It might be hard to believe, but Boyz II Men has only been around for six years. In that short time the group has broken records around the world and has managed to remain the hottest group in music.
Their debut album, Cooleyhigh-harmony, which was released in 1991, produced the gangster hit End of the Road, a song written for the film Boomerang. It stayed at the top of the charts for a whopping 13 weeks. It broke Elvis Presley's record of 11 weeks. The album, which also featured the hit It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday, sold more than seven million copies worldwide and made them an international sensation with standing-room-only crowds everywhere they went.
The follow-up LP titled, II, picked up where the initial album left off with a wide range of harmonious ballads. In one week, II sold more than 300,000 copies, dethroning the soundtrack from the hit film The Lion King.
The four members of the group, Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris and Michael McCary, collaborated with music legends Babyface, L.A. Reid, and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for this album that has spawned such hits as On Bended Knees, Water Runs Dry, I'll Make Love II U and an a capella remake of the Beatles classic Yesterday. The quartet also wrote and co-produced several of the songs on the new album, including Thank You.
Boyz II Men has captured the hearts of fans around the world because of their strong, soaring harmonies and the wholesome nature of their music.
They credit God for their superstar success. "He put us in the right place at the right time," McCary told Jet.
All four consistently point out that religion has always played a major role in their lives and racy lyrics have never been a possibility. II features songs about love, lost love and relationships.
"Everybody is entitled to do what they want to do," says McCary. "It just so happens this is what we want to do. This is our way of expressing ourselves."
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