Mark Morrison (musician)

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Mark "The Mack" Morrison (born May 3, 1972 in Hanover ) is a British musician . His biggest hit was Return of the Mack .

Life

Morrison was born in Hanover to bardic parents and grew up as a child in Leicester . The parents later moved to Miami, but Mark Morrison returned to the UK at 19.

After serving a three-month prison sentence, in which he decided to start a music career, the first professional recordings were made in 1995. His first single, Crazy, reached the top 20 in the UK charts in the spring of 1995. With the single Return of the Mack from the spring of 1996, he achieved an international hit. In the UK, the song became the first number 1 single by a male, British, black solo artist in the 1990s. Return of the Mack also became a top 10 hit in German-speaking countries . Subsequently, Morrison again reached the top 10 with Trippin ' , Horny and Moan and Groan, at least in Great Britain, but otherwise he could no longer match the previous success. Morrison was nominated for four BRIT Awards in 1997, but won none. His appearance attracted press attention especially as he wore a black top that said “Not Guilty”.

Morrison has been charged with several crimes. In 1997 he was sent to prison again for three months for trying to smuggle a stun gun onto an airplane. At the same time, his single Return of the Mack rose to number 2 on the US charts. In 1999 he appeared at the Brit Awards , where he announced Whitney Houston .

In 2004, he was falsely suspected of rape.

When his comeback failed in 2002 with his record company Death Row , he switched to 2Wikid, then in 2004 to Mona Records. In 2006 he released Innocent Man with guest contributions by Adina Howard and DMX , his last solo position in the UK charts.

Return of the Mack was re-released in 2005 as a Ford Explorer commercial theme song and remixed in 2016 by Nevada featuring Fetty Wap . This version hit the charts again in both the UK and Germany.

Discography

Studio 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
1996 Return of the Mack DE27 (17 weeks)
DE 		AT22 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH5 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
gold
gold

(48 weeks)UK 		US76 (24 weeks)
US
First published: April 22, 1996
WEA

More albums

  • 1997: The Judgment (Verse 1, Chapter III) (WEA)
  • 2005: Just a Man (2 Wikid Records)
  • 2006: Innocent Man (Mack Life)
  • 2013: I Am What I Am (Mack Life)

EPs

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
1997 Only God Can Judge Me - - - UK50 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: September 15, 1997
WEA

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
1995 Crazy
Return of the Mack 		DE68 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - UK6 (16 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: April 7, 1995
Let's Get Down
Return of the Mack 		- - - UK39 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: September 20, 1995
1996 Return of the Mack
Return of the Mack 		DE5 (27 weeks)
DE 		AT7 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH7 (16 weeks)
CH 		UK1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(27 weeks)UK 		US2
platinum
platinum

(40 weeks)US
First published: March 18, 1996
Trippin '
Return of the Mack 		- - - UK8 (8 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 17, 1996
Horny
Return of the Mack 		DE92 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - UK5
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK 		-
First published: December 19, 1996
1997 Moan & Groan
Return of the Mack 		- - - UK7 (10 weeks)
UK 		US76 (7 weeks)
US
First published: March 5, 1997
Who's the Mack
Only God Can Judge Me 		- - - UK13 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: September 21, 1997
1999 Best Friend
Innocent Man 		- - - UK23 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 8, 1999
feat. Gabrielle & Conner Reeves
2004 Just a Man / Backstabbers
Innocent Man 		- - - UK48 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 16, 2004
2006 Innocent Man
Innocent Man 		- - - UK46 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: March 31, 2006
feat. DMX

More singles

  • 1993: Where Is Our Love
  • 1996: I Like
  • 2002: I Wanna Be Your Man
  • 2006: Dance 4 Me feat. Tanya Stephens
  • 2013: NANG 2.0
  • 2016: My Life 2.0
  • 2018: Trippin 'on Me (with David Zowie )

as a guest musician

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
2016 The Mack DE33 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT38 (7 weeks)
AT 		CH66 (11 weeks)
CH 		UK14th
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)UK 		US-
gold
gold
US
First published: September 23, 2016
Nevada feat. Mark Morrison & Fetty Wap

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b CelebsNow: Whatever happened to ... Mark Morrison? October 9, 2016, accessed May 31, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b c Mark Morrison at Allmusic (English). Accessed May 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Statistics for Mark Morrison on officialcharts.com, accessed February 4, 2017
  4. ↑ . ::: Mark Morrison :::. Just A Fan Website - - - {SkidoProductions}. Accessed May 31, 2020 .
  5. ↑ The Mack feat. Mark Morrison & Fetty Wap. In: Universal Music . Accessed May 31, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  7. ↑ a b c Music Sales Awards: UK US
personal data
SURNAME Morrison, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Mack (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover