Also, in 1995 SWV appeared on the Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album, recording the track, "All Night Long". The album was certified platinum for shipping 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. The last single, "It's All About U", found Taj taking most of the lead as opposed to Coko.
This song peaked at twenty-two on the Hot 100 and number six on the R&B chart. The second single, "Use Your Heart", saw the debut of the super producers The Neptunes. The first single, " You're the One", became one of their signature songs peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. New Beginning was the second album from SWV. In the summer of 1995, the trio lent vocal harmonies to Blackstreet's Top 40 R&B hit "Tonight's the Night".ġ996–1997: New Beginning, Release Some Tension and A Special Christmas That same year, SWV released The Remixes, which went gold by the end of the year. The single, "Anything", became a top ten R&B hit and reached No. Following the success of their first album, SWV appeared on the soundtrack for the 1994 film Above the Rim. The album peaked at 8 on the US Billboard 200. It was followed up with the additional Top10 R&B hits, "Downtown" (No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts for 7 weeks, making it one of the longest-running singles of 1993. Pharrell Williams performed a small rap solo on "Right Here (UK Remix)". " Right Here/Human Nature", the fourth single and a remix of their first single, "Right Here", featured samples of Michael Jackson's hit " Human Nature". Their second single, " I'm So into You", peaked at No. SWV's first single, " Right Here", was released in the fall of 1992, reaching No.
It was certified multi platinum by the RIAA for more than two million copies shipped to store. It's About Time, the debut studio album by SWV, was released by RCA Records on Octo(see 1992 in music).
In 1991, after being invited to sing live in front of RCA executives, SWV was signed to an eight-album record deal.ġ992–1995: It's About Time and The Remixes After getting their demo together, their manager at the time, Maureen Singleton sent out demo tapes along with bottles of Perrier ("We couldn't afford champagne", says Taj) to catch the attention of record execs all over America. SWV (an abbreviation for Sisters With Voices) was formed by Cheryl "Coko" Gamble, Tamara "Taj" Johnson and Leanne "Lelee" Lyons (with Lelee and Coko as founding members).
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