Maxi Priest

Max Alfred Elliott better known as Maxi Priest is an English born (Jun 10) reggae vocalist with Jamaican roots. In the mainstream, his style was a fusion of reggae, R&B and soul. He is best known for the US #1 and Canada Dance #1, "Close to you". He collaborated with host of artists including Shabba Ranks on "Housecall", Appache Indian on "Fe' Real" and Shaggy on "That Girl". "That girl" sampled Booker T and the MGs "Green Onions" and was a Canada Dance #1 in September 1996.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1990    7	Close To You
Aug 1991   31	Housecall (Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest)
Nov 1992   33	Just Wanna Know / Fe' Real
Nov 1992   33	Fe' Real (featuring Apache Indian)
Mar 1993   40	One More Chance
May 1993    8	Housecall (remix) (Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest)
Jun 1996   15	That Girl (featuring Shaggy)
Sep 1996   36	Watching The World Go By

What happened next?
In 2003, Maxi Priest played for local football team, Southall FC. Music-wise, he has kept recording and 2014 album "Easy to Love" reached #2 on the Billboard Reggae chart. His most recent release was "NRG" in 2018. Maxi continues to tour and is due to play a couple of gigs in Oxford next week with Big Mountain and will part of the Giants of UK reggae alongside Aswad and Dawn Penn in September 2021.

Max-a-million

Max-A-Million was a project created by Chicago producers, 20 Fingers and consisted of A'Lisa B, Duran Estevez and Tommye. Max-A-Million released one album, "Take your time" and included the lead single "Fat Boy", which spent 2 weeks at #1 on the Canada Dance chart in September 1995. A dance cover of the Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" also reached #1 on the Canada Dance Chart in 1996. Other singles included SOS Band's "Take your time" and "Everybody's Groovin".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date CanDance	Song
1994	1	Fat Boy
1995	3	Take your time (Do it right?)
1995	1	Sexual Healing
1995	8	Everybody's Groovin

What happene next?
The group disbanded in 1998. However, the name Max-A-Million is still owned by Duran Estevez, who chose to use it as his alias. He is now managed by Chappell Entertainment.

Massive Attack

Massive Attack is a collaborative British music production group from Bristol, England. They are best known for their debut single and the one-camera-shot-video for "Unfinished Sympathy", which featured Shara Nelson on vocals. At the time of release, they shortened their name to "Massive" tio avoid controversy relating to the Gulf War. They returned to being "Massive Attack" for their next single, "Safe from Harm". They also scored a UK Dance #1 with "Risingson" in 1997. Other top 20 hits include "Protection" and Teardrop".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1991   13	Unfinished Sympathy
Jun 1991   25	Safe From Harm
Feb 1992   27	Massive Attack EP
Oct 1994   24	Sly
Jan 1995   14	Protection
Apr 1995   28	Karmacoma
Jul 1997   11	Risingson
May 1998   10	Teardrop
Jul 1998   30	Angel

What happened next?
On 28 November 2019, Robert Del Naja announced that Massive Attack partnered with a research centre based at the University of Manchester to explore music industry climate impact. trying to get a "resulting roadmap to decarbonisation will be shared with other touring acts, promoters and festival/venue owners to assist swift and significant emissions reductions."

Mary Kiani

Mary McKloskey better known as Mary Kiani is a Scottish born (Mar 27) singer. She is best known for dance hits in the mid-90s such as the UK Dance #1, "When I call your name", "Let the music play" and "100.00%". She originally was part of techno/house group the Time Frequency.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1995   18	When I Call Your Name
Dec 1995   35	I Give It All To You / I Imagine
Apr 1996   19	Let The Music Play
Jan 1997   23   100.00%

What happened next?
Mary Kiani's last release was "Family" in 2015. She still does bit and pieces including something with Burns Night

Mary J Blige

Mary J Blige is an American born (Jan 11) singer, songwriter and rapper. She is best known in the States for US Top 10 hits, "Real Love" and "Not gonna cry". In the UK, she probably better known for the UK Top 10 hits, "Everything" and the collaboration with George Michael of Stevie Wonder's "As". Her debut album "What's the 411?" was successful in the States, with leading singles "You remind me" and "Real Love" reaching #1 on US R&B chart. The third single "Reminisce" broke into the UK Top 40 and consequently "Real Love" was remixed/re-released as a follow-up. "You don't have to worry" containing a sample of James Brown's 1974 track "Papa Don't Take No Mess" was featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 film "Who's the man?" Her second album "My Life" featured "Be Happy", which sampled "Curtis Mayfield's You're Too Good To Me" and Rose Royce's "I'm going down". A couple soundtrack hits followed with the old Carole King song "(You make me feel like a) Natural Woman" from the movie "New York Undercover" and "Not gon' cry" from the movie "Waiting to Exhale". In 1995, she collaborated with Method Man on "You're All I Need", which is the only 90s song that reached the Top 10 in both the States and the UK. Her third album, "Share my world" featured "Love is all we need" that contains a sample of Rick James' "Moonchild" and UK #6 hit, "Everything", which was based on Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye's 1974 hit "You Are Everything".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1993   31	Reminisce
Aug 1993   26	Real Love
Dec 1993   36	You Don't Have To Worry
May 1994   29	My Love
Dec 1994   30	Be Happy
Apr 1995   12	I'm Goin' Down
Jul 1995   10	I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By (Method Man featuring Mary J Blige)
Sep 1995   17	Mary Jane (All Night Long)
Dec 1995   23	(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
Mar 1996   39	Not Gon' Cry
Mar 1997   30	Can't Knock The Hustle (Jay-Z featuring Mary J Blige)
May 1997   15	Love Is All We Need
Aug 1997    6	Everything
Nov 1997   19	Missing You
Jul 1998   22	Seven Days (featuring George Benson)
Mar 1999    4	As	George Michael & Mary J Blige
Aug 1999   29	All That I Can Say

What happened next?
Mary J Blige has come through a lot from a troubled upbrining and has matured to the well respected "Queen of Hip Hop Soul" that she is now. Her biggest UK hit was when she reached UK#2 enhancing U2's original "One" in 2005. Although, she had some acting credits mostly related to singing cross-over projects. She shot into the acting world when she starred in the period drama "Mudblood", where she received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress and best original song.

Martine McCutcheon

Martine McCutcheon (Martine Kimberley Sherrie McCutcheon) is an English born (May 14) singer, television personality and actress. She is best known singing wise for the UK#1 1999 hit, "Perfect Moment", which was originally recorded by Polish female vocalist Edyta Gorniak in 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1999    1	Perfect Moment
Sep 1999    6	I've Got You
Dec 1999    6	Talking In Your Sleep / Love Me

What happened next?
Over the years, Martine McCutcheon returned to stage and television in the UK. Her most recent album was "Lost and Found" featuring the lead single "Say I'm not alone" in 2017. In 2021, she took part in second season of the Masked Singer UK as Swan.

Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch

Mark Wahlberg (a.k.a. Marky Mark) is an American actor but before he went down the acting avenue, he, his abs and the funky bunch were all the rage in 1991 when "Good Vibrations" was US #1 hit for 1 week in October 1991. "Good Vibrations" also featured the vocal talents of the late Loleatta Holloway. They also had another US Top 10 hit with the reworking of Lou Reed's "(Walk on the) Wild side". The Funky Bunch was composed of Scott Ross (alias Scottie Gee), Hector Barros (alias Hector the Booty Inspector), Terry Yancey (alias DJ-T), and Anthony Thomas (alias Ashey Ace).

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1991   14	Good Vibrations	(featuring Loleatta Holloway)

What happened next?
The group disbanded after a less successful second album "You gotta believe" compared to their debut "Music for the people". Mark Wahleberg continued to release work and collaborated with Reggae musician Prince Ital Joe and together had German #1 hit with "United". Wahlberg retired from music in 1998 to become a rather successful Hollywood actor.