Max-A-Million

{{Short description|American recording group}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Max-A-Million

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| caption =

| background = group_or_band

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| origin = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|Electronic|reggae fusion|Eurodance}}

| years_active = 1994–98, 2021–present

| label = SOS
DJ International

| associated_acts =

| website =

| past_members = A'Lisa B
Duran Estevez
Tommye

}}

Max-A-Million is an American recording group from Chicago, Illinois. The group, active from 1994 to 1998, consisted of singers A'Lisa B., Duran Estevez, and Tommye.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/max-a-million-mn0000867451/biography|title=Max-A-Million Biography|first=Johnny|last=Loftus|website=AllMusic|accessdate=December 16, 2014}} During their early years, Max-A-Million released one album containing four singles, three of which charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, including a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing".{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=214}} The band's name is a pun on the male given name "Maximilian" which is Latin for "greatest".

In May 2021, Max-A-Million released a single titled "What You Do", followed by the single "Touch Me" featuring Zoe, in June 2024.

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Details

1995

|Take Your Time

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= Singles =

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="7"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Certification

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="35"| US
[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/max-a-million-mn0000867451/awards US peaks] Allmusic.com

! width="35"| US
Dance

! width="35"| AUS
[http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=max-a-million&cat=s Australian peaks] Australian-charts.com

! width="35"| CAN
[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2933&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=j86d3uqb5jajlou8j8ag1r4lv4 Canadian peak] RPM Magazine

! width="35"| CAN
Dance

Peaks for:

  • [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2978&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=j86d3uqb5jajlou8j8ag1r4lv4 "Everybody's Groovin'"]
  • [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2803&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=j86d3uqb5jajlou8j8ag1r4lv4 "Take Your Time (Do It Right)"]
  • [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2894&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=j86d3uqb5jajlou8j8ag1r4lv4 "Sexual Healing"]
  • [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2763&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=j86d3uqb5jajlou8j8ag1r4lv4 "Fat Boy"]

! width="35"| GER
{{Cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/|title=Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=Offiziellecharts.de|access-date=24 June 2021}}

! width="35"| NZ
[https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=max-a-million&cat=s New Zealand peaks] Charts.org.nz

1994

| align="left"| "Fat Boy"

| 69

| 47

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| 1

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rowspan="3"| 1995

| align="left"| "Take Your Time (Do It Right)"

| 64

| 18

| —

| —

| 3

| —

| 13

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align="left"| "Sexual Healing"

| 60

| —

| 5

| 76

| 1

| 59

| 4

|

  • ARIA: Platinum{{cite Ryan|page=180}}
  • RMNZ: Gold{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/1995-12-22|title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart NZ Top 40 24 December 1995|publisher=RMNZ|date=24 December 1995|access-date=September 4, 2021}}
align="left"| "Everybody's Groovin'"

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| 45

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| 8

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2021

| align="left"| "What You Do"

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| —

| —

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2024

| align="left"| "Touch Me" (featuring Zoe)

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colspan="10" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart

References