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MN8

{{Short description|English R&B pop group}}

{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}

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{{See also|Minnesota's 8th congressional district}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = MN8

| alias = Da Jeuce

| image =

| caption =

| image_size =

| background = group_or_band

| origin = United Kingdom

| genre = R&B, pop, new jack swing

| years_active = 1992–1999{{cite web|url=https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/17244/biography|title=MN8 Biography|work=Deezer|access-date=December 23, 2024}}

| label = Sony/Columbia Records UK
Sony/Work Group US
First Avenue

| associated_acts = P. Diddy
Janet Jackson
Jodeci

| website =

| past_members = KG
G-Man
Kule T
Dee TailsVirgin Hit Singles volume 2 p. 324

}}

MN8 are a British R&B-pop group. They consisted of KG (lead vocalist), Kule T (lead vocalist, songwriter), G-Man (lead vocalist),Big Magazine – January 1995Touch Magazine – February 1995 and Dee Tails (rapper, stylist and choreographer).

Career

MN8's 1995 debut hit single, "I've Got a Little Something for You", credited as written by Oliver Smallman and Mark Taylor aka. Vintage Future American record producer and composer, produced by Dennis Charles & Ronnie Wilson became a success throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and the US.{{cn|date=February 2016}} Notably, the song was one of P. Diddy's earliest Bad Boy Records remixes. It was featured in the film, Bad Boys. The song was also Columbia UK's first homegrown Top 10 record in over a decade, held off the number 1 spot in the UK Singles Chart by Celine Dion's "Think Twice" which topped the UK chart for seven weeks. Nonetheless, MN8 finished the year ahead of Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" as one of the biggest selling UK singles for the year.{{cite web|title=Top 100 1995|url=http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1995.shtml|website=UK music charts}} MN8 followed up with 6 more UK Top 30 hits including "If You Only Let Me In", "Baby It's You", "Tuff Act to Follow", "Dreaming", "Pathway to the Moon" and a cover of the Surface hit "Happy".

Their debut album, To The Next Level reached number 13 in the UK Albums Chart. To The Next Level (produced by Dennis Charles & Ronnie Wilson) included a contribution from Pamela Sheyne, who wrote the song "Baby It's You".Source: M Magazine/ PRS MCPS, Issue 14, September 2004 Besides P. Diddy and Sheyne, MN8 collaborated with the late Oji Pearce (Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It"), Simon Climie, Arthur Baker, Steve Silk Hurley, Conner Reeves, Blacksmith and Dalvin DeGrate (Jodeci).Source: Smash Hits – June 1995

MN8 have toured alongside Janet Jackson, Diana King, Brownstone, Spice Girls, Madonna, Celine Dion, Robbie Williams, Boyzone, East 17, Backstreet Boys and Ricky Martin. They also appeared at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, Midem, Notting Hill Carnival, Sweden's Water Festival and other European music festivals.[http://dance.machine.free.fr/concerts.php Dance.machine.free.fr]

In 1997, MN8 parted ways with Sony/Columbia & 1st Avenue. When the deal had expired, MN8 partnered with the French concert promoter Gerard Drouot to tour France in 1997 and 1998. After their last show at the end of 1998, MN8 decided to take a break indefinitely to pursue other opportunities.

In an interview with Digital Spy on 13 April 2009, lead singer KG said of the split and any prospects of a reunion: "Around 1998 and 1999 we did our last European shows. We were at the end of our deal with Sony and weren't really sure what we wanted to do. We decided to take a break and think things through. Quite a lot's happened in the past few months actually. We're in tentative talks about maybe putting MN8 back together and doing a tour. The thing about MN8 is that we never did the sort of music we should have done. We had the right aesthetic but the potential to do so much more. If you look at the commercial side of R&B these days, we would have fitted in better. We were kind of ahead of our time in some ways."{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/thesound/a152343/whatever-happened-to-mn8.html|title=Whatever Happened To MN8laccessdate=13 April 2009}}

In 2013 co-lead singer G-man was interviewed by Twin B on BBC 1xtra where he announced that MN8 are still together and that a new MN8 album 'Reloaded' is the works and asserted MN8's pop music legacy and importance "How are you going to write a story about the best acts of the past 15 years, and not mention us". (Incidentally, it had been 16 years since MN8's last release.) G-man also revealed friendly rivalry with East 17, spending time with Robbie Williams, auditioning the Spice Girls for Sony before they were signed to Virgin and MN8's influence on some of pop music's most popular US and UK acts.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rfz3f|title=BBC 1xtra Breakfast Show With Twin B|accessdate=4 April 2013}} As of 2018, no new material has been released.

In media

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Certifications

style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|UK
UK chart peaks:

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM |title=Chart Log UK: M – My Vitriol |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=20 March 2011}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31120/mn8/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|UK
R&B
UK R&B studio album chart peaks:

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-albums-chart/19950521/115/ |title=To the Next Level |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|AUS
{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=MN8&cat=a |title=Australian chart peaks |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=20 March 2011}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|BEL
{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=MN8 |title=Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=27 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|FRA
{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/ |title=French chart peaks |language=French |publisher=infodisc.fr |accessdate=27 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|GER
German studio album peaks:

  • {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-2084 |title=To the Next Level |language=German |publisher=Gfk |accessdate=15 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|NED
{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=MN8 |title=Dutch chart peaks |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=20 March 2011}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|NZ
{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=MN8 |title=New Zealand chart peaks |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=20 March 2011}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|SCO
Scottish studio album chart peaks:

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19950521/40/ |title=To the Next Level |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|SWI
{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=MN8 |title=Swiss chart peaks |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=20 March 2011}}

scope="row" | To the Next Level

|

| 13

| 4

| 25

| 43

| 26

| 61

| 50

| 46

| 49

| 27

|

  • UK: Silver{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |title=BPI certification |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=28 October 2016}}
  • FRA: Gold{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Certification_Liste.php |title=French album certification |publisher=SNEP |accessdate=28 October 2016}}
scope="row" | Freaky

|

  • Released: November 4, 1996
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CS, CD

| 114

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

=Singles=

==As lead artist==

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!rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year

!rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title

!colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

!rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Certifications

!rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album

style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |UK

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|UK
R&B
UK R&B singles chart peaks:

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/19950205/114/ |title=I've Got a Little Something for You |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/19950205/114/ |title=If You Only Let Me In |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/19950709/114/ |title=Happy |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/19951029/114/ |title=Baby It's You |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/19960218/114/ |title=Pathway to the Moon |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/19960825/114/ |title=Tuff Act to Follow |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/19961020/114/ |title=Dreaming |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |AUS

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|BEL

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|FRA
{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=MN8&cat=s |title=French chart peaks |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=20 March 2011}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|GER
German singles peaks:

  • {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-3013 |title=I've Got a Little Something for You |language=German |publisher=Gfk |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-140059 |title=If You Only Let Me In |language=German |publisher=Gfk |accessdate=27 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |IRE
{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Irish chart peaks |publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association |accessdate=27 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|NED

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|NZ

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|SCO
Scottish singles chart peaks:

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19950205/41/ |title=I've Got a Little Something for You |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19950423/41/ |title=If You Only Let Me In |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19950709/41/ |title=Happy |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19951029/41/ |title=Baby It's You |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19960218/41/ |title=Pathway to the Moon |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19960825/41/ |title=Tuff Act to Follow |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19961020/41/ |title=Dreaming |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
rowspan="4" | 1995

| style="text-align:left;"| "I've Got a Little Something for You"

| 2

| 1

| 7

| 11

| 3

| 30

| 2

| 13

| 3

| 9

|

  • UK: Silver
  • AUS: Gold{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/aBqgAcE.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|accessdate=1 June 2017}}
  • FRA: Silver{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Chanson_Certification_Liste.php |title=French single certification |publisher=SNEP |accessdate=28 October 2016}}
  • NZ: Gold{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/1995-10-13 |title=New Zealand certification - I've Got a Little Something For You |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |access-date=28 October 2016}}

| align="left" rowspan="5"| To the Next Level

style="text-align:left;"| "If You Only Let Me In"

| 6

| 1

| 30

| 47

| 23

| 64

| 7

| 18

| 3

| 13

|

style="text-align:left;"| "Happy"

| 8

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 23

| —

| 11

| 18

|

style="text-align:left;"| "Baby It's You"

| 22

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 34

| 52

|

rowspan="3" | 1996

| style="text-align:left;"| "Pathway to the Moon"

| 25

| 5

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 50

|

style="text-align:left;"| "Tuff Act to Follow"

| 15

| 3

| —

| —

| 43

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 27

|

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Freaky

style="text-align:left;"| "Dreaming"

| 21

| 7

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 35

|

align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

==As featured artist==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year

!rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title

!colspan="3"| Peak chart
positions

!rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album

style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |UK
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/621/childliners/ |title=Childliners UK chart peaks |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=22 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |IRE
{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Childliners Irish chart peaks |publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association |accessdate=28 October 2016}}

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|SCO
Childliners Scottish chart peaks:

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19951210/41/ |title=Childliners Scottish chart peaks |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2016}}
1995

| style="text-align:left;"| "The Gift of Christmas"
(As part of Childliners)

| 9

| 10

| 7

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

References

MN8's chart history[Chart Positions,

David Roberts – Managing Editor, Guinness British Hit Singles 13th Edition, 19 May 2000]

MN8 on Janet Jackson tour[Janet Jackson Tour,

Miss Janet Official Magazine – Issue 4, Vol.1, December 1995][Janet Jackson Tour,

Peter Loraine, Top of the Pops Magazine, June 1995]

MN8 on Bad Boys Soundtrack[Bad Boys Soundtrack, Bad Boys Official Soundtrack CD, 10 January 2000]

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External links

  • [http://www.myspace.com/officialmn8info MN8 official Myspace page]

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