 His sophomore studio album "My Way" (1997) earned Grammy Award nominations for "You Make Me Wanna" and "My Way" as Best Male R&B Vocal performance.He received his first MTV Video Music Award nomination as Best R&B Video for the former and won three Billboard Music Awards including Top Artist in 1998.He also received an NAACP Image Award nomination as Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for his appearance on the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" in 1999.