Biography of Taryll JACKSON

Taryll Adren Jackson, born August 8, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, is the son of Tito Jackson and the nephew of Michael Jackson and is a member of musical group 3T.

3T is an American R&B music group featuring the three sons of Tito Jackson (from The Jackson 5) and Delores "Dee Dee" Jackson. The band members include, from eldest, Tariano Adaryll Jackson (also known as Taj), Taryll Adren Jackson and Tito Joe Jackson (also known as TJ).

Career

3T released their debut album in 1995, titled Brotherhood. Michael Jackson gave the group extensive creative freedom on their album and they wrote 8 of the 12 songs on it. Their album sold approximately three million copies worldwide. They achieved an international hit with their debut single, titled "Anything" and released several hit singles in Europe including "24/7", "Why" (a duet with their uncle, Michael Jackson), "I Need You" (with a brief vocal appearance of Michael Jackson), "Tease Me" and "Gotta Be You". In 1996, they were ranked second, behind the Spice Girls, as the biggest-selling group in Europe. 3T have also written and produced songs for soundtracks to films as The Jacksons: An American Dream, Free Willy and Free Willy 2, Men in Black, and Trippin'.

The group continued to perform in France, the Netherlands and Belgium after getting signed to a French label TF1/NRJ in 2003 and for the Netherlands they were signed to a Dutch label, Digidance, in 2004, for Dutch releases, appearances and performances. The album titled Identity was released on March 23, 2004. Two singles were released from that album: "Stuck On You" (a cover of the Lionel Richie song) (Released 2003 in France and Belgium, 2004 in The Netherlands) and "Sex Appeal" (Released 2004).

In December 2005, it was announced that 3T would star in a television reality show, which would feature the band trying to resurrect their career in the United States. This has not yet taken place. In 2007, Taryll announced on Myspace that a solo album was being recorded. Some previews were added to the player on his Myspace music account but later were removed. From May to June of 2008, Taj and TJ (who joined later) were in North Devon (United Kingdom, Europe) with their father, apparently for a documentary filmed by Channel 4 along with other members of the Jackson family. They also attended a party thrown for The Jacksons by fans together with their father. Taryll did not join any of the events due to personal circumstances which he is yet to confirm.

Discography

Albums

* 1995: Brotherhood
* 2004: Identity
* 2005: 3T Meets the Family of Soul

Singles

* 1995: "Anything"(#2 UK, #15 US)
* 1995: "24/7" (#11 UK)
* 1996: "Tease Me" (#103 US)
* 1996: "Why" (featuring Michael Jackson) (#2 UK, #112 US)
* 1996: "I Need You" (featuring Michael Jackson) (#3 UK)
* 1996: "Gotta Be You" (#10 UK)
* 1997: "ETERNAL FLAME" by Tomoya with 3T (#12 Japan)
* 2003: "Stuck on You" (#14 UK)
* 2003: "If You Leave Me Now" (T-Rio featuring 3T)
* 2004: "Sex Appeal"

Other

* 1993: "Didn't Mean To Hurt You" (appears on the Free Willy soundtrack)
* 1995: "What Will It Take" (appears on the Free Willy 2 soundtrack)
* 1997: "Waiting For Love" (appears on the Men in Black soundtrack)
* 1999: "Thinkin' " (appears on the Trippin' soundtrack)
* 2009: "Sigbin Galore" (appears on the Villa Estrella (film) soundtrack) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.