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George Nozuka (born April 28, 1986) is an American-based Canadian-Japanese R&B singer[1] best known for his single "Talk to Me", which peaked at No. 1 on the MuchMusic music-video countdown in October 2006.

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George Nozuka
Background information
Born	(1986-04-28) April 28, 1986 (age 36) New York City, U.S.
Origin	New York City
Genres	R&B soul
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, recording artist
Labels	Sony ATV

Career

Nozuka released his debut album Believe in 2007 under the mononym George. The album was produced by Perry Alexander, Roy "Royalty" Hamilton, and Anthony M. Jones, and was released by HC Entertainment Group. Three tracks became hits: "Talk to Me" (written and produced by Shaun Myers), "Lie to Me", and "Last Time". Music videos for the songs were directed by RT! and appeared on the charts of Canada's specialized music cable channel MuchMusic.

In 2012, Nozuka released a mixtape titled Love Me. For the mixtape and later works, he began using his full name. In 2013, he released a studio album called Beautiful, along with a music video for the first single from the album, called "Don't Go".

Collaborations

Forgotten Children

Through the Canadian section of Plan, Nozuka was involved in a documentary about restavecs, children working as domestic servants in Haiti. The documentary Forgotten Children: The Story of Haiti's Restavecs, directed by Craig Goodwill, shows the situation of the children through the eyes of various personalities, including Nozuka, a Canadian United Nations peacekeeper, Haitian filmmakers and activists, and former restavecs themselves.[2] Nozuka produced the song "Hurting Child" for the documentary.[3]

Featured with other performers

• "With You Remix" by JDiggz and Drake

Songwriting

Nozuka co-wrote "Home This Christmas" for Justin Bieber, and "I Love Girls" for Cody Simpson.

Personal life

Nozuka is one of seven children of Canadian mother Holly Sedgwick[4][5] and Japanese father Hiromitsu Nozuka. Sedgwick raised Nozuka and his six siblings as a single mother.[6] Nozuka is the older brother of the musicians Justin Nozuka and Henry Nozuka, and the actor Philip Nozuka.

Nozuka's aunt, his mother's half-sister, is the actress Kyra Sedgwick, who is married to the actor Kevin Bacon. Their two children, Travis and Sosie Bacon,[7] are Nozuka's first cousins.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with track lists

Title	Album details	Notes
Believe	Released: 2007 Genre: R&B, Soul Label: HC Entertainment Group	Track list "Talk to Me" (Remix) "Dance With Me" "I Wanna Love You" "Somethin' Somethin'" "Talk to Me" "Last Time" "Such a Fool" "Lie to Me" "Cherie Amour" "Can't Stop Loving You" "Stay Up" "Butterfly" "Hurting Child" "I Wanna Love You" (remix)
Beautiful	Released: January 7, 2013 Genre: R&B, Soul Label: Self-released	Track list "Beautiful (Ft. Jackie Boyz)" "Runaway" "Up To You" "Invasion" "Haunted (Ft. Riff Raph)" "Don't Go" "Unexplainable" "Two Broken Hearts" "I'm Ill" "You Are the Reason" "It's Love That's All" "Do You Remember" "Back to Life" "Boom Boom Boom" "End All Be All"
Alone	Released: June 5, 2013 Genre: R&B, Soul Label: Self-released	Track list "Alone (Ft. Jhyve)" "I'm Reaching Out" "Win Your Love Again" "Pay Attention" "Touch It (Ft. Jhyve)" "Valentina" "I'm Jealous" "Plastic Doll" "I am Broken" "What You Didn't Say" "Heaven" "I'm iLL" "Two Broken Hearts" "Back To Life"
Dream On	Released: June 1, 2014 Genre: R&B, Pop Label: Self-released	Track list "No One Else" "Forever Love" "You and Me" "ShoomDeeDop" "Barbie" "Getaway" "You Deserve Better" "Dream On" "Heaven Above" "That Someone"

Mixtapes

• 2012: Love Me
• 2016: Purple Kush

EPs

• 2018: Getaway

Compilations

• 2015: You Deserve Better
• 2021: Till The Morning

Singles

• 2006: "Talk to Me"
• 2007: "Lie to Me"
• 2007: "Last Time"
• 2012: "Don't Go"
• 2013: "I'm Reaching Out"
• 2014: "You Deserve Better"
• 2017: "My Beating Heart"
• 2018: "Getaway"
• 2018: "Touch Yourself"
• 2020: "What You Got"
• 2020: "Love You Like"

Awards

• In 2007, the music video for "Lie to Me" won RT! the Best Director award at the Much Music Video Awards for the second consecutive year.[8]

References

External links

• YouTube channel
• George Nozuka at IMDb

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