V. Bozeman
Introduction
Veronika Jean Bozeman (born January 9, 1988) is an American soul singer, record producer and actress, best known for her recurring role as Veronica in the Fox primetime musical drama television series Empire. Bozeman began her career vocal producing songs such as "Lay It Down" by Lloyd in 2011.
Early life
Bozeman was born and raised in the South region of Los Angeles, California. She attended Crenshaw High School and California State University, Long Beach. She had the dream of being a singer since early childhood.
Career
Bozeman is currently under the label Mosley Music Group. She has previously been featured in music by Timbaland, CeeLo Green, Timothy Bloom, and Rihanna. Her manager is Monica Payne, formerly of the short-lived new jack swing groups The Gyrlz and Terri & Monica.
Bozeman performed "What is Love" on the pilot of the hit show Empire. The show's debut soundtrack album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. The music video of the song garnered more than 80 million views on YouTube.
Bozeman appeared as the love interest of Raheem DeVaughn in his 2019 music video, "Just Right".
Discography
Studio album
- Music Is My Boyfriend (TBA)
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Sales | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
USR&B | USAdult R&B |
USR&B/HH |
FR | ||||
| "Race Jones" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
| "What is Love" | 2015 | 112 | 13 | — | 39 | 67 | *US: 54,000 | Empire Soundtrack from season 1 |
| "Black and Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Smile" |
— | — | 20 | — | — | TBA | ||
| "You Can't Break Me" |
2016 | — | — | 26 | — | — | ||
| "GO" | — | — | 24 | — | — | |||
| "Dear Officer" |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | USPop | USR&B | Adult R&B | |||
| "'Til The End Of Time" | 2011 | — | — | 82 | 28 | The Budding Rose EP |
| "Bad Girl" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | Empire Soundtrack from season 1 |
| "Happy Alone" | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
Other Song
- 2015 : Hourglass