Genres: Rock
Styles: Contemporary R&B, Urban
Instruments: Vocals

Eric Benet is a contemporary gospel singer with heavy hip-hop and urban soul influences. As a teenager, Benet was in a vocal group called Benet with his sister and cousin. The group signed with Capitol and released an eponymous album in 1992 that went ignored. Eric went out as a solo artists shortly afterward, signing to Warner Brothers and releasing his debut album, True to Myself, in the fall of 1996. A Day in the Life followed in 1999, launching the R&B chart smash "Spend My Life with You."

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine (All Music Guide)