Artist	Song
Avant	Separated
from My Thoughts (2000)
Avant	Makin' Good Love
from Ecstasy (2002)
Avant	Read Your Mind
from Private Room (2003)
Avant	Kiss Goodbye
from The Letter (2010)
Avant	Sailing
from Avant (2008)
Avant & Nicole Scherzinger	Lie About Us
from Director (2006)
Avant	Wanna Be Close
from Private Room (2003)
Avant	When It Hurts
from Avant (2008)
Avant	Don't Say No, Just Say Yes
from Ecstasy (2002)
Avant	Don't Take Your Love Away
from Private Room (2003)
Avant	4 Minutes
from Director (2006)
Avant	My First Love
from My Thoughts (2000)
Avant	Now You Got Someone
from Director (2006)
Avant	Your Body Is the Business
from The Letter (2010)
Avant & The Pussycat Dolls	Stickwitu
from Director (2006)

Comment:

Look, we can't blame you for confusing Avant — a note-nailing R&B star in his own right — with R. Kelly. In fact, some people [i]swear[/i] the two are related, a claim Avant's denied while admitting what a major influence Kelly's been on his career. Speaking of the singer's steady rise to fame, it all started with "Separated," a slow-burning single that first attacked Chicago's influential radio station WGCI in the late '90s. Since then, Avant's attempted everything from a string-soaked Rene & Angela cover (the 1983 hit "My First Love," which was originally written for Janet Jackson's solo debut) to sound-expanding collaborations with Lil Wayne (the organ rolls and randy beats of "You Know What"), Lloyd Banks (the sparkling keys and steady drum loops of "Exclusive"), and the Pussycat Dolls (the dimly lit duet "Stickwitu"). Sounds like someone's taken his name seriously.

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