Donell Jones is a Chicago-born R&B tenor singer signed to LaFace Records.
Jones started his career writing and producing for artists such as Usher ("Think Of You"), 702 ("Get It Together") , Brownstone, Silk and many others. In 1996, Jones began a recording career of his own, and had his biggest hit in 1999, U Know What's Up featuring Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes of TLC. U Know What's Up was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for eight weeks and reached number-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and number-two in the UK singles chart.
Jones, also noted for his 2002 single "You Know I Love You" and his cover of Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet", has maintained popularity in the R&B market, but is still relatively obscure in the mainstream.
Donell Jones's upcoming album, Journey Of A Gemini, and is set to be released on February 28, 2006 by LaFace/Jive.
Jones is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Albums
My Heart (1996) #180 US
Where I Wanna Be (1999) #35 US
Life Goes On (2002) #2 US
Journey Of A Gemini (2006)
Singles
Year
Title
Chart Positions
Album
US Hot 100
UK Singles Chart
1996
"This Luv"
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1996
"In The Hood"
#79
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My Heart
1996
"Knocks Me Off My Feet"
#49
#58
My Heart
1999
"U Know What's Up"
(Featuring Lisa Left Eye Lopes)
#7
#2
Where I Wanna Be
1999
"Shorty (Got Her Eyes On Me)"
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#19
Where I Wanna Be
2000
"Where I Wanna Be"
#29
-#2
Where I Wanna Be
2002
"You Know That I Love You"
#56
#14
Life Goes On
2002
"Put Me Down"
(Featuring Styles P)
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Life Goes On
2006
"Better Start Talking"
(Featuring Jermaine Dupri)
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Journey of a Gemini
