FanMail is the third studio album by American girl group TLC. It was released on February 23, 1999, by LaFace and Arista Records. The album title is a tribute to TLC's fans who sent them fan mail during their hiatus. FanMail debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 318,000 copies in its first week of release, and spent five weeks at number one.
Just Whitney is the fifth studio album by American singer and actress Whitney Houston, released on December 10, 2002, by Arista Records. It was her first studio album released after her greatest hits compilation, Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2000), and after signing a $100 million contract with Arista in 2001, the largest recording contract for a female artist at the time.
"Pop Ya Collar" is a single by American recording artist Usher, released to radio on October 17, 2000. It was written by himself, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, and Kandi Burruss. The song was produced for his third cancelled studio album All About U. The project was abandoned following the leak of the song and several other tracks onto online music store Napster, several months prior to its release of October 31, 2000. The song was instead later included onto some editions of his official third studio album, 8701. It was released as a CD single in the United States on February 20, 2001.
"No Scrubs" is a song recorded by American girl group TLC as the lead single from their third studio album, FanMail, on February 2, 1999, by LaFace Records and Arista Records. The song was written by producer Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, former Xscape members Kandi Burruss and Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, and TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. The song lyrics describe the role of a man in a relationship. Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas sings the lead vocals for the first time on a TLC song.
"Bug a Boo" is a song by American girl group Destiny's Child. It was written by band members Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson and Kelly Rowland along with Kandi Burruss and Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs for their second album The Writing's on the Wall (1999), featuring production by the latter. The song uses interpolations of the 1978 song "Child's Anthem" by Toto.
"No Pigeons" is the second and final single by Sporty Thievz, released from their 1999 album Street Cinema.
"There You Go" is the debut single of American singer-songwriter Pink. The song was co-written by Pink, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, and Kandi Burruss and was produced by Briggs. Burruss produced the song's vocals. The song is about a relationship that Pink has ended, but the ex-boyfriend wants Pink back. "There You Go" was released as the lead single from her debut album, Can't Take Me Home (2000), and peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, and number six on the UK Singles Chart.
"I Wanna Sex You Up" is a song recorded by American group Color Me Badd, released in March 1991 as the lead single from their debut album, C.M.B. (1991). The song was produced by Dr. Freeze and was also featured on the soundtrack to the 1991 film New Jack City.
"One of Those Days" is a song by American recording artist Whitney Houston, from her fifth studio album Just Whitney (2002). Written by Kevin Briggs, Dwight Renolds, Patrice Stewart, Ernest Isley, Marvin Isley, Christopher Jasper, Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, and Rudolph Isley, and produced by Briggs, the song was released as the second single from the album, following the under-performance of the lead single "Whatchulookinat", on October 29, 2002 through Arista Records. A mid-tempo R&B track, "One of Those Days" samples The Isley Brothers' song "Between the Sheets" (1983), and its lyrics speak about getting away from the stress of daily life.
"I Wanna Love You" is a song written and recorded by Akon featuring Snoop Dogg. It was released in October 2006 as the second single from his second studio album, Konvicted. It is also featured on Snoop Dogg's eighth album, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. This song was Akon's first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also Snoop's second #1 on the same chart. It also reached a peak of #3 on the UK Singles Chart. The track originally had Akon as a featured artist and was performed by Plies, then an up-and-coming rapper from Fort Myers, Florida, but his verse was replaced by Snoop's and his name has been left out from the writers' credits. This song was #88 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008.
"I Don't Wanna Fight" is a song by American singer and actress Tina Turner. The track was written by British singer Lulu, her brother Billy Lawrie, and Steve DuBerry. The song was first offered to singer Sade, who sent it on to Turner. Turner recorded it in 1993 as part of the soundtrack for her autobiographical film, What's Love Got to Do with It. Lulu's version appears as a B-side to her 1993 single "How 'Bout Us" as well as on the 2003 album The Greatest Hits.
"(I Wanna Give You) Devotion" is a song by English electronic group Nomad, released in 1991 as the second single from their only album, Changing Cabins (1991). It was a number-one hit in Greece and a top 5 hit in the UK, where it reached number two. In the US, it peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in June 1991 and stayed there for one week. MTV Dance ranked the song number 32 in their list of "The 100 Biggest 90s Dance Anthems of All Time" in November 2011.
Hey Kandi... is the debut studio album by American singer Kandi Burruss, released by Columbia on September 19, 2000 in North America.
Pimpin' on Wax is the debut solo studio album by American rapper JT Money. It was released on May 25, 1999 through Priority Records. Production was handled by Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Christoper "Tricky" Stewart, Dallas Austin and JT Money himself. It features guest appearances from Anthony Hamilton, Big Gipp, Evil, Solé, Too $hort and Trick Daddy.
The Way We Do is the only studio album by American contemporary R&B group Isyss, released September 24, 2002 via Arista Records. It peaked at number fifty-five on the Billboard 200.
Parris Fluellen, better known as Cha Cha now goes by Parris Franz, is an American rapper, radio personality and actress formally signed to Epic Records.
Dear Diary is the debut studio album by American rapper Cha Cha. It was released on September 14, 1999 through Epic Records.
Shelley Marshaun Massenburg-Smith, known professionally as Shelley FKA DRAM, is an American rapper and singer from Hampton, Virginia. He is signed to Atlantic Records and Empire Distribution. His debut single was "Cha Cha", followed by his breakout single "Broccoli", featuring Lil Yachty, which peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100. In October 2016, he released his debut studio album, Big Baby DRAM.
"Sicko Mode" is a song by American rapper and singer Travis Scott. It features vocals from Canadian rapper Drake, who was credited on Apple Music but not on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released by Epic Records on August 21, 2018, as the second single from the former's third studio album, Astroworld (2018). It features additional uncredited vocals by American rapper and singer Swae Lee and late American rapper Big Hawk. The song is Scott's first number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as the first hip-hop song in history to spend at least 30 weeks in the chart's top ten region. It was universally acclaimed by critics, and received nominations for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.
"SOS" is the first posthumous single by Swedish DJ Avicii featuring co-production from Albin Nedler and Kristoffer Fogelmark, and vocals from American singer Aloe Blacc. It was released on 10 April 2019 and is included on his posthumous third studio album Tim, released on 6 June 2019. The single is also his second number-one, as well as Blacc's first, on Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, in its 1 June 2019 issue.
