![]() ![]() After Motown merged with Universal in 1999, Boyz II Men put out their fourth album, Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya in 2000. After releasing a successful remix album and releasing "A Song for Mama", which became one of their last top ten hits, from the "Soul Food" soundtrack, Evolution was released and spawned a number-one hit "Four Seasons of Loneliness". By 1997's Evolution, tension was rising between Boyz II Men and Motown over the direction of the album. A year later, they duetted with Mariah Carey on the #1 blockbuster, "One Sweet Day", which stayed at number-one for sixteen weeks. In 1994, they released their second album, II, which featured the number-one hits "I'll Make Love to You" and "On Bended Knee" and the top ten hit "Water Runs Dry". "End of the Road" was featured on the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy vehicle, "Boomerang". In 1992, the group scored their first number-one hit behind the Babyface-written and produced "End of the Road" staying at number-one for a whopping thirteen weeks becoming one of the most successful Motown singles to date. Hits came in the form of the new jack swing anthem, "Motownphilly", the cover of the Motown classic, "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" and the sexy ballad, "Uhh Ahh". ![]() In 1990, they signed a deal with Motown Records behind Bivins Biv 10 Productions and released their debut album, Cooleyhighharmony. In 1990, Nelson suddenly left the group because of personality conflicts and the group remained a quartet for the next decade of Wanya, Shawn, Nathan and Michael. After meeting the group backstage at one of their concerts, member Michael Bivins agreed to mentor the boys to a record deal after hearing the group sing. Big fans of New Edition, in 1989, they renamed themselves Boyz II Men after one of their classic album tracks of the same name from the album, Heartbreak. ![]() Important Members: Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris and Michael McCaryįormed in Philadelphia in 1988, Boyz II Men first came up as the quintet Unique Attraction featuring high school students Wanya Morris, Marc Nelson, Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris and Michael McCary. Formed: 1988 (as Unique Attraction) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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