BLACKstreet
| BLACKstreet | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | R&B , hip-hop , soul |
| founding | 1992 |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Teddy Riley |
singing |
Mark Middleton |
singing |
Eric Williams |
singing |
J-Stylez |
BLACKstreet is an American R&B / Hip-Hop group.
history
BLACKstreet was founded in 1992 and celebrated its first successes in 1993. In 1994, the band released their debut album BLACKstreet as a result of the 1993 debut single "Baby Be Mine", which was only able to place in the US R&B charts. The album, however, reached platinum status and sold over a million copies, with subsequent singles placing in the top ten.
The breakthrough came in 1996 with the 4-times platinum album Another Level and the hit "No Diggity", which also placed internationally: Top 20 in Australia , France , Germany , Switzerland and Austria , Top 10 in Sweden and Norway , Great Britain , the Netherlands and number 1 in New Zealand and the United States . Overall, they managed to land two more number 1 hits in the next two years (each in New Zealand): “Don't Leave Me” and “Take Me There”, a duet with the singer Mýa .
In Germany it was hardly possible to build on earlier successes. Even with the success number Girlfriend / Boyfriend with Janet Jackson , Ja Rule and Eve , they only reached number 98 in the German charts, while the Top 20 were reached in Japan , South Africa , New Zealand and Great Britain. Although the single was very well received and reached the top 40 in the charts almost everywhere, the album only sold just over 500,000 copies and was the lowest-selling until then.
After the hit single with Janet Jackson , apart from a few collaborations with the aforementioned Janet and with Ma $ e , which were international successes, no more singles followed and the group took a three-year hiatus, before doing the studio work for their 2003 release in 2002 Album "Level II" to begin. But the comeback singles "Wizzy Wow" and "Deep" could hardly attract any attention. Except in the UK and the American R&B charts, the songs did not rank anywhere. There was a label change to Dreamworks Records.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1994 | Blackstreet | - | - | - |
UK35  (9 weeks)UK |
US52  (51 weeks)US |
First published: June 21, 1994
Sales: + 1,060,000 |
| 1996 | Another level |
DE47 (22 weeks) DE |
- |
CH19 (9 weeks) CH |
UK26th  (38 weeks)UK |
US3 × 4
(60 weeks)US |
First published: September 9, 1996
Sales: + 4,100,000 |
| 1999 | Finally |
DE34 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH34 (4 weeks) CH |
UK27 (5 weeks) UK |
US9 (12 weeks)US |
First published: March 23, 1999
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 2003 | Level II | - | - | - | - |
US14 (5 weeks) US |
First published: March 11, 2003
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Compilations
| year | title | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | No Diggity: The Very Best of Blackstreet | First published: June 10, 2003 |
| 2004 | 20th Century Masters - Millennium Collection: The Best of Blackstreet |
First published: July 27, 2004 |
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1993 | Baby Be Mine Blackstreet |
- | - | - |
UK37 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 23, 1993
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| 1994 | Booti Call Blackstreet |
- | - | - |
UK56 (2 weeks) UK |
US34 (20 weeks) US |
First published: July 28, 1994
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| Before I Let You Go Blackstreet |
- | - | - | - |
US7 (27 weeks) US |
First published: November 22, 1995
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| 1995 | U Blow My Mind Blackstreet |
- | - | - |
UK39 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 1995
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| Joy Blackstreet |
- | - | - |
UK56 (2 weeks) UK |
US43 (13 weeks) US |
First published: March 21, 1995
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| Tonight's the Night Blackstreet |
- | - | - | - |
US80 (7 weeks) US |
First release: August 1st, 1995
feat. SWV |
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| 1996 | No Diggity Another Level |
DE14 (20 weeks) DE |
AT16 (12 weeks) AT |
CH11 (18 weeks) CH |
UK9 × 2
(35 weeks)UK |
US1 (31 weeks)US |
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| 1997 | Don't leave me another level |
DE23 (17 weeks) DE |
- |
CH27 (7 weeks) CH |
UK6 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 1997
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| Fix another level |
DE67 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK7 (9 weeks) UK |
US58 (10 weeks) US |
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| (Money Can't) Buy Me Love Another Level |
- | - | - |
UK18 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 1997
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| 1998 | Take Me There Finally / Rugrats in Paris - The Movie (OST) |
DE58 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK7 (10 weeks) UK |
US14 (17 weeks) US |
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| 1999 | Girlfriend / Boyfriend Finally |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK11 (9 weeks) UK |
US47 (11 weeks) US |
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| 2004 | Wizzy Wow Level II |
- | - | - |
UK37 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: January 2004
feat. Mystical |
As a guest musician
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1996 | Get Me Home I'll Na Na |
- | - | - |
UK11 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 15, 1996
Foxy Brown feat. BLACKstreet |
| 1998 | The City Is Mine In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 |
DE28 (16 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK38 (2 weeks) UK |
US52 (20 weeks) US |
First published: February 3rd, 1998
Jay-Z feat. BLACKstreet |
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I Get Lonely The Velvet Rope |
DE75 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH41 (7 weeks) CH |
UK5 (7 weeks) UK |
US3 (20 weeks) US |
First published: February 26th, 1998
Janet Jackson feat. BLACKstreet |
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| 1999 | Get Ready Double Up |
DE86 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK32 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 29, 1999
Ma $ e feat. BLACKstreet |