Natalie Stewart

Natalie Stewart
Birth name	Natalie Stewart
Also known as	The Floacist
Genres	R&B, spoken word, neo-soul
Years active	2002–present
Labels	DreamWorks/Geffen (2000-2007) (duo) Shanachie Records (2010-present)

Natalie Stewart is a former member of the English Neo-soul duo, Floetry.

Early career with Floetry

Original members Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart met through their love of basketball and formed a friendship. Both attended the Brit School for Performing Arts & Technology, where Ambrosius studied business and finance and Stewart majored in Performing Arts, Media and Art. For college Ambrosius planned to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia on a basketball scholarship, but could not due to an injury. Stewart attended Middlesex University in London, but later transferred to North London University. During these years, both women continued to keep in touch. Stewart was a founding member of the performance poetry group 3 Plus 1, which was rising to critical acclaim throughout London, Birmingham, and Manchester. After inviting Ambrosius to join her on stage to perform at a spoken word night, where they debuted a piece that they had written together called Fantasize, combining spoken word and singing, Floetry was born.

Group success

In 2000, the duo travelled to the United States to perform on the poetry circuit. After frequenting spoken word/poetry spots in Atlanta, such as Yin Yang Poets' Cafe, they moved on to Philadelphia. There they met Darren 'Limitless' Henson and Keith 'Keshon' Pelzer of DJ Jazzy Jeff's Touch Of Jazz studio and began recording. In 2002, they signed with DreamWorks Records and released their debut album Floetic, which featured the singles "Floetic", "Say Yes", and "Getting Late". The album was also released in the UK with additional tracks, one of which featured the British singer-songwriter and record producer, Sebastian Rogers.

In 2005, Floetry released Flo'Ology, their second studio album. It debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200, and included the single "SupaStar" featuring rapper Common.

Solo

Her debut solo album, The Floacist presents: Floetic Soul, was released in 2010 on Shanachie Records.

Discography

Albums

Solo

Year	Album details	Chart positions[1]
		U.S.	U.S. R&B	U.S. Indie
2010	The Floacist Presents Floetic Soul 1st solo album Released: 9 November 2010 (US), 24 January 2011 (UK) Label: Shanachie Records Formats: CD, Digital download	95	20	7

With Floetry

Year	Title	Chart positions[2]		Sales/certification
		U.S.	U.S. R&B
2002	Floetic 1st studio album Released: October 1, 2004	19	4	RIAA certification: Gold U.S. sales: 788,000+[3]
2003	Floacism Live album Released: November 18, 2003	74	11	RIAA certification: N/A
2005	Flo'Ology 2nd studio album Released: November 8, 2005	7	2	RIAA certification: N/A

Singles

Solo

Year	Title	Chart positions		Album
		U.S.	U.S. R&B
2010	"Forever" (featuring Musiq Soulchild)	-	-	The Floacist Presents Floetic Soul[4]
2011	"Let Me"[5]	-	-
	"Keep It Going" (featuring Raheem DeVaughn)	-	-

With Floetry

Year	Title	Chart positions		Album
		U.S.	U.S. R&B
2002	"Floetic"	-	29	Floetic
2003	"Say Yes"	24	8
	"Getting Late"	-	31
	"Wanna B Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong)" (featuring Mos Def)	-	-	Floacism
2005	"I'm Black" (Styles P featuring Floetry)	-	94	Time is Money
	"Supastar" (featuring Common)	-	55	Flo'Ology
	"Lay Do	-	102

References

1. ^ The Floacist Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com
2. ^ Floetry album charts
3. ^ Floetry's second album Due In November. Billboard. Retrieved: July 4, 2009.
4. ^ Amazon.co.uk
5. ^ SoulCulture - The Floacist unveils teaser video for sensual new single "Let Me"

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Name	Stewart, Natalie
Alternative names	The Floacist
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