Marques Houston

Marques Barrett Houston (born August 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actor.

Houston was born on August 4, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, to Michael and Carolyn Houston.

He is the older cousin of B2K's J-Boog.

Houston began acting at an early age.

A member of the R&B group Immature/IMx from 1990 until 2002, Houston went solo in 2003.

As an actor, he is known for his role as Roger Evans in the television comedy Sister, Sister.

As an artist, Houston has released one studio album that went platinum in the United States.

In 1992, Houston became a founding member of the R&B group Immature (also known as IMx).

The members of the group include Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos (later replaced by Kelton "LDB" Kessee), along with Chris Stokes, who is their manager.

During this period, Houston went by the nickname "Batman".

In 1999, the group underwent a name change, releasing two albums under the name IMx: Introducing IMx (1999) and IMx (2001).

The group also branched out into acting and appeared on shows such as A Different World and Sister, Sister.

They recorded songs for soundtracks to the films House Party 3 and House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute, before disbanding in 2002.

In 2003, Houston began pursuing a solo career.

Using his birth name, Marques Houston, he released his debut album, MH, on October 21, 2003.

The album featured the singles "That Girl", "Clubbin'" (featuring Joe Budden and R. Kelly), "Pop That Booty" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) and "Because of You".

In the United States charts, MH peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200 and at number 5 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

On May 24, 2005, Houston released his second solo album, Naked.

The album featured the singles "All Because of You" (featuring Young Rome), "Naked" and "Sex Wit You".

In the United States, Naked peaked at number 13 on the Billboard and peaked at number 5 on Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Houston released his third solo album, Veteran, on March 20, 2007.

The album featured the singles "Like This" (featuring Yung Joc), "Favorite Girl", "Circle" and "Wonderful".

In the United States, Veteran debuted (and peaked) at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and debuted at number 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, marking this release as Houston's first number-one solo album.

Videos for the album tracks "Body" and "Date" were released online by the singer in 2008.

Houston released his fourth solo album, Mr. Houston on September 29, 2009.

It featured the singles, "I Love Her" and "Sunset".

"How I Do" and "Case of You" received video premieres in 2009, followed by a video for "Tonight" in 2010.

On September 14, 2010, Houston released his fifth studio album, Mattress Music, which contained the singles "Kickin' & Screamin'" and "Pullin' On Her Hair".

A video for a third single, "Ghetto Angel" premiered in 2011.

Houston announced on 106 & Park that IMx planned to record another group album together that year.

This plan was eventually scrapped.

In October 2012, Houston announced a new studio album, Famous, was slated for release on August 27.

Marques released the song "Speechless" as a promotional preview via free digital download.

The first single off the album, made available on iTunes, was "Give Your Love a Try" featuring Problem.

Following the release of his previous album, Houston reunited with IMx and did some touring.

Changing their name back to Immature, the band released a new single called "Let Me Find Out" in late 2014.

Their comeback EP titled Remember was released in early 2015.

Later that year, Houston released the solo single "Need You" from the soundtrack of his film Will to Love.

In 2016, Houston released a new single "Complete Me" to digital/streaming outlets.

He premiered a music video for the song in September.