Boyz II Men

Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Currently the group is a trio, featuring baritone Nathan Morris alongside tenors Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but the original member and bass singer Michael McCary left the group in 2003 due to health issues. The quartet won four Grammy Awards, and the trio was nominated for two Grammys in 2009.

Boyz II Men's first album, Cooleyhighharmony, was released in 1991 and their first single was "Motownphilly". The single's release was accompanied with a music video that presented the group in hip hop style. The second single was an a capella cover of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" from the 1975 film Cooley High, while "Uhh Ahh" served as the third single.

Cooleyhighharmony sold over nine million copies and winning the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 1992 Grammy Awards. Boyz II Men were also nominated for Best New Artist.

The group's first single to reach Number 1, 1992's "End of the Road", a phenomenal hit, reached the top of charts across the globe. "End of the Road" stayed at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 13 weeks, breaking a decades-old record held by Elvis Presley. Boyz II Men would exceed even that record later in the decade with hits "I'll Make Love to You" and "One Sweet Day" (with Mariah Carey), which each set new records for the longest period of time a single remained at number 1.

They released a Christmas compilation, Christmas Interpretations in 1993. In 1994, II was released and sold more than 12 million copies in the United States alone, becoming one of the best-selling albums ever released by an R&B group act, and one of the biggest albums of the decade. Singles from the album included "On Bended Knee", "I'll Make Love to You" and "Water Runs Dry". "On Bended Knee" replaced "I'll Make Love to You" at number 1, making Boyz II Men only the third act ever to replace itself at number 1 on the Hot 100, after Elvis Presley and The Beatles.

The Remix Collection, a compilation of remixes of various Boyz II Men songs from Cooleyhighharmony and II would be issued by Motown.

Boyz II Men's third studio album, Evolution, was released in 1997 and sold three million copies. The single "Four Seasons of Loneliness" reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart. The second single, "A Song for Mama" was the theme song for the film Soul Food.

In 2000, they released an LP album, Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya, with its two singles, "Pass You By" and "Thank You in Advance". This was followed by the release of another greatest hits compilation, Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection.

Boyz II Men released the Full Circle album in 1992. In an attempt to recapture the massive success the group had enjoyed a decade earlier, a new single, "The Color of Love", had a high-budget music video. It was shot in four different locales by four different directors: supervising director Little X filmed scenes featuring Michael McCary in India, Hype Williams filmed Shawn Stockman in Tokyo, Benny Boom filmed Nathan Morris in Ghana, and Chris Robinson filmed Wanya Morris in Puerto Rico and finally all were filmed in New York.

Full Circle would become Boyz II Men's final album as a quartet. In January 2003, Michael McCary retired from performing due to his ongoing battle with scoliosis.

After a year out of the spotlight, Boyz II Men created the independent label MSM Music Group and released the Throwback, Vol. 1 LP in 2004. The album is a collection of covers of classic R&B and soul songs. In 2006, Boyz II Men's seventh studio album, The Remedy, was released exclusively in Japan.

In mid-2007, the group released the LP Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA through the Decca Records label. The LP is a cover album featuring songs from the Motown Records catalog. It peaked at number 6 on the US R&B chart, and was certified Gold in the UK. The album was also a critical success.

In 2009, Boyz II Men released Entitled Love, in November 2009 and contains remakes of love songs from outside the R&B genre.

Twenty, named in recognition of Boyz II Men's twenty years in the music business, is a double CD album with thirteen original songs and eight rerecorded Boyz II Men classics that was released in October 2011.