All-4-One
Doo wop-inspired adult contemporary R&B group All-4-One enjoyed platinum-selling, Grammy-winning success with their earliest releases. While the vocalists' popularity was not sustained during the late '90s, they continued to record and perform for over 20 years. The Los Angeles-based quartet -- Tony Borowiak, Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy, and Alfred Nevarez -- formed in 1993 and debuted the next year with an a cappella cover of "So Much in Love," a song popularized 30 years earlier by the Tymes. It reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and was trumped by the follow-up "I Swear." Another cover, this one relatively contemporary -- John Michael Montgomery's version was released only a few months earlier -- it topped the Hot 100 and went platinum. Due to these hits, the group's self-titled debut album, split almost evenly between ballads and relatively uptempo post-new jack swing R&B, went multi-platinum.
In 1995, the group won a Grammy in the category of Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "I Swear." They answered it with "I Can Love You Like That," another remake of a contemporary ballad popularized by Montgomery. It was All-4-One's third and last Top Five pop hit, and it pushed its parent album, And the Music Speaks, to platinum status. Neither one of the album's other singles fared nearly as well, and from that point on, All-4-One's profile was considerably smaller. From 1996 through 2002, three singles -- "Someday," "I Will Be Right Here," and "Beautiful as U" -- hit only the adult contemporary chart. During the 2000s and early 2010s, the group released a Japan-only album and a couple independent sets, most notably 2015's Twenty +, which acknowledged their longevity and mixed new material with re-recordings of career highlights.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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And the Music Speaks
Pop - Released by Atlantic Records on 1 Jan 1995
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Rhino Hi-Five: All-4-One
Rock - Released by Rhino Atlantic on 19 Apr 2005
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An All-4-One Christmas
Christmas Music - Released by Atlantic Records on 5 Sep 1995
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Twenty+ (Deluxe Version)
Soul - Released by AFO LTD - Heavyweights Entertainment on 24 Jul 2015
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I Swear / So Much Love (45 Version)
Rock - Released by Rhino Atlantic on 28 Apr 1994
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Greatest Hits
Lounge - Released by Discretion Records on 1 Jan 2004
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No Regrets (Deluxe Edition)
R&B - Released by Craft Recordings on 25 Aug 2009
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I Can Love You Like That
Pop - Released by YMC Records - Sugo Music Group on 20 Feb 2013
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I Swear
Pop - Released by YMC Records - Sugo Music Group on 20 Feb 2013
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Twenty+
Soul - Released by AFO LTD - Heavyweights Entertainment on 24 Jul 2015
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Love Songs
R&B - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 9 Feb 2024
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Christmas EP: Volume One
Ambient/New Age - Released by AFO - Heavyweights Entertainment on 26 Nov 2014
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Isn't It Amazing
Country - Released by Americana Music Society on 10 Apr 2020
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Chariots
Soul - Released by AFO LTD - Heavyweights Entertainment on 30 Jun 2015
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Baby Love
Soul - Released by AFO LTD - Heavyweights Entertainment on 3 Jun 2015
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If We Fall
Soul - Released by AFO LTD - Heavyweights Entertainment on 9 Jun 2015
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