All-4-One

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All-4-One
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All-4-One performing at a concert
Background information
Origin Antelope Valley and Victor Valley, California, USA
Genre(s) R&B, Soul
Years active 1994–present
Label(s) Atlantic/Blitz, Discretion, AMC, EMI
Members
Tony Borowiak
Jamie Jones
Delious Kennedy
Alfred Nevarez

All-4-One is a Grammy Award winning male R&B group best known for their hit single "I Swear" from their self-titled 1994 debut album.

The group comprises Tony Borowiak, Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy, and Alfred Nevarez, all from the Antelope Valley and Victor Valley, California areas.

"I Swear" won a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and enjoyed an eleven-week run at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and a seven-week run at #2 in the UK. It was also nominated for Song Of The Year, as was the single "I Can Love You Like That," another remake of a Montgomery country song, the following year.

Many people (most notable uncopyrighted internet download sources) often mistake All-4-One songs for being done by another popular 1990s R&B group, Boyz II Men, especially "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That". This is due to the very similar music style and height of popularity both being in 1994. Declining sales led to the group leaving the Atlantic Records label after the release of the album On and On in 1999, but even the shift in labels did not help shore up the group's flagging popularity, as the follow-up album, A41, and its lead single "Not Ready 4 Goodbye" both failed to chart in the US, although the follow-up, "Beautiful As U", was a minor Adult Contemporary hit.

Their 2004 album, Split Personality, was given an Asia-only release.

All-4-One are currently recording their 7th Studio album aptly titled "7" due to be released late spring/early summer.

Contents

[edit] Members

  • Tony Borowiak (1994 - Present)
  • Jamie Jones (1994 - Present)
  • Delious Kennedy (1994 - Present)
  • Alfred Nevarez (1994 - Present)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Grammy Awards

Year Category Song/Album Genre Result
1994 Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal I Swear Pop Winner
1995 Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal I Can Love You Like That Pop Nominated
1995 Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal I'm Your Man R&B Nominated

[edit] American Music Awards

Year Category Song/Album Genre Result
1994 Favorite New Artist Soul/Rhythm and Blues So Much In Love R&B Winner
1994 Favorite Soul/R&B Single I Swear R&B Nominated

[edit] Other Awards

  • 1994 - Nominated for a Billboard Award. Song of the Year for "I Swear".
  • 1994 - Coca-Cola Australian Music Awards- Most Popular
  • 1994 - Golden Europa - Favorite New International Act
  • 1994 - Biggest Selling Single in the Guinness Book of World Records for "I Swear"
  • 1994 - International Song for "I Swear"
  • 1995 - Nominated for the Tina Turner Music Prize
  • 1995 - Singapore Perfect 10 Music Awards- Favorite New Act

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album information
All-4-One
  • Released: April 12, 1994
  • Chart positions: #1 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums; #7 Billboard 200 Albums; #25 UK
And The Music Speaks
  • Released: June 06, 1995
  • Chart positions: #1 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums; #27 Billboard 200 Albums
An All-4-One Christmas
Live at The Hard Rock
  • Released: 1996
  • Chart positions: 1
On and On
A41
Greatest Hits
Split Personality
  • Release Date: 2004
  • Chart positions: 1
7
  • Release Date: 2007
  • Chart positions: TBR

[edit] Solo Albums

  • Jamie Jones - Illuminate, 2004
  • Jamie Jones - (Self Titled), 2005

[edit] Singles

Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B UK singles AC Album
1994 "So Much In Love" 5 - 49 - All-4-One
1994 "I Swear" 1 13 2 3 All-4-One
1994 "Breathless" - 66 - - All-4-One
1995 "(She's Got) Skillz" 57 49 - - All-4-One
1995 "Yo Te Voy a Querer" - - - - -
1995 "I Can Love You Like That" 5 40 33 2 And The Music Speaks
1995 "I'm Your Man" - 71 - - And The Music Speaks
1996 "These Arms" - - - - And The Music Speaks
1996 "Someday" - - - - Hunchback of Notre Dame Soundtrack
1998 "Love Shouldn't Hurt With Michael Bolton, Tamia and Olivia Newton-John - - - - -
1999 "I Will Be Right Here" - - - 24 On & On
2002 "Not Ready For Goodbye" - - - - A41
2002 "Beautiful As U" - - - 21 A41

[edit] Trivia

The group originally sang "I Turn to You" for the Space Jam movie soundtrack. The song was later covered by Christina Aguilera.

"I Swear" is featured in the 2005 movie Just Friends

[edit] External links

nl:All-4-One sv:All-4-One

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