King of Stage
Encyclopedia
King of Stage is the debut album by American
R&B
singer Bobby Brown
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. It spawned the singles "Girlfriend" and "Girl Next Door".
United States
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R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
singer Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown
Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a...
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Reception
Released in December 11, 1986 on MCA RecordsMCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
. It spawned the singles "Girlfriend" and "Girl Next Door".
Track listing
- "GirlfriendGirlfriend (Bobby Brown song)Girlfriend is the debut solo single by R&B singer Bobby Brown. After being thrown out of R&B boyband New Edition, Brown released his first album, King of Stage, from which the single was taken from. While the album failed to break the charts, the single went to number one on the R&B charts for...
" – 6:16 (Crumpler, Peters, White) - "Girl Next Door" – 4:08 (Blane, Martin)
- "Baby, I Wanna Tell You Something" – 3:47 (Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant)
- "You Ain't Been Loved Right" – 5:07
- "King of Stage" – 5:07
- "Love Obsession" – 4:43
- "Spending Time" – 3:58
- "Seventeen" – 4:17 (Brookins, Haynes)
- "Your Tender Romance" – 5:10
Charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
88 (1987) |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
12 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Soul Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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| 1986 | "Girlfriend" | 57 | 1 | |
| 1987 | "Girl Next Door" | - | 31 | |