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Brothers in Rhythm

Brothers in Rhythm was originally Dave Seaman and Steve Anderson. They were joined by Alan Bremner in 1999. The group was renowned for its remix work starting in the late 1980s and released a handful of singles under its own name in the early-to-mid-1990s. They have produced remixes for David Bowie, Heaven 17, Kid Creole, Lulu, Naimee Coleman, U2. Their remix of Heaven 17's Temptation made #4 in 1992. "Such a good feeling" was US Dance #1 for 1 week in August 1991.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1991   14	Such A Good Feeling

What happened next?
Steve Anderson became more of songwriter and record producer. His most notable work is with Kylie. Dave Seaman also got into producing, founding Audio Therapy record label and later Selador Recordings.

Brandy

Brandy Norwood (better known as Brandy) is an American singer, songwriter and music producer born (Feb 11) in Mississippi. Brandy burst onto the scene with the R&B and pop crossover, "I wanna be down". She is the daugther of Willie Norwood whose cousin is Snoop Dogg and sister to Ray J. She is best known for her duet with Monica on "The boy is mine" which spent 13 weeks at #1 in the states, 2 weeks at #1 on the Canada Dance chart and made #2 in the UK. "(Sitting on) Top of the world" that featured Mase also made #2 in the UK (and another Canada Dance #1 for 2 weeks) even though it didn't charted (or was never released) in the US.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1995   36	I Wanna Be Down
Feb 1996   30	Sittin' Up In My Room
Jun 1998    2	The Boy Is Mine (Brandy & Monica)
Oct 1998    2	Top Of The World (featuring Mase)	 
Dec 1998   13	Have You Ever?
Jun 1999   15	Almost Doesn't Count

What happened next?
Having starred in the title role for the US TV comedy "Moesha" during an early years, Brandy ventured into films, staring in "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". She was a judge for a couple of seasons on America's got talent and appeared on Dancing with the Stars (finished 4th in 2010). She had her own reality tv series "Brandy and Ray J: A family business" along with her parents. She is still putting appearances with her (rematch) battle with Monica on Verzuz and medley performance at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards. She continues to record hit albums, B7 being her latest one.

Brand New Heavies

The Brand New Heavies are one of the most successful acid jazz and funk groups of all time and were formed in 1985 in Ealing, London. The group revolve around songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Simon Bartholomew and Andrew Levy, the core members of the group since its founding. Lead vocalists over the years include Linda Muriel, Jay Ella Ruth, N'Dea Davenport, Siedah Garrett, Carleen Anderson, Nicole Russo, Honey Larochelle, Dawn Joseph and Sulene Fleming. All but the last two have appeared on lead vocals on the group's records. The group enjoyed the most success with N'Dea Davenport in the first half of the 90s. Davenport returned to The Heavies for the "Get Used To It" and "Live In London" albums, after which the latest vocalist Dawn Joseph gradually took over lead vocal duties.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1992   24	Dream Come True (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
Apr 1992   19	Ultimate Trunk Funk EP (featuring Never Stop) (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
Aug 1992   24	Don't Let It Go To Your Head (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
Dec 1992   40	Stay This Way (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
Mar 1994   15	Dream On Dreamer (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
Jun 1994   23	Back To Love (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
Aug 1994   13	Midnight At The Oasis (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
Nov 1994   26	Spend Some Time (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
Mar 1995   38	Close To You (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
Apr 1997   11	Sometimes
Jun 1997   21	You Are The Universe
Oct 1997    9	You've Got A Friend
Jan 1998   31	Shelter
Sep 1999   35	Saturday Nite

What happened next?
Joseph and the drummer and co-lead vocalist Jan Kincaid, one of the founding members, both left the group in late 2015 (and soon formed MF Robots). N'Dea re-joined the band for their 2016 tour. Brand New Heavies will be doing a UK Tour in 2021.

Bran Van 3000

Bran Van 3000 (also known as BV3) is a Canadian alternative rock and hip hop collective from Montreal, Quebec. Founded by DJ James Di Salvio and E.P. Bergen, they collaborated on a number of songs with Stephane Moraille, Sara Johnston, Steve "Liquid" Hawley, Jayne Hill, Jean Leloup, Kim Bingham, Pierre-Luc Cerat and other musicians. They are best known for their international hit, "Drinking in LA". In the UK, it reached #3 after a re-issue after it was featured on the an advert compaign for Rolling Rock. The name of the group is derived etymologically from Swedish liquor Brannvin, a general term referring to any type of distilled spirit. The name originated as a joke associated with the taupe-coloured Volkswagen Camper Van owned by Bergen in the mid-1990s which was said to run solely on bran flakes, brannvin and brand recognition when carrying the artists on tour around Canada. Stephane Moraille, a Haitian-born singer-songwriter was also lead vocalist in another Montreal-based House project, "Shauna Davis". Songs "Get Away" (1995) and "Try My Love" (1998) were amongst the most popular in Canada.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1998   34	Drinking In L.A.
Aug 1999    3	Drinking In L.A. (re-issue)

What happened next?
Between 1996 and 2016, Bran Van 3000 was among the Top 150 selling Canadian artists in Canada. Stephane Moraille changed careers to become a policitian (for the New Democratic Party) and an attorney.

Brainbug v Brooklyn Bounce

Brainbug was Alberto Berapelle, an Italian symphonic electronic trance music producer and guitarist. At the back end of 1996, a track took clubs by surprise with at the time a unique dark aspect, which was dubbed "Pizzicato Syndrome". "Nightmare" went on to be an international hit in 1997. Brainbug had more success with "Benedictus", but further singles "The Eighth Dwarf" and "Rain" (with vocals) failed to chart as other acts such as Brooklyn Bounce and Lucid used the "Pizzicato" sound. A cover of "Nightmare" released in 1997 by Space Shuttle (an alias of Dee Jay Soren), was called "We Have A Problem" and added the famous line 'Houston, we have a problem' in the middle break.

Talking of Brooklyn Bounce is one of a number of projects created by the German duo Matthias Mench (Double M) and Dennis Bohn (Bonebreaker). They are best known for the track "Get ready to bounce", which was a German Top 10 hit, a Canada Dance #1 and oddly a Hungarian #1 in 1997. Other notable songs were "The music's got me" and "The Real Bass". Other projects include Beatbox, Boyz-R-Us and Mental Madness Productions.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1997   11	Nightmare
Nov 1997   24	Benedictus / Nightmare

What happened next?
Tragically, Alberto died during a concert in November 2016. Brooklyn Bounce have had many collaborations, their last release was "Give it a go" with Silver Nikan in 2017. Satana remixed Brooklyn Bounce's singles including "Get ready to bounce" in 2018.

Boyzone

Boyzone were an Irish boy band. The line-up was composed of Keith Duffy (Oct 1), Stephen Gately (Mar 17), Mikey Graham (Aug 15), Ronan Keating (Mar 3), and Shane Lynch (Jul 3). Together they had 6 UK #1s in the 1990s with the first of them in October 1996 with "Words" and the last of them "You needed me" in May 1999. They had a total of 16 UK Top 40's during the 1990s with all but one reaching the top 3 and even then "Coming home now" reached #4. Ronan Keating himself had a solo UK#1 (2 weeks) in August 1999 with "When you say nothing at all" from the movie, "Notting Hill".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1994    2	Love Me For A Reason
Apr 1995    3	Key To My Life
Aug 1995    3	So Good
Nov 1995    2	Father And Son
Mar 1996    4	Coming Home Now
Oct 1996    1	Words
Dec 1996    1	A Different Beat
Mar 1997    2	Isn't It A Wonder 
Aug 1997    2	Picture Of You
Dec 1997    2	Baby Can I Hold You / Shooting Star
May 1998    1	All That I Need
Aug 1998    1	No Matter What
Dec 1998    2	I Love The Way You Love Me
Mar 1999    1	When The Going Gets Tough
May 1999    1	You Needed Me
Dec 1999    3	Everyday I Love You

What happened next?
Boyzone split up for the first time in 1999 and reunited in 2007. They had a couple more hits with "I love you anyway" and "Better" in 2008. Tragically, Stephen Gately passed away which on holiday in 2009 and the group continued as a four-piece. One more Top 10 followed with "Gave it all away" in March 2010. After the 25th anniversairy celebratory tour, the group broke up for good in 2019. As of 2018, Boyzone have released seven studio albums and nine compilation albums. Lead singer, Ronan Keating recorded his eleventh studio album "Twenty Twenty" and continues his solo career.

Boyz II Men

Boyz II Men (or B2M in shorthand) is an American boy band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for emotional ballads and a vocal harmonies. During the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet with baritone Nathan Morris (Jun 18) alongside tenors Wanya Morris (Jul 29) and Shawn Stockman (Sep 26) and bass Michael McCary (Dec 16). They are best known for the song "End of the road", which was on the soundtrack of the Eddie Murphy movie, "Boomerang". It spent 13 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and a mere 3 weeks at #1 in the UK. On "Motownphilly", one of their mentors Michel Bivins from Bel Biv Devoe provided the rap. "In the still of the nite" was featured on the soundtrack of "The Jacksons - The American Dream". Boyz II Men recorded an extreme rare feat on the US Chart when "On bended knee" knocked "I'll make love to you" from #1 in December 14. The latter had spent 14 weeks at #1 as Boyz II Men had continuous run of 1 weeks at #1. "On bended knee" itself bounced back to #1 regaining the top spot from Ini Kamoze's "Here comes the hotstepper". It spent a total of 6 weeks at #1. The song "Thank you" sampled Doug E Fresh's 1995 track 'La-Di-Da-Di'. The duet with Mariah Carey, "One Sweet Day" spent 16 weeks at #1 in 1995-1996. Boyz II Men also spent 1 week at US#1 with 4 Seasons Of Loneliness in 1997. Hence Boyz II Men spent 50 weeks at #1 (almost a whole year) in the 1990s.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1992    1	End Of The Road
Dec 1992   23	Motownphilly
Feb 1993   27	In The Still Of The Nite (I'll Remember)
Sep 1994    5	I'll Make Love To You
Nov 1994   20	On Bended Knee
Apr 1995   26	Thank You
Jul 1995   24	Water Runs Dry
Dec 1995    6	One Sweet Day (with Mariah Carey)
Jan 1996   17	Hey Lover (featured with LL Cool J)
Sep 1997   10	4 Seasons Of Loneliness
Dec 1997   34	A Song For Mama
Jul 1998   23	Can't Let Her Go

What happened next?
Boyz II Men continue to perform worldwide, as a trio having Michael McCary, leaving the group in 2003 due to multiple sclerosis. Shawn Stockman recently discussed the "beef" with McCary. McCary discussed how secretive he got about MS and how it affects his relationship with wife and Boyz II Men. Their most recent studio album, Under The Streetlight, was released in 2017.