Chlöe

One-half of the Grammy-nominated sibling duo Chloe x Halle, Chlöe has been active separately as a solo and featured artist since 2021. The high-energy and supremely confident pop-R&B singer, songwriter, and producer -- well-known as an actress with roles dating back to her early childhood -- first stepped out by modernizing the show tune standard "Feeling Good." This was followed by the Top 40, platinum-certified hit "Have Mercy," among other preludes to In Pieces (2023), her therapeutic debut solo album for Beyoncé's Parkwood label. Additional singles such as "Boy Bye" appeared in 2024. Chloe Bailey started working on material for her first solo LP in 2019, between the Chloe x Halle albums The Kids Are Alright and Ungodly Hour. She appeared on her own in 2021, first with "Feeling Good" contributed to the compilation Liberated/Music for the Movement, Vol. 3. A few months later, she issued her debut solo single, "Have Mercy," produced with a team that included Murda Beatz. The strutting track peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 (number ten R&B/hip-hop) on its way to achieving platinum status. Additional singles "Treat Me," "Surprise," and "For the Night" (featuring Latto), all of which charted, followed in 2022. Chlöe branched out further that year as a featured guest, first by assisting Gunna on "You & Me," then by appearing on tracks by Fivio Foreign, Calvin Harris, the Game, and Ari Lennox; she was also behind the viral "Shemix" of Capella Grey's "Gyalis." Chlöe continued moving toward the release of her first album. "Pray It Away" and the Chris Brown collaboration "How Does It Feel" appeared respectively in January and February 2023, and were followed in March by In Pieces. Made over the course of three years, which Chlöe described as the toughest period of her life, In Pieces featured additional assistance from the likes of Missy Elliott, Future, and Metro Boomin. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number 119. In 2024, she released "FYS" and "Boy Bye," and appeared on remixes of Qing Madi's "Vision" and Tinashe's "Nasty Girl." ~ Andy Kellman