Cris Cab
{{short description|American singer-songwriter from Florida }}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Cris Cab
| image = File:Chris Cab at Mizzou.jpg
| caption = Cab performing in August 2014
| image_size =
| birth_name = Cristian Cabrerizo
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|21}}{{Cite web |url=http://runninwithit.com/cris-cab-bio/ |title=RunninWithIt: Cris Cab biography |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012011215/http://runninwithit.com/cris-cab-bio/ |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
| birth_place = Miami, Florida, United States
| genre = Pop, reggae, soul, fusion
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 2011{{spaced en dash}}present
| label = {{hlist|CAB|EMI|Island|Def Jam{{cite web |url=http://www.islandrecords.com/artists/#c |title= Artists|website=www.islandrecords.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013054/http://www.islandrecords.com/artists/ |archive-date=March 5, 2016}}|I Am Other|26}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Pharrell Williams|Wyclef Jean}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.criscab.com/}}
}}
Cristian Cabrerizo (born January 21, 1993), better known by his stage name Cris Cab is an American singer-songwriter. Cab has released a number of EPs, and has become well known with his 2013 international hit "Liar Liar", produced and written by Pharrell Williams. He was signed to Island Def Jam Records and Island Records. His songs are a fusion of pop, reggae, and soul.
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Career
Cris Cab started music at a very young age. Born to Cuban parents in Miami, Florida, he spent summers in The Bahamas broadening his music tastes. At 14, his father bought him his first studio session. At 15, his early demos caught the attention of Pharrell Williams who met him and mentored him.{{cite web|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/entertainment/music/2013-04/cris-cab-interview|author=Jessica Duncan|title=Cris Cab Gives You the Deets on His Brand-New Mixtape – The inside scoop from music's newest rising star|publisher=Teen Vogue|year=2013}} Hugely popular online, articles appeared about him on blogs including Perez Hilton,[http://perezhilton.com/category/cris-cab/ PerezHilton.com: Articles about Cris Cab] Just Jared and online website of Billboard. Cris Cab also opened for various acts including T-Pain, Matisyahu, Rebelution, Gym Class Heroes and O.A.R.
Signing a management deal, he released his debut Foreword EP in 2011 and his original single "Good Girls". Wyclef Jean met him on tour and became a second mentor to him and recorded "She's So Fly" with him.
In 2012 Cris Cab released a full-length mixtape, Echo Boom featuring production and collaboration by Pharrell Williams, Mavado, Wyclef Jean, Melanie Fiona, Shaggy, Daytona, Marc Roberge (of O.A.R.) and was signed to Mercury Records. His single "Good Girls (Don't Grow on Trees)" was written by Pharrell Williams and produced by Wyclef Jean, and features a rap section by Big Sean. His song "Paradise (On Earth)" was featured on the NBA 2K14 soundtrack.
His international fame came with "Liar, Liar" released on Island Def Jam Records that has charted in Germany, France, Netherlands and Belgium.[http://acharts.us/song/81931 aCharts.us – Cris Cab – "Liar, Liar" page] The release was accompanied by a music video with cameo appearances by Pharrell Williams.[http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Pharrell-Williams/news-89549.html Charts in France: Pharrell Williams rejoint son nouveau protégé Cris Cab sur le titre "Liar Liar"] {{in lang|fr}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theblackkeygroup.com/new-release-cris-cab-liar-liar-ft-pharrell-williams |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234620/http://www.theblackkeygroup.com/new-release-cris-cab-liar-liar-ft-pharrell-williams |archivedate=March 27, 2014 |title=New Release: Cris Cab – Liar Liar ft. Pharrell Williams }}
His full-length album Where I Belong was released on April 7, 2014, in Europe, and is to be released on May 21 in the United Kingdom. A United States full-length release is due this summer.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ke/album/where-i-belong/id838889264|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706154314/https://itunes.apple.com/ke/album/where-i-belong/id838889264|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2014|website=iTunes|title=Where I Belong by Cris Cab |date=September 2, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://defpenradio.com/cris-cab-where-i-belong-tracklist-album-cover|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327204126/http://defpenradio.com/cris-cab-where-i-belong-tracklist-album-cover|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 27, 2014|title=Cris Cab - Where I Belong (Tracklist & Album Cover)|date=March 18, 2014}}
In October 2014, he was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, where he performed live his single "Liar Liar".
In 2015, he released the song "Englishman In New York", originally performed by Sting, and reached number 13 on the France Top 40 chart.{{cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=41730 |title=Cris Cab - Englishman In New-York @ Top40-Charts.com - New Songs & Videos from 49 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 30 Countries |publisher=Top40-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2018-03-08}}
Cab returned to music in 2017 with "All of the Girls" featuring Pitbull.
In 2018, Cab released "Laurent Perrier", a song featuring Latin artist Farruko. He performed the song at the official FIFA World Cup viewing event in Berlin, Germany prior to the country's final game in the tournament. As a follow-up, Cab released the single "Just Wanna Love You" featuring, J Balvin. At the time of its release (September 2018), Balvin was the #2 ranked artist in the world streaming on Spotify, behind Drake.
Discography
=Albums=
=EPs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| EP details ! scope="col"| Notes |
|---|
| scope="row"| Foreword EP
|
| {{Track listing | title1 = Good Girls | length1 = 3:03 | title2 = Better Off Running | length2 = 3:38 | title3 = Take You Away | length3 = 3:57 | title4 = No Hatred | length4 = 4:16 | title5 = Life Goes On | length5 = 2:43 | title6 = How Was I Supposed to Know | length6 = 3:25 | title7 = When You're Around (Bonus) | length7 = 3:41 }} |
| scope="row"| Echo Boom EP
|
| {{Track listing | title1 = Echo Boom (feat. Pharrell Williams) | length1 = 2:32 | title2 = Turn You On (feat. Melanie Fiona and Shaggy) | length2 = 3:43 | title3 = Angels and Demons | length3 = 4:03 | title4 = Gypsys on the Boulevard | length4 = 3:57 | title5 = Going Home (feat. Marc Roberge) | length5 = 3:42 | title6 = In My Dreams | length6 = 3:19 }} |
| scope="row"| Rise EP
|
| {{Track listing | title1 = Paradise (On Earth) | length1 = 3:46 | title2 = She's So Fly (feat. Wyclef Jean) | length2 = 3:47 | title3 = Face to Face | length3 = 3:44 | title4 = Good Girls (Don't Grow on Trees) (feat. Big Sean) | length4 = 3:57 | title5 = White Lingerie | length5 = 3:21 }} |
=Mixtapes=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| EP details ! scope="col"| Notes |
|---|
| scope="row"| Red Road
|
| {{Track listing | title1 = Colors (feat. Mike Posner) | length1 = 3:21 | title2 = When We Were Young | length2 = 3:13 | title3 = Heaven | length3 = 3:15 | title4 = Another Love (feat. Wyclef Jean) | length4 = 2:56 | title5 = Livin on Sunday | length5 = 3:21 | title6 = History | length6 = 4:21 | title7 = The Fire (feat. The Green) | length7 = 4:28 | title8 = Wild | length8 = 3:20 }} |
=Other releases=
- 2012: Cris Cab - Live... In the Moment, (recorded at the Grand Central, Miami)
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:10px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:120px;"| Title ! colspan="9" style="text-align:center; width:20px;"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT {{cite web | url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Cris+Cab | title=Cris Cab discography in Austrian Charts| publisher=Hung Medien | work=austriancharts.at |accessdate=February 27, 2014}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| BEL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| BEL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ITA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NED ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NED ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI |
| style="text-align:center;"|2012
|"Good Girls (Don't Grow on Trees)" (feat. Big Sean) | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | Where I Belong |
| style="text-align:center;"|2013
|"Liar Liar" | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"|32 | style="text-align:center;"|22 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|9[https://archive.today/20140707092936/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Cris+Cab&title=Liar+Liar&cat=s&country=de charts.de: Cris Cab – "Liar Liar" page – Media Control Charts, Germany] | style="text-align:center;"|6 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|8 |
| style="text-align:center;"|2014
|"Loves Me Not" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 55* | style="text-align:center;"| 52* | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 33 | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| — |
| style="text-align:center;"|2015
|"Englishman in New York" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 34 | style="text-align:center;"| 16 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|2016
|"Bada Bing" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 41 | style="text-align:center;"| 18 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |
| style="text-align:center;"|2017
|"All of the Girls" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |
| style="text-align:center;"|2018
|"Just Wanna Love You" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. For Ultratip peaks, added 50 positions to arrive at an equivalent Ultratop position
== Others ==
- 2011: "Good Girls"
- 2012: "Face to Face"
- 2012: "Echo Boom", (feat. Pharrell Williams)
- 2012: "She's So Fly" (feat. Wyclef Jean)
- 2012: "White Lingerie"
- 2013: "When We Were Young"
- 2013: "Another Love", (feat. Wyclef Jean)
- 2013: "Colors", (feat. Mike Posner)
- 2013: "Paradise (On Earth)"
- 2014: "Loves Me Not"
- 2017: "Together"
- 2017: "Rest of My Life"
- 2018: "Laurent Perrier" (feat. Farruko & Kore)
- 2020: "Your Love" (feat. Irina Rimes )
== Featured in ==
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:10px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:120px;"| Title ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:20px;"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| BEL (Wa) ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2| 2016
| "Paradise" | style="text-align:center;"| 49 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| "Paris" (Willy William feat. Cris Cab) | style="text-align:center;"| —* | style="text-align:center;"| 106 |
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140527230730/http://www.criscab.com/ Official website]}}
- [https://www.facebook.com/CrisCabMusic Facebook]
- [https://twitter.com/criscab Twitter]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/CrisCabVEVO VEVO YouTube page]
- [https://soundcloud.com/cris-cab SoundCloud]
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Category:American musicians of Cuban descent
Category:Songwriters from Florida
Category:21st-century American male singers