Perhaps the most obvious reason why fans haven't heard from Blu Cantrell in years is because she's a one-hit wonder, literally.
In 2001, Cantrell released her debut album So Blu, which featured the single "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)." The song skyrocketed to the top of the charts peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and staying a whopping 34 weeks on the countdown. RIAA reported that Cantrell earned a gold record in August of that year. In all, she sold at least 500,000 copies of that album.
Two years later, Cantrell followed that up with her sophomore album, Bittersweet, which was led by the single "Breathe." Unfortunately, that song failed to make an impact. According to Billboard, it peaked at No. 70 on the charts and stayed on 20 weeks all together. She claims the single was much larger in other parts of the world; maybe that explains her absence from the spotlight in the States.
To date, Cantrell has not released any singles or albums since 2003, but in a 2016 interview with Fuse TV, the singer said her work is still "timeless," adding, "I've been eating off of those records and have been doing shows nonstop."
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