AUDIO (group)
Encyclopedia
Audio is an R&B
boy band
originating from St. Petersburg, Florida
which later relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. As of 2010, the group changed their name to Audio from B5. The group consists of 5 brothers, Dustin Michael Breeding, Kelly Allen Breeding, Patrick Owen Breeding, Carnell Fredrick Breeding and Bryan Jesse Breeding. They were formerly known as the TNT Boyz featuring only the four eldest brothers, but renamed themselves B5 when Bryan, the youngest brother, joined the group.
. Music Executive and management expert Jim McMahan of JAMM Entertainment Group recognized the group's potential and signed them to his Management and development company. The band changed its name to B5 when Bryan Jessee Breeding, the youngest of the brothers joined in. The name B5 was chosen to denote Breeding 5 in similar fashion to the more famous Jackson 5.
. Among the producers were Rodney Jerkins
, Ryan Leslie
, Sean Garrett
, Corna Boyz, Veit Renn and P. Diddy himself. The lead single, "All I Do", a cover of the The Jackson 5
's single "All I Do Is Think of You
", similar to a cover released by Troop
, was suggested to them by Jerkins and they recorded it without hearing either of the other two versions. Patrick acknowledges that their version is more reminiscent of the Troop cover than the original version.
B5 had their self-titled album B5 on the Billboard 200 and reached number seven on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Chart, after entering at #19 in its first week of release on the Billboard 200 and #11 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Their images dignified fanzine covers month after month. They created a craze wherever they went or visited. In 2005 they nearly caused for a mall to shut down, a Minneapolis mall when approximately 2000 fans rushed towards the stage during a free concert that took place there. The debut gave the hit singles "All I Do" and "U Got Me" which peaked at Radio Disney
at #9 and hung on the BET
"106 & Park" Top 10 for weeks.
In their second album Don't Talk, Just Listen
, B5 tried their hand at writing a few songs, with the help of producers such as Bryan Michael Cox, Mario Winans
, Soul Diggaz
, Danja, Blaze, The Underdogs
, Insomoniax, and Mischke
. "Hydrolics", featuring Bow Wow, was the first single from their second album. The CD is produced by Sean "P. Diddy"
Combs, Kevin Wales, and Harve Pierre
. It was released on September 11, 2007, which was their last album on Bad Boy records
.
and signed to Lil Kim's recording label, which released her CD Black Friday, which sold 3,000,000 copies the first week. Audio released a song called "Magnetic" featuring Akon
in late 2010. It was receiving mostly bad reviews so it was later confirmed that their new song, "Single" will be Audio's official first single. This song has more of an R&B feel and has been getting some reviews. An album is under preparation for release in early 2012 under the new name. The members of Audio usually like to keep contact with their fans on Twitter
and Facebook
. Patrick, Carnell, and Bryan have links to their personal Facebook pages on Twitter
Audio has a Ustream page where they chat with fans, goof off and just have fun. To watch these Ustreams you can go to this page here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/audio-werxz .
Audio's first performance was at the Sweet Auburn Festival in Atlanta, GA on May 7 & 8.
The songs Lonely Road, Where Did She Go, One Minute, and Falling Down were leaked onto the internet throughout 2011. As confirmed by the members of Audio on ustream, none of the leaked songs will appear on their album. Group member Dustin Breeding leaked the song "Where Did She Go" to get feedback from fans. Most feedback for this song has been great. Though the members of Audio seem to not mind that they have been leaked. Dustin said on twitter, "Leak it, listen to it, love it."
As Audio
As Audio
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
boy band
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
originating from St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...
which later relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. As of 2010, the group changed their name to Audio from B5. The group consists of 5 brothers, Dustin Michael Breeding, Kelly Allen Breeding, Patrick Owen Breeding, Carnell Fredrick Breeding and Bryan Jesse Breeding. They were formerly known as the TNT Boyz featuring only the four eldest brothers, but renamed themselves B5 when Bryan, the youngest brother, joined the group.
TNT Boyz (1998-2001)
The band started in 1998 with the four brothers Dustin Michael, Kelly Allen, Patrick Owen and Carnell Breeding. The four-member band was known as TNT Boyz. Dustin was the oldest of the brothers and one of the lead singers of TNT Boyz joined in lead singing with younger Patrick. The young boys were encouraged by their mother and aunt to pursue a music career. They did the usual run of talent competitions, winning many of them, including shows put together by Radio DisneyRadio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
. Music Executive and management expert Jim McMahan of JAMM Entertainment Group recognized the group's potential and signed them to his Management and development company. The band changed its name to B5 when Bryan Jessee Breeding, the youngest of the brothers joined in. The name B5 was chosen to denote Breeding 5 in similar fashion to the more famous Jackson 5.
B5 (2001–2009)
The band took part in tours and appearing in shows with the likes of Mario Winans, Kanye West, Ginuwine, Usher, Fantasia, Bow Wow, Chris Brown, T-Pain, Omarion, Soulja Boy, NSync and others. They also performed in Monte Carlo in presence of Prince Albert of Monaco and a host of "A" list celebrities including Kevin Costner, Robert Wagner and others. While passing through Atlanta GA, their Manager Jim McMahan began to showcase them to everyone from, LA Reid to Jermaine Dupri and finally got the ear of Sean "P.Diddy" Combs and eventually "Bad Boy Entertainment" signed them. Diddy took out some of the top producers in the business to work on B5's self-titled debut album, B5B5 (album)
B5 is the self-titled debut album by American R&B group B5. It was released on July 19, 2005 in the United States and ever since its release, the album has sold over 200,000 copies. The album managed to debut and peak at #19 on the Billboard 200, while peaking at #7 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop...
. Among the producers were Rodney Jerkins
Rodney Jerkins
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Jerkins received two Grammy nominations in 2011.-Biography:...
, Ryan Leslie
Ryan Leslie
Anthony Ryan Leslie, known professionally as Ryan Leslie, is a Grammy nominated American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, entrepreneur, and singer. Founder of the media company NextSelection Lifestyle Group, Leslie has produced singles for a number of artists in a variety of genres...
, Sean Garrett
Sean Garrett
Garrett Hamler, better known by his stage name Sean Garrett is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He has produced fifteen number one singles in only seven years of producing music. That number puts him in fifth place on the Billboard list of producers with the most number...
, Corna Boyz, Veit Renn and P. Diddy himself. The lead single, "All I Do", a cover of the The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...
's single "All I Do Is Think of You
All I Do Is Think of You
"All I Do Is Think of You" is a ballad single released by The Jackson 5 as the b-side to the group's single, "Forever Came Today" on the Motown label in 1975, and was the final charted single the group issued as The Jackson 5 before they left Motown for CBS the following year...
", similar to a cover released by Troop
Troop (band)
----Troop is an R&B group from Pasadena, California. TROOP has had three number one singles and ten top ten singles on the Billboard R&B Charts. They have also completed five albums, which include three certified gold and one certified platinum album...
, was suggested to them by Jerkins and they recorded it without hearing either of the other two versions. Patrick acknowledges that their version is more reminiscent of the Troop cover than the original version.
B5 had their self-titled album B5 on the Billboard 200 and reached number seven on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Chart, after entering at #19 in its first week of release on the Billboard 200 and #11 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Their images dignified fanzine covers month after month. They created a craze wherever they went or visited. In 2005 they nearly caused for a mall to shut down, a Minneapolis mall when approximately 2000 fans rushed towards the stage during a free concert that took place there. The debut gave the hit singles "All I Do" and "U Got Me" which peaked at Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
at #9 and hung on the BET
Black Entertainment Television
Black Entertainment Television is an American, Viacom-owned cable network based in Washington, D.C.. Currently viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide, it is the most prominent television network targeting young Black-American audiences. The network was launched on January 25, 1980, by its...
"106 & Park" Top 10 for weeks.
In their second album Don't Talk, Just Listen
Don't Talk, Just Listen
Don't Talk, Just Listen is the second album by American R&B group B5. It was released on September 11, 2007 in the United States. The first single is "Hydrolics" featuring Bow Wow, their second single is "In My Bedroom"....
, B5 tried their hand at writing a few songs, with the help of producers such as Bryan Michael Cox, Mario Winans
Mario Winans
Mario Winans is an American R&B singer, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born Mario Brown, he is the son of gospel recording artist Vickie Winans and her first husband, Bishop Ronald Brown. He is also the stepson of his mother's second husband, gospel singer, Pastor Marvin...
, Soul Diggaz
Soul Diggaz
Soul Diggaz are a R&B/hip-hop production duo composed of Karriem "K-Mack" Mack, Shaun "Bless" Owens and songwriter Corté "The Author" Ellis. Corté Ellis, who is currently putting the final touches on his debut album, is the younger cousin of Hip-Hop Superstar Missy Elliott. They have recently added...
, Danja, Blaze, The Underdogs
The Underdogs (duo)
The Underdogs is an R&B/pop production duo composed of Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas.-Biography:Harvey Mason, Jr. is the son of Harvey Mason, Sr., a noted session drummer...
, Insomoniax, and Mischke
T. D. Mischke
Thomas David "T.D." Mischke is a Minnesota writer, musician, and radio talk show host on WCCO NewsRadio 830 based in Minneapolis. He was formerly employed at City Pages, a Twin Cities alternative news, arts and entertainment publication. For 17 years he hosted The Mischke Broadcast on am1500...
. "Hydrolics", featuring Bow Wow, was the first single from their second album. The CD is produced by Sean "P. Diddy"
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
Combs, Kevin Wales, and Harve Pierre
Harve Pierre
Harve Pierre, also known by the stage-name Joe Hooker, is a writer, singer and producer. Pierre is also the President of Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy record company. As a singer, he uses almost "out-of-tune", loud, rap-style singing vocals...
. It was released on September 11, 2007, which was their last album on Bad Boy records
Bad Boy Records
Bad Boy Records is a record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by Atlantic Records.-Beginnings:...
.
AUDIO (2010-present)
B5 renamed themselves Audio in 2010 after they decided to leave Bad Boy RecordsBad Boy Records
Bad Boy Records is a record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by Atlantic Records.-Beginnings:...
and signed to Lil Kim's recording label, which released her CD Black Friday, which sold 3,000,000 copies the first week. Audio released a song called "Magnetic" featuring Akon
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
in late 2010. It was receiving mostly bad reviews so it was later confirmed that their new song, "Single" will be Audio's official first single. This song has more of an R&B feel and has been getting some reviews. An album is under preparation for release in early 2012 under the new name. The members of Audio usually like to keep contact with their fans on Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
and Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
. Patrick, Carnell, and Bryan have links to their personal Facebook pages on Twitter
Audio has a Ustream page where they chat with fans, goof off and just have fun. To watch these Ustreams you can go to this page here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/audio-werxz .
Audio's first performance was at the Sweet Auburn Festival in Atlanta, GA on May 7 & 8.
The songs Lonely Road, Where Did She Go, One Minute, and Falling Down were leaked onto the internet throughout 2011. As confirmed by the members of Audio on ustream, none of the leaked songs will appear on their album. Group member Dustin Breeding leaked the song "Where Did She Go" to get feedback from fans. Most feedback for this song has been great. Though the members of Audio seem to not mind that they have been leaked. Dustin said on twitter, "Leak it, listen to it, love it."
Studio albums
As B5- B5B5 (album)B5 is the self-titled debut album by American R&B group B5. It was released on July 19, 2005 in the United States and ever since its release, the album has sold over 200,000 copies. The album managed to debut and peak at #19 on the Billboard 200, while peaking at #7 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop...
(2005) - Don't Talk, Just ListenDon't Talk, Just ListenDon't Talk, Just Listen is the second album by American R&B group B5. It was released on September 11, 2007 in the United States. The first single is "Hydrolics" featuring Bow Wow, their second single is "In My Bedroom"....
(2007)
As Audio
- (TBA) (2012)
Other albums
- Radio Disney Jingle JamsRadio Disney Jingle JamsRadio Disney Jingle Jams is a special collection of 17 Christmas carols tracks, both original and revived, sung by commercially-successful artists. It was released by Walt Disney Records during the winter seasons of 2004 and 2005...
(2005) - High School MusicalHigh School MusicalHigh School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
(2006) - That's So Raven Too!That's So Raven Too!That's So Raven Too! is the second soundtrack album from the hit Disney Channel original series, That's So Raven. The soundtrack debuted and peaked at #44, on the Billboard 200, selling 22,600 copies in its first week. Since then, the soundtrack has sold 200,000 copies...
(2006) - Hannah MontanaHannah MontanaHannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
(2006) - Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 8Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 8Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 8 is the eight album from the Radio Disney Jams series. It is released by Walt Disney Records. The album is a compilation of several artists that have songs that are played on Radio Disney.-CD Track listing:...
(2006) - DisneyMania 4DisneyMania 4Disneymania 4 is the fourth in the Disneymania series. This is the album debut of many current stars on Disney Channel, like Miley Cyrus from Hannah Montana...
(2006) - DisneyMania 5DisneyMania 5Disneymania 5 is the 5th installment in the Disneymania series. Its was released on March 27, 2007. The album features 4 of the stars from High School Musical: Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and from High School Musical: The Concert, Drew Seeley among others. The album...
(2007)
Singles
As B5- "All I DoAll I Do Is Think of You"All I Do Is Think of You" is a ballad single released by The Jackson 5 as the b-side to the group's single, "Forever Came Today" on the Motown label in 1975, and was the final charted single the group issued as The Jackson 5 before they left Motown for CBS the following year...
" (2005) - "U Got Me" (2005)
- "In My Bedroom"(2005)
- "Hydrolics" (featuring Bow Wow) (2007)
As Audio
- "Single" (2011)
- "Lonely Road" (2011)
- "Make Love to you" (2011)
- "Where Did She Go" (2011)
- "Torture" (2011)
- "One Minute" (2011)
- "Don't Wanna Leave You" (2011)
- "What I Really Want To Say" (2011)
- "Me, Myself, And I" (2011)
- "Here I Go" (2011)
- "Falling Down" (2011)
- "Magnetic" (2011)