Tank (singer)

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Tank (2014)

Tank (born January 1, 1976 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ), real name Durrell Babbs , is an American R&B singer and songwriter.

Career

Durrell Babbs is from Milwaukee on Lake Michigan , but grew up near the capital Washington, DC . In his youth he sang in the church choir, which was led by a cousin. He first found his way into the music business as a background singer for Ginuwine and also as a songwriter. In 2000 he was involved in the album Chicago '85 ... The Movie by former Blackstreet member Dave Hollister , which was a million seller.

Immediately afterwards he got his own record deal with Blackground Records and released his debut album Force of Nature just a year later under the nickname Tank (Panzer), which he got because of his appearance . It earned him a gold record of its own and reached number 1 on the R&B charts and number 7 on the official charts . The song Maybe I Deserve came in at number 38 in the single charts . With the second album One Man he was not quite as successful in 2002, but still reached high chart positions.

In the following years, however, he focused on songwriting and wrote songs for a variety of successful R&B musicians such as Aaliyah , Brian McKnight , Omarion , Charlie Wilson , Jamie Foxx , Tyrese , Monica , Joe and Kelly Rowland .

Tanks' third album Sex, Love & Pain followed in 2007 . This was the second time he reached number 1 on the R&B albums and number 2 in the official charts. The song Please Don't Go was his second hit on the Hot 100 singles chart and his first number one hit on the AC charts. At the 2008 Grammy Awards , the song and album earned him two nominations for an award in the R&B category. Two other nominations followed in 2010 and 2011 as co-author of Pleasure Ps Under and as co-interpreter alongside Chris Brown on the song Take My Time .

In 2009 the singer switched to Atlantic Records , but his first album there, Now or Never , had been his worst-placed to date, but still stayed in the charts for a long time. This was followed in 2012 with This Is How I Feel, the third R&B number one album and with the song Next Breath he reached the top of the AC charts again. The following year Tank teamed up with Ginuwine and Tyrese and the three of them came as TGT with the album Three Kings, also at number 1 on the R&B and at number 3 on the official charts.

The solo albums Stronger and Sex, Love & Pain II followed in 2014 and 2016, both of which again topped the R&B charts. In the Billboard 200 he missed the top 10 both times and he had no further hit in the R&B single charts.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
2001 Force of Nature US7th
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US 		R&B1 (35 weeks)
R&B
2002 One man US20 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B4 (19 weeks)
R&B
2007 Sex, Love & Pain US2 (18 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (43 weeks)
R&B
2010 Now or Never US35 (16 weeks)
US 		R&B10 (45 weeks)
R&B
2012 This Is How I Feel US9 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (23 weeks)
R&B
2013 Three Kings US3 (21 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (37 weeks)
R&B
with Ginuwine and Tyrese as TGT
2014 Stronger US13 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (12 weeks)
R&B
2016 Sex, Love & Pain II US15 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (13 weeks)
R&B
2017 Savage US24 (3 weeks)
US 		R&B17 (1 week)
R&B
2019 elevation US160 (1 week)
US 		-

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
2000 Maybe I Deserve
Force of Nature 		US38 (20 weeks)
US 		R&B7 (33 weeks)
R&B
Author: D. Babbs
2001 Slowly
Force of Nature 		- R&B43 (17 weeks)
R&B
Authors: D. Babbs, J. Walker
2002 One Man
One Man 		- R&B25 (20 weeks)
R&B
Author: D. Babbs
Let Me Live
One Man 		- R&B82 (10 weeks)
R&B
feat. Mannie Fresh and Jazze Pha
Authors: B. Thomas , D. Babbs, P. Alexander
2006 Please Don't Go
Sex, Love & Pain 		US42 (20 weeks)
US 		R&B2 (55 weeks)
R&B
Authors: D. Babbs, L. Bereal
2007 Heartbreaker
Sex, Love & Pain 		- R&B37 (24 weeks)
R&B
Authors: D. Babbs, H. Mason Jr., D. Thomas, E. Dawkins, A. Dixon, E. Jackson
2010 Sex Music
Now or Never 		- R&B29 (19 weeks)
R&B
Authors: D. Babbs, K. Stephens, R. Newt, J. Franklin, J. Valentine, HJ Mason Jr.
Emergency
Now or Never 		- R&B23 (21 weeks)
R&B
Authors: D. Babbs, R. Newt, J. Franklin, J. Valentine
2011 Celebration
Now or Never 		- R&B73 (13 weeks)
R&B
feat. Drake
Authors: D. Babbs, K. Stephens, R. Newt, J. Franlin, J. Valentine, A. Graham , R. Romulus, J. Reeves, J. Yip
I Can't Make You Love Me
Now or Never 		- R&B64 (20 weeks)
R&B
Authors: MB Reid, JA Shamlin
2012 Next Breath
This Is How I Feel 		- R&B27 (23 weeks)
R&B
Authors: D. Babbs, C. Umana, K. McCall, S. Bush, M. Powell, BG Nelson
Compliments
This Is How I Feel 		- R&B75 (7 weeks)
R&B
feat. Kris Stephens and TI
Authors: D. Babbs, K. Stephens, CJ Harris Jr.
2017 When We
Savage 		US78
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		-
Authors: D. Babbs, C. McCormick, J. Newt

More singles

Guest Posts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
2003 Tonite, I'm Yours
 - R&B87 (11 weeks)
R&B
Authors: Z. Copeland Jr. , R. Santiago, D. Riley, A. Brown
Lil Zane feat. tank
2011 She don't put it down
 US96 (1 week)
US 		R&B32 (8 weeks)
R&B
Authors: J. Budden, D. Babbs, D. Carter , T. Williams
Joe Budden feat. Tank & Lil Wayne

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  1. ↑ a b c d tank in the gold / platinum database of the RIAA (USA)
  2. ↑ a b c Tank in the US charts (Billboard)

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personal data
SURNAME tank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Babbs, Durrell (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States