Cassie is an American singer, model and dancer that was born on August 26, 1986 in New London, Connecticut. She graduated from The Williams School, a preparatory school in New London, Connecticut. When she completed high school in 2004, she announced that she would pursue her career in modeling and singing, effectively skipping college. After high school, she moved to New York City and continued modeling, as well attending classes at the Broadway Dance Center. Cassie was later introduced to Sean "P-Diddy" Combs by a make-up artist from one of her modeling assignments which helped her to get a shot at a music career. On August 8, 2006 she released her first studio album entitled Cassie. The album debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 with over one hundred thousand copies sold in its first week. It stayed in the top twenty for two weeks, in the top forty for three weeks and on the chart for twelve weeks. As of spring of 2008, the album has sold over three hundred thousand copies. Cassie followed up the success of her debut album with the release of her second studio album Electro Love in 2009. The title of the album is taken from one of it’s songs of the same name.
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