SWV (band)

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SWV
General information
Genre (s) R&B , hip-hop , soul , pop
founding 1990, 2005
resolution 1999
Current occupation
singing
 Cheryl "Coko" Clemons
singing
 Tamara "Taj" Johnson George
singing
 Leanne "Lelee" Lyons

SWV , also known as Sisters with Voices , is an American R&B trio.

history

SWV formed in 1990 and released their debut album It's About Time in 1992 . However, the first single Right Here , taken from the album, attracted little attention. The singles I'm So Into You and Weak , on the other hand, were very successful, as well as the re-release of the debut single under the name Right Here (Human Nature Remix) . In the USA the album and the singles together sold five million records. The album went platinum three times. The second record was a remix compilation called The Remixes . The singles Anything , Tonight's the Night (with BLACKstreet ) and You're Always On My Mind were extracted from it.

After four years, the studio album New Beginning was released in 1996 . It was just as successful as its predecessor. You're The One , taken from the album, reached number one on the American Billboard R & B / Hip-Hop charts as the group's seventh single. The album was also a success in New Zealand , Canada and the United Kingdom . It received a platinum record for a million records sold.

The third studio album Release Some Tension was released in 1997. It could not place in the US top ten, but in New Zealand the single Can We was a number one hit.

In 1999 the group split up to pursue solo careers. Numerous compilations such as SWV - Greatest Hits (1999), The Best of SWV (2000) and SWV's Platinum & Gold Collection (2003) turned out to be failures. Except for Cheryl "Coko" Clemons, who was already involved in the song Men in Black in 1997 independently of SWV , none of the members of SWV achieved a solo career worth mentioning. Clemons released two successful albums and worked as a solo artist with Darkchild , Eve , Lil 'Mo and Faith Evans, among others .

After a long break between 1999 and 2005, the group reunited and began to work on an album planned for 2009 and with artists such as Bobby Brown & New Edition , BLACKstreet and Babyface . One of the biggest appearances after the split was in 2008 at the BET Awards with Alicia Keys , TLC and En Vogue , where they sang a medley of the hits Waterfalls , Teenage Love Affair , Weak and Hold On . The reunion album was finally released in early 2012 under the name I Missed Us .

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
1992 It's about time DE84 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - UK17 (18 weeks)
UK 		US8th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(71 weeks)US
First published: October 27, 1992
1996 New beginning - - - UK26 (6 weeks)
UK 		US9
platinum
platinum

(25 weeks)US
First published: April 23, 1996
1997 Release some tension DE65 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK19 (6 weeks)
UK 		US24
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US
First published: July 29, 1997
2012 I missed us - - - - US25 (6 weeks)
US
First published: April 17, 2012
2016 Quiet - - - - US80 (1 week)
US
First published: February 5, 2016

more publishments

  • 1997: A Special Christmas

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
1994 The Remixes - - - - US92
gold
gold

(10 weeks)US
First published: May 10, 1994

Compilations

year title Remarks
1999 Greatest Hits (RCA) First published: February 23, 1999
Greatest Hits (Simitar) First published: August 31, 1999
2001 Best Of SWV First published: November 6, 2001
2003 Platinum & Gold Collection First published: June 17, 2003
2004 Encore Collection First published: January 5, 2004
2011 SOUL First published: February 22, 2011

Singles

Chart placements as lead musician

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1992 Right Here
It's About Time 		- - - - US92
gold
gold

(5 weeks)US
First published: August 20, 1992
I'm So into You
It's About Time 		- - - UK17 (6 weeks)
UK 		US6th
gold
gold

(27 weeks)US
First published: December 8, 1992
1993 Weak
It's About Time 		- - - UK33 (3 weeks)
UK 		US1
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)US
First published: May 6, 1993
Right Here (Human Nature Remix)
It's About Time 		DE33 (12 weeks)
DE 		- - UK3 (12 weeks)
UK 		US2 (22 weeks)
US
First published: July 1993
Downtown
It's About Time 		- - - UK19 (6 weeks)
UK[US: ↑]
First published: July 1993
1994 Always on My Mind
The Remixes 		- - - - US54 (17 weeks)
US
First published: January 1994
Anything
'The Remixes' 		- - - UK30 (4 weeks)
UK 		US18 (20 weeks)
US
First published: March 1994
1996 You're the One
New Beginning 		- - - UK13 (3 weeks)
UK 		US5
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First published: March 1996
Use Your Heart
New Beginning 		- - - - US22 (20 weeks)
US
First published: July 1996
It's All About U
New Beginning 		- - - UK36 (5 weeks)
UK 		US61 (15 weeks)
US
First published: December 1996
1997 Can We
Release Some Tension 		- - - UK18 (4 weeks)
UK 		US75 (15 weeks)
US
First release: March 1997
feat. Missy Elliott
Someone
Release Some Tension 		- - - UK34 (2 weeks)
UK 		US19th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First release: July 1997
feat. Puff daddy
Rain
release some tension 		- - - - US25 (14 weeks)
US
First published: December 1997

Chart placements 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
1995 Tonight's the Night
Blackstreet 		- - - - US80 (7 weeks)
US
First release: August 1st, 1995
BLACKstreet feat. SWV

swell

  1. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US