Tony! Toni! Toné!

Tony! Toni! Toné! was an American R&B band from Oakland , California . The band was founded in the mid-1980s by the brothers D'wayne Wiggins and Raphael Saadiq and their cousin Timothy Christian Riley.

Career

Tony! Toni! Toné! combined contemporary R&B rhythms with soul music and generally appeared as a band at concerts. In 1988, Who? released their debut album. The single Little Walter reached number 1 on the R&B charts. In 1990 the platinum album The Revival was released and delivered four No. 1 hits in the American R&B charts. In 1993, the band increased their sales success with their third album, Sons of Soul - the album sold over two million times in the USA alone and received a Grammy nomination. In 1996, House of Music was their fourth and so far last studio album. In 1997 the band broke up.

D'wayne Wiggins then worked for some time in the music industry as an A&R manager, including Destiny's Child, her breakthrough record deal with Columbia Records , and released a solo album in 2000. Saadiq released his solo album in 2001 and in the meantime had become one of the most successful and sought-after producers in the R&B sector ( Neo Soul style ). He won several Grammys.

2004 worked Tony! Toni! Toné! on the album The Diary of Alicia Keys with the song Diary . D'wayne played guitar and Timothy Riley played drums. The single is the biggest crossover hit for Tony with number 6 on the general Billboard charts! Toni! Toné.

In 2006 the personal differences of the three founders had subsided and they went on a small tour together for the first time in years.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
1988	Who?	-	-	US69 gold (46 weeks)US	First published: April 18, 1988
1990	The Revival	-	-	US34 platinum (64 weeks)US	First published: April 20, 1990
1993	Sons of Soul	-	UK66 (1 week) UK	US24 × 2 Double platinum (43 weeks)US	First published: June 22, 1993
1996	House of Music	-	-	US32 platinum (31 weeks)US	First published: November 19, 1996

Compilations

year	title	Remarks
1997	Hits	First published: October 28, 1997
2001	The best of	First published: August 14, 2001
2011	Icon	First published: March 1, 2011

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
1988	Little Walter Who?	-	-	US47 (10 weeks) US	First published: July 13, 1988
1990	The Blues The Revival	-	-	US46 (10 weeks) US	First published: March 5, 1990
	Feels Good The Revival	-	-	US9 gold (25 weeks)US	First published: June 15, 1990
	Oakland Stroke The Revival	-	UK50 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1990
	It Never Rains (In Southern California) The Revival	-	UK69 (2 weeks) UK	US34 (15 weeks) US	First published: October 14, 1990
1991	Whatever You Want The Revival	-	-	US48 (11 weeks) US	First published: March 1991
1993	If I Had No Loot Sons of Soul	DE55 (12 weeks) DE	UK44 (3 weeks) UK	US7th gold (21 weeks)US	First published: June 1, 1993
	Anniversary Sons of Soul	-	-	US10 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: September 14, 1993
1994	(Lay Your Head on My) Pillow Sons of Soul	-	-	US31 (15 weeks) US	First published: January 11, 1994
	Leavin ' Sons of Soul	-	-	US82 (5 weeks) US	First published: April 12, 1994
1996	Let's Get Down House of Music	-	UK33 (2 weeks) UK	-	Featuring DJ Quik First released: October 28, 1996
1997	Thinking of You House of Music	-	-	US22 (20 weeks) US	First published: March 11, 1997

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
2004	Diary The Diary of Alicia Keys	-	-	US8th gold (28 weeks)US	First published: June 29, 2004 Alicia Keys feat. Tony! Toni! Toné!

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE UK US
2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Awards for Music Sales: US