4 the cause

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4 the cause
General information
Genre (s) pop
founding 1993
Website www.myspace.com/four4thecause
Founding members
singing
 Shonna "Miss Lady" Edwards
(born May 10, 1981 in Chicago)
singing
 Bennie "BJ" Edwards Jr.
(born August 13, 1982 in Chicago)
singing
 Jason "J-Man" Edwards
(born July 2, 1982 in Chicago)
singing
 Reshona "Shorty" Edwards
(born September 26, 1984 in Chicago)

4 the Cause (Eng. "For the cause") is a band from Oak Park near Chicago , consisting of the siblings Jason and Shonna and their cousin Bennie and Cousin Reshona, which was mainly successful in Europe .

history

The band was founded in March 1993, but under the name "Young Warriors for Christ" (Eng. "Young Warriors for Christ"). The four of them performed at various school festivals and won the Apollo Style Talent Contest in 1995 , whereupon they got a record deal. In 1996 the record Up on It , a pure gospel album , was a minor success in the Christian music scene in the USA . The band name was changed a few times. First to “Young Warriors for tha Crusade” (Eng. “Young Warriors for the Crusade”), then to “Young Warriors 4 the Cause” (Eng. “Young Warriors for the Cause”). At the end of 1997 the band decided to shorten this name to "4 the Cause", where "the Cause" stands for their Christian faith. They were taken under the management of Miles Bell and Robert Williams, who also managed the then successful band The Moffatts .

Eventually the breakthrough came with the cover version of Stand by Me (Originally by Ben E. King ), which was released in 1998. The song was a number 1 hit in Switzerland and reached number 2 each in Germany and Austria . On the album of the same name, which was subsequently released, there are two songs to be found, the original compositions of the four band members: Shine Again (J-Man) and Make Your Head Rock , which is about the band itself. The second release, Ain't No Sunshine (original by Bill Withers ), was much less successful, but made it into the German, Austrian and Swiss charts. At the end of 1998 4 the Cause was part of the Rap Allstars alongside 2-4 Family , 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 last time the chart entered 1999 with the single Let Me Be , this time only in Germany.

With a reinterpretation of the Paul Young hit Every Time You Go Away , 4 the Cause was unable to build on previous successes. The last single release e-mail also flopped.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1998 Stand by Me DE51 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT29 (13 weeks)
AT 		CH20 (11 weeks)
CH 		- -

More albums

  • 1996: Up on It
  • 2002: Best of 4 the Cause (compilation)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1998 Stand by Me
Stand By Me 		DE2
platinum
platinum

(24 weeks)DE 		AT2
gold
gold

(19 weeks)AT 		CH1
gold
gold

(22 weeks)CH 		UK12 (12 weeks)
UK 		US82 (5 weeks)
US
Ain't No Sunshine
Stand By Me 		DE52 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT27 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH28 (9 weeks)
CH 		- -
Last Christmas
 DE24 (5 weeks)
DE 		- CH21 (3 weeks)
CH 		- -
as Rap Allstars feat. Leroy Daniels
1999 Let Me Be
Stand By Me 		DE82 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - - -

More singles

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • BelgiumBelgium Belgium
    • 1998: for the single Stand by Me

Platinum record

  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 1998: for the single Stand by Me

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 500,000 musikindustrie.de
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 15,000 nztop40.co.nz
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 hitparade.ch
All in all Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2

swell

  1. ↑ Rap Allstars at Discogs (English)
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK Rap Allstars feat. Leroy Daniels

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