A fourth single was released from the album, "Look for Me" featuring vocals from Talay Riley. However, the album charted at number-one on the UK R&B Albums Chart. It debuted at number-two on the UK Albums Chart. After the release of I Am Chipmunk on 12 October 2009, it gained mainly positive reviews from critics. The song beat song candidates to the top spot, beating British girl-group, The Saturdays to number-one with their come-back single, "Forever Is Over". The song was accompanied by a music video, Chipmunk's love interest was played by Red Madrell, a British actress. It was Chipmunk's first single released internationally. The track debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Charts and it later gained a certification of Silver, by the BPI. "Oopsy Daisy" is Chip's most successful single to date. The single featured guest vocals from Ms D and was written by Talay Riley. He released "Oopsy Daisy" as the third official single. The song became Sandé's and Chip's first top 10 hit, after it charted at number-six on the UK Singles Charts. Following the release of "Diamond Rings" which featured guest vocals from Emeli Sandé.
After the release of the single, he announced his album would be titled, I Am Chipmunk. The music video of the track featured Tim Westwood and Dappy of N-Dubz, and was filmed in his secondary school, Gladesmore Community School. The single charted at number twenty-one on the UK Singles Charts. On 2 March 2009, he released his first single from the album, "Chip Diddy Chip". In 2008, he signed a record deal with Columbia Records, Sony Music and began recording his first debut album. Chip announced his signing to American rapper T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records in March 2012 after leaving Sony following the shuttering of Jive, Sony Music. On 13 January 2012 he announced via Twitter that he had permanently abbreviated his name from Chipmunk to Chip. The same year Chipmunk won an Mp3 Award at Mp3 Music Awards 2009 for his single, "Diamond Rings", which was published and promoted by MTV Network. He also won an award with Emeli Sandé for Best British Single for their song "Diamond Rings".
He also won Best Hip-Hop Act at the MOBO Awards 2009. In 2008, Chipmunk was nominated for best newcomer at the MOBO Awards, winning two awards: Best UK Newcomer and Best Hip-Hop act. His follow-up debut album, Transition was released on 18 April 2011. He released his debut album, I Am Chipmunk in 2009, which charted at number-two on the UK Albums Chart. He has successfully released five top-ten hits on the UK Singles Chart, of which "Oopsy Daisy" debuted at number-one. He signed a record deal with Columbia Records of Sony Music UK. Jahmaal Noel Fyffe (born 26 November 1990), known by his stage name Chip, formerly Chipmunk is an English rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, London.
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