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Colby O'Donis

Colby O'Donis is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Temptations, Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson and Usher. Those roots explain a lot about how Colby O'Donis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paula DeAnda, The-Dream, Ne-Yo, Timbaland and Elliott Yamin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Che'Nelle, Brooke Hogan, Tami Chynn, Lady Gaga and Kardinal Offishall, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Colby O'Donis, reaching back through The Temptations and forward to Che'Nelle. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Colby O'Donis Colón is an American singer. He is best known for his guest appearance on Lady Gaga's 2008 single "Just Dance" which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100, spent over 11 months on the chart, and received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Due to label conflicts, Senegalese-American singer Akon was unable to perform on the song and recruited O'Donis to do so; O'Donis was Lady Gaga's labelmate on Akon's KonLive Distribution label, to which he signed in 2007.

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Colby O'DonisThe TemptationsLuther VandrossMichael JacksonUsherChe'NelleBrooke HoganTami ChynnLady GagaKardinal OffishallPaula DeAndaThe-DreamNe-YoTimbalandElliott YaminNina SkyPleasure PMarques Houston

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Colby O'Donis connections

Colby O'Donis grew out of The Temptations, Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson and Usher, shares an orbit with Paula DeAnda, The-Dream, Ne-Yo and Timbaland, went on to shape Che'Nelle, Brooke Hogan, Tami Chynn and Lady Gaga. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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