American R&B vocal group New Edition were formed at the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts in December 1982 by teenage singers Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe. Under this lineup, they first signed with Maurice Starr's Streetwise imprint, issuing the bubblegum pop single, "Candy Girl", in February 1983. The song became their first number one US R&B hit and crossed over to the US and UK pop charts, peaking at number one in the latter, leading to the release of their debut album of the same name. Despite the relative success of follow-up singles "Popcorn Love" and "Is This the End", the album failed to be certified in any country and after a dispute with Starr over financial compensation following a world tour, they fired Starr and signed with MCA Records in 1984, releasing their self-titled multiplatinum sophomore album, which produced their signature hits "Cool It Now" and "Mr. Telephone Man", both songs peaking at number one on the R&B charts and crossing over to the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985.
Following the successful follow-ups, All for Love and Christmas All Over the World, group founder Brown was forced out of the group following their label demands to excise Brown out of the group due to his outrageous behavior at the time, a decision his bandmates regretted. Following the release of the covers album, Under the Blue Moon, in 1986, Washington, DC native Johnny Gill, already a veteran R&B artist, joined the group in late 1987 following rumors that Tresvant was to leave the group though he chose to stay after Gill joined. The lineup of Tresvant, Gill, Bivins, Bell and DeVoe released the new jack swing album, Heart Break in 1988. The album was a success with the singles "If It Isn't Love", "You're Not My Kind of Girl" and "Can You Stand the Rain" becoming top ten R&B singles, with "If It Isn't Love" successfully crossing over the pop charts at number seven. After its release and a nearly two-year concert tour to promote it, the band went on hiatus with each member starting either solo careers or, in the case of Bell, Bivins and DeVoe, forming their own splinter group, Bell Biv DeVoe. In 1996, they reunited with Bobby Brown for their most successful release to date, Home Again, which featured the hits "Hit Me Off" and "I'm Still in Love with You". In 2002, the group, sans Brown, released their seventh and their latest studio album, One Love, in 2004 on Bad Boy Records, following a successful exit from MCA Records, in which they eventually regained masters to all of their work from the label. The album was a relative failure and, along with their debut, are the group's only releases to not receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
In addition to their seven studio albums, the group has also issued eight compilation albums and released 32 singles (including two singles as featured artists). Since their debut, the group has sold over 20 million records worldwide.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US R&B [1] | AUS [2][3] | CAN [4] | GER [5] | NLD [6] | NZ [7] | SWE [8] | UK [9] | |||
| Candy Girl |
| 90 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| New Edition |
| 6 | 1 | — | 55 | — | — | 15 | — | — | |
| All for Love |
| 32 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | — |
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| Under the Blue Moon |
| 43 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — |
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| Heart Break |
| 12 | 3 | 45 | 11 | — | — | 50 | — | — |
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| Home Again |
| 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 63 | 46 | 11 | 43 | 22 | |
| One Love |
| 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US R&B [1] | AUS [3] | ||||||||
| Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 |
| 99 | 78 | 140 | ||||||
| New Edition Solo Hits |
| — | — | — | ||||||
| Lost in Love: The Best of Slow Jams |
| — | — | — | ||||||
| All the Number Ones |
| 37 | 7 | — | ||||||
| Hits |
| — | 58 | — | ||||||
| 20th Century Masters: The Best of New Edition |
| — | 91 | — | ||||||
| Gold |
| — | — | — | ||||||
| Icon |
| — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
Christmas albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B [1] | ||||||||||
| Christmas All Over the World |
| 45 | ||||||||
| 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection |
| — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US R&B [1] | US Dan [1] | AUS [2][3] | CAN [4] | GER [5] | IRE [12] | NLD [6] | NZ [7] | UK [9] | ||||||||
| 1983 | "Candy Girl" | 46 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | Candy Girl | |||||
| "Is This the End" | 85 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | |||||||
| "Popcorn Love" | 101 | 25 | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | 44 | 43 | |||||||
| 1984 | "She Gives Me a Bang" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Cool It Now" | 4 | 1 | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | 115 |
| New Edition | |||||
| "Mr. Telephone Man" | 12 | 1 | — | — | 30 | — | 20 | 47 | 34 | 19 |
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| 1985 | "Lost in Love" | 35 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "My Secret (Didja Gitit Yet?)" | 103 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Kinda Girls We Like" | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Count Me Out" | 51 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All for Love | ||||||
| 1986 | "A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)" | 38 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 153 | ||||||
| "With You All the Way" | 51 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Earth Angel" | 21 | 3 | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | 30 | 153 | Under the Blue Moon | ||||||
| "Once in a Lifetime Groove" | — | 10 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Running Scared soundtrack | ||||||
| 1987 | "Tears on My Pillow" (featuring Little Anthony) | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Under the Blue Moon | |||||
| "Helplessly in Love" | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dragnet soundtrack | ||||||
| 1988 | "If It Isn't Love" | 7 | 2 | 20 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | 94 |
| Heart Break | ||||
| "You're Not My Kind of Girl" | 95 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1989 | "Can You Stand the Rain" | 44 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Crucial" | — | 4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | |||||||
| "N.E. Heart Break" | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1991 | "Boys to Men" | — | — | — | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1996 | "Hit Me Off" | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 50 | 54 | — | 28 | 2 | 20 |
| Home Again | ||||
| "I'm Still in Love with You" | 7 | 7 | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — |
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| "You Don't Have to Worry" (featuring Missy Elliott) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1997 | "Siempre Tu" | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I'm Still in Love with You single | |||||
| "Something About You" | — | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | Home Again | ||||||
| "One More Day" | 61 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2004 | "Hot 2Nite" | 87 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | One Love | |||||
| "Last Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Featured singles
| Year | Title | Artist | Peak chart position | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B | ||||
| 1986 | "King Holiday" | The King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew | 30 | Non-album single |
| 2016 | "This One's for Me and You" | Johnny Gill featuring New Edition | 20 | Game Changer |
References
- ^ "US Charts > New Edition". Billboard. Archived June 30, 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ Australian chart peaks: * Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Illustrated ed. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 215. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between 1983 and 19 June 1988. * Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "AUS Charts > New Edition". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2012-10-17. * Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: p. 201.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing January 6, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
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- ^ "GER Charts > New Edition". Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ "NLD Charts > New Edition". MegaCharts. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
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- ^ "SWE Charts > New Edition". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ "UK Charts > New Edition". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
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- ^ "CAN Certifications > New Edition". Music Canada. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ "IRE Charts Search > New Edition". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
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- ^ Retrieved June 27, 2023.