2-4 family
2-4 Family was a hip hop / rap band that was active between 1998 and 2000.
biography
The band was founded in 1997 in Germany by Afro-American rappers Jay Dogg and Michael Johnson (Jazz) as well as Afro-American singer Essence (Essie) Woods from Dallas , Texas and her friend Jo O'Meara from London , England . Jo, who later became the lead singer of S Club 7 , was replaced by Joanna Biscardine, also from London, after the first single Stay , which was among other things a top 10 hit in Germany.
In December 1998 2-4 Family was part of the Rap Allstars alongside 4 the Cause , 2 Ruff , Sweetbox and Joe Thompson and Mike Dalien from Down Low . This project released a cover version of the Wham! -Christmas hits Last Christmas and made it into the top 30 in Germany and Switzerland.
The single Lean on Me was placed in many chart lists in Europe, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland even in the top 10. On March 16, 1999 the band released their only album Family Business , three months later the third and for the time being last single followed Take Me Home .
In 2006 the band 2-4 Family was re-founded by the producers with new members under the same name and released the single Stand Up , which, however, went unnoticed.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1999 | Family business |
DE54 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
CH32 (6 weeks) CH |
- | |
Singles
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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| 1998 | Stay |
DE8th  (24 weeks)DE |
AT24 (9 weeks) AT |
CH11 (15 weeks) CH |
- |
Sales: + 250,000
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| Last Christmas |
DE24 (5 weeks) DE |
- |
CH21 (3 weeks) CH |
- |
Rap Allstars feat. Leroy Daniels
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| 1999 | Lean on Me (With the Family) |
DE9 (13 weeks) DE |
AT6 (15 weeks) AT |
CH7 (14 weeks) CH |
UK69 (2 weeks) UK |
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| Take Me Home |
DE79 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | ||
More singles
- 2006: Stand Up!
swell
- ↑ Rap Allstars at Discogs (English)
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
- ↑ Gold / platinum database DE ( Memento of the original dated November 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- 2-4 Family at Allmusic (English)
- 2-4 Family at Discogs (English)