Another level
Another Level was a British pop -, Soul - and R & B - band from the late 1990s. The members were Wayne Williams (born January 19, 1978 ), Mark Baron (born August 17, 1974 ), Dane Bowers (born November 28, 1979 ) and Bobak Kianoush (born November 1, 1978 ).
history
Williams and Bowers met from The London School for Performing Arts & Technology , which is where they started making music together. The rapper Jay-Z took her to his label Northwest Side under contract . On the debut album of goods producer by Mary J. Blige , Gordon Chambers, and the producer of En Vogue , Andrea Martin, involved.
Another Level started their careers with the song Be Alone No More , which advanced to sixth place on the British charts in February 1998. The second single, Freak Me , a cover version of a 1993 hit by the group Silk, debuted at number one on the UK charts in July of that year. The band received the MOBO Best Single Award for this . The song From the Heart from the Notting Hill soundtrack eventually made Another Level known across Europe. Another Level appeared in the opening act of the last Michael Jackson tour.
The band separated in 2000. Solo projects by Wayne Williams and Dane Bowers were not commercially successful.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1998 | Another level | - | - |
UK13  (27 weeks)UK |
First published: November 9, 1998
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| 1999 | Nexus | - | - |
UK7th  (16 weeks)UK |
First published: September 13, 1999
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More albums
- 1999: Another Level Remixed
- 2002: Love Songs
- 2002: From the Heart - Greatest Hits (compilation)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CH
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UK
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| 1998 | Be Alone No More Another Level |
- | - |
UK6 (11 weeks) UK |
First published: February 16, 1998
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| Freak Me Another Level |
DE75 (7 weeks) DE |
- |
UK1 (13 weeks)UK |
First published: July 6, 1998
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| Guess I Was a Fool Another Level |
- | - |
UK5 (14 weeks) UK |
First published: October 26, 1998
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| 1999 | I Want You for Myself Another Level |
- | - |
UK2 (12 weeks) UK |
First published: January 11, 1999
feat. Ghostface Killah |
| Be Alone No More (Remix) Another Level Remixed |
- | - |
UK11 (12 weeks) UK |
First release: March 29, 1999
feat. Jay-Z |
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| From the Heart Nexus |
DE29 (14 weeks) DE |
CH18 (7 weeks) CH |
UK6 (15 weeks) UK |
First published: May 1999
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| Summertime Nexus |
- | - |
UK7 (10 weeks) UK |
First release: August 1999
feat. TQ |
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| Bomb Diggy Nexus |
- | - |
UK6 (12 weeks) UK |
First published: November 1999
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More singles
- 1999: Holding Back the Years
- 2000: Whatever You Want
literature
- Frank Laufenberg : Hit Lexicon of Rock and Pop . Ullstein, Munich 2002 ISBN 3-548-36362-8
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Web links
- Another Level at Discogs (English)
- Another level in the SWR 3 Poplexikon. SWR 3, August 7, 2007, accessed April 6, 2016 .