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Īmong his accolades, Ocean has won two Grammy Awards and a Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist. Encompassing experimental, soul, and psychedelic music, the album received widespread critical success. Blonde debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards, while the album's hit single " Thinkin Bout You" garnered Ocean a nomination for Record of the Year.Īfter a four-year hiatus, Ocean released the visual project Endless (2016) to fulfill contractual obligations with Def Jam, before self-releasing his highly anticipated second album Blonde (2016) a day later. Drawing on electro-funk, pop-soul, jazz-funk, and psychedelia, Ocean's debut album Channel Orange (2012) was one of the most acclaimed albums of 2012. In 2011, Ocean released his critically successful debut mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra and subsequently secured a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings. Ocean began his musical career as a ghostwriter, prior to joining the hip hop collective Odd Future in 2010. Recognized for his idiosyncratic musical style, introspective and elliptical songwriting, and wide vocal range, Ocean is credited for popularizing alternative R&B, and is known for his later intermittent and experimental musical approach. Christopher Breaux (born October 28, 1987), known professionally as Frank Ocean, is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper.