New Edition - New Edition

Tomorrow (July 6th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of New Edition, the second studio album the Boston-born R&B band New Edition. The multi-Platinum 1984 record went to number 55 in Canada, number 15 in New Zealand, number 6 on the US Billboard Album chart (with a fifty-four week chart stay total) and number 1 on the US Billboard R&B chart.

New Edition - Candy Girl

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Candy Girl, the debut album from the R&B boy-band New Edition. It charted at number 90 on the US Billboard Hot 200 and number 14 on the US Billboard R&B charts. Hailing from Boston, the original recording line up for the group back in 1983 was Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe and Ralph Tresvant. Today we will take a look at the music to mark the album's thirtieth anniversary this year.

Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison

Happy forty-third birthday today (November 17) to Ronnie DeVoe.

After New Edition broke up in the late 80’s, three of its members went on to form a group called Bell Biv DeVoe (taken from the last names of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe). Their debut record Poison was released in early 1990 was a multi-Platinum seller and went to number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 200 and number 1 on the US Billboard R&B charts. The record is one of those that pioneered the “New Jack Swing” sound of the early 90’s, by combining hip-hop, funk, soul and pop music together.