 
B.o.B. began rapping when he was 13 and formed a
group called 'The Klinic' with his cousin. By 2006,
B.o.B's cousin went off to college and B.o.B wet
solo. He signed his first major label record deal
when he was 17 after being snuck into a bar owned by T.I. and impressing a producer with
his rapping style.
15: B.o.B (aka Bobby Ray Simmons,
Jr. was born in North Carolina.
B.o.B began getting notice with his track
"Haterz Everywhere" which was also featured
in the video game Cooking Mama 2.
24: B.o.B released the EP Eastside.
 24: B.o.B released the EP 12th
Dimension EP.
B.o.B could be heard on the T.I. LP Paper
Trail on
the track "On Top Of The World" (available
for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
 3: B.o.B signed with Atlantic
Records.
14: B.o.B released the single
"I'll Be In The Sky."
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year
 27: B.o.B hit the Top 40 with
help from Bruno Mars with "Nothin' On You" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
3: B.o.B hit the Top 10 with "Nothin' On You"
24: B.o.B topped the Billboard
Rap Songs chart for 6 weeks with "Nothin' On You."
27: B.o.B released his debut LP B.o.B
Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
 1: B.o.B topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart for 2 weeks and Digital Songs chart for
2 weeks with "Nothin' On You."
8: B.o.B hit the Top 40 with Hayley Williams with "Airplanes" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
15: B.o.B hit #1 for a week with "Nothin' On You"
15: B.o.B topped the Billboard
200 LP chart for a week, the R&B/Hip Hops Albums
chart for a week, Rap Albums chart for 2 weeks, and
Digital Albums chart for a week with B.o.B
Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray. The LP sold over 84,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
 22: B.o.B topped the Billboard
Radio Songs chart for 3 weeks and Pop Songs chart for
a week with "Nothin' On You."
29: B.o.B topped the UK singles
chart with "Nothin' On You." The single also hit #1 in the
Netherlands, and hit the Top 10 in Australia, Canada,
Ireland, and New Zealand.
29: B.o.B hit the Top 10 with Hayley Williams with "Airplanes"
6: B.o.B could be heard on the Big Boi LP Sir
Lucious Left Foot... The Son Of Chico Dusty on the track "Night
Night."
17: B.o.B hit the Top 40 with Rivers Cuomo with "Magic" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
24: B.o.B topped the UK singles
chart with Hayley Williams with "Airplanes"
31: B.o.B hit #1 for a week with Hayley Williams with "Airplanes"
12: The video for "Airplanes" was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Best
Male Video,
Best Collaboration, and Best Hip-Hop Video. The video for "Nothin' On You" was nominated for Best
Pop Video.
4: B.o.B could be heard on the Bruno Mars LP Doo-Wops
& Hooligans on the track "The Other
Side."
21: B.o.B was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite
Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album (B.o.B
Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray).
15: B.o.B
Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray was certified gold.
 # 69 Singles
Artist of the Year
 12: B.o.B hit the Top 40 helping
out Jessie J with "Price Tag."
12: B.o.B topped the UK singles
chart helping out Jessie J with
"Price Tag."
13: B.o.B was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards including Record of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, and Best Rap Song (awarded to
the songwriter) ("Nothin' On You" with Bruno Mars), Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Airplanes Part II"
with Eminem and Hayley Williams), and Best Rap Album (B.o.B
Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray).
 15: B.o.B hit the Top 40 with
help from Lil Wayne with "Strange Clouds."
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