Evolution (Boyz II Men album)
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Evolution |
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = [[Boyz II Men]] |
Cover = B2m-evolution.jpg |
Released = [[September 23]], [[1997]] |
Recorded = 1997|
Genre = [[R&B]] |
Length = 61:48|
Label = [[Motown]] |
Producer = [[Babyface]], [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]]|
Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:13420r1ay48z~T00 link] |
Last album = ''[[The Remix Collection]]''<br />(1995) |
This album = ''Evolution''<br />(1997) |
Next album = ''[[The Ballad Collection]]''<br />(2000) |
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Evolución
| Background = lightsteelblue
| Type = studio
| Cover = BIIMEvolución600x595.jpg
| Lower caption = Alternate Spanish cover
}}
}}
{{Unreferenced|date=June 2007}}
'''''Evolution''''' is an album by [[R&B]] group [[Boyz II Men]], released in September 1997. It is their final album released on [[Motown Records]]. A [[Spanish language]] version, '''''[[Evolución (Boyz II Men album)|Evolución]],''''' was also issued.
==History==
On [[August 20]], [[1997]], Boyz II Men held a press conference to talk about their first album since 1994's ''[[II]]''. They were under pressure with their last two albums cumulatively selling almost 30 million copies worldwide. With ''Evolution'', they worked with their regular collaborators, including [[Jimmy Jam]] & [[Terry Lewis]], and [[Babyface]]. They appeared on many talk shows including [[The Rosie O'Donnell Show]], [[The Oprah Winfrey Show]], [[The Tonight Show]] with Jay Leno, [[The Vibe Show]], [[The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show]], [[MTV Live]], and others.
The album was released on [[September 23]], and that night, Boyz II Men signed copies of the album at the [[Virgin]] Megastore in [[New York City]]. ''Evolution'' debuted at #1 in the [[Billboard 200]] with 215,000 copies sold in its first week of release. The album also debuted at #1 on the [[R&B]] Album Charts. However, the album spent only one week at the #1 spot and quickly fell down the charts. ''Evolution'' sold two million copies in the [[United States]] and over four million copies worldwide, a disappointment compared with the successes of ''[[Cooleyhighharmony]]'' and ''[[II]]''. This was due in part to [[Motown Records]]' little promotion of the album. ''Evolution'' was not received well by critics. In October 1998, Boyz II Men went to [[Japan]] and [[Europe]] to promote the album, and during that year they went embarked on the ''Evolution Tour''.
==Singles==
The first single released off the album, "[[4 Seasons of Loneliness]]", was released in August 1997. The song was Boyz II Men's highest debut on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] Singles. It debuted at #2, behind Mariah Carey's "[[Honey (Mariah Carey song)|Honey]]". The following week, the single went to #1, but lost the top spot the following week to Elton John's tribute to Princess Diana, ''[[Candle in the Wind 1997]]''. ''4 Seasons of Loneliness'' became Boyz II Men's sixth platinum single. Later that year, the second single, "A Song for Mama", was released, a track which already appeared on the ''[[Soul Food]]'' soundtrack. The single reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the R&B Singles Chart, making Boyz II Men the only group in history to have seven platinum singles in the United States.
==Track listing==
#"[[Doin' Just Fine]]" (Produced by Shawn Stockman)
#"Never" (Produced by Babyface)
#"[[4 Seasons of Loneliness]]" (Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis)
#"Girl in the Life Magazine" (Produced By Babyface)
#"[[A Song for Mama]]" (Produced by Babyface)
#"Can You Stand the Rain" (Produced by Boyz II Men)
#"Can't Let Her Go (Produced by Sean Combs)
#"Baby C'mon" (Produced by Keith Crouch)
#"Come On" (Produced by Sean Combs)
#"All Night Long" (Produced by Keith Crouch)
#"[[Human II (Don't Turn Your Back on Me)]]" (Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis)
#"To the Limit" (Produced by Sean Combs)
#"Dear God" (Produced by Boyz II Men)
#"Just Hold On" (Japanese Edition) (Produced by Babyface)
#"Can't Let Her Go" (Original Mix feat. Driver)(French Bonus Track) (Produced by Sean Combs)
==Chart positions==
===Album===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1997
|Billboard 200
|1
|-
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Song
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|<small>[[Hot R&B Singles]]<small>
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]<small>
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1997
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[4 Seasons of Loneliness]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|
|align="center" valign="top"|1
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1997
|align="left" valign="top"|"A Song for Mama"
|align="center" valign="top"|1
|align="center" valign="top"|7
|-
|}
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| before = ''[[Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)|Butterfly]]'' by [[Mariah Carey]]
| title = [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] [[Number-one albums of 1997 (USA)|number-one album]]
| years = [[October 11]] - [[October 17]] [[1997]]
| after = ''[[The Velvet Rope]]'' by [[Janet Jackson|Janet]]
}}
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[[Category:1997 albums]]
[[Category:Boyz II Men albums]]
[[Category:Motown Records albums]]