ceremony in Jamaica on New Year's Day in 2002. Their son was born in 2003. On July 27, 2011, in a statement on her Facebook page, Moore announced that she and Lattimore had divorced.{{cite web|title=BREAKING: Singer Chante Moore Announces Divorce From Kenny Lattimore|date=August 4, 2011 |publisher=Vibe|url=https://www.vibe.com/features/vixen/breaking-singer-chante-moore-announces-divorce-from-kenny-lattimore-259258/}} Her older brother Kelvin Gomillion (born January 25, 1961) died on August 18, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kennylattimore/status/369232752031191040|title=Kenny Lattimore on Twitter|work=twitter.com|access-date=10 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/musicalonyx/status/369299809523339266|title=Keith Crouch on Twitter|work=twitter.com|access-date=10 April 2017}}
On October 26, 2021, Moore announced her engagement to former BET Executive, Stephen G. Hill.{{Cite web|title=Chante Moore on Instagram: "🎼…. I'm happier than the morning sun and that's the way you said that it would be… If I should ever bring you inside my life… All my life…"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CVgYDe7J2_r/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CVgYDe7J2_r |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|access-date=2021-10-29|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}} The couple wed in Los Cabos, Mexico on October 22, 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CkCVfF5JmdP/|title=Chante Moore on Instagram: "Welcome to always..."|website=Instagram}}
Discography
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Solo albums
- Precious (1992)
- A Love Supreme (1994)
- This Moment Is Mine (1999)
- Exposed (2000)
- Love the Woman (2008)
- Moore Is More (2013)
- The Rise of the Phoenix (2017)
- Christmas Back to You (2017)
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Collaborative albums
- Things That Lovers Do (2003)
- Uncovered/Covered (2006)
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Awards and nominations
Notes
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References
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External links
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