Tank (American singer)
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Tank is an American R&B
singer, songwriter and producer.
suburb of Clinton, Maryland
. He was a multi-sport athlete at Crossland High School
and was offered the opportunity to play college football. However Tank decided to focus on music and his talent eventually led him to an opportunity to sing background vocals for Ginuwine
during one of Ginuwine's tours. In 2001, following Ginuwine's successful tour Tank released his debut album Force of Nature which spawned the R&B Top Ten-single "Maybe I Deserve".
In 2002, Tank released his second album One Man and a single of the same name.
Tank released his third solo album entitled "Sex, Love & Pain
" on May 15, 2007. The lead single was intended to be "I Luv Dem Girls", but for unknown reasons the song was given to Marques Houston
who renamed it "Strip Club" (intending to place it on his third solo album "Veteran"
). However, "Strip Club" did not make "Veteran," and "Sex, Love & Pain"'s last track is the Timbaland
remix to "I Luv Dem Girls". The first single from Tank's third album was "Please Don't Go". Later in the year Tank, Ginuwine and Tyrese Gibson formed a group called TGT
. Their first single was a remix of "Please Don't Go" with an international tour entitled "The Shirts Off Tour" and search for a fourth member to follow. Tank released his fourth studio album, Now or Never
, on December 14, 2010. Tank collaborated with other artists on this project like Chris Brown, Drake
, Letoya Luckett
and many other artists.
Tank's song writing and production credits include working with Dave Hollister
, Marques Houston, Omarion
, Jamie Foxx
, Donell Jones
and Monica
amongst others. As an associate of production team The Underdogs
, also Harvey Mason and with his team, Song Dynasty
. He has worked with many different artists over the years and was also a contributor to the score of the film adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls
, in which he also had a cameo.
He was also featured in the movie Preacher's Kid
.
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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, songwriter and producer.
Career
Tank was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and moved with his family as a child to the Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
suburb of Clinton, Maryland
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
. He was a multi-sport athlete at Crossland High School
Crossland High School
Crossland High School is a public secondary school located in Temple Hills, Maryland. The school serves about 2,000 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Crossland is named after a prominent early Maryland family...
and was offered the opportunity to play college football. However Tank decided to focus on music and his talent eventually led him to an opportunity to sing background vocals for Ginuwine
Ginuwine
Elgin Baylor Lumpkin , better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine had released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990's...
during one of Ginuwine's tours. In 2001, following Ginuwine's successful tour Tank released his debut album Force of Nature which spawned the R&B Top Ten-single "Maybe I Deserve".
In 2002, Tank released his second album One Man and a single of the same name.
Tank released his third solo album entitled "Sex, Love & Pain
Sex, Love & Pain
Sex, Love & Pain is the third studio album released by Tank. It was released on May 15, 2007. The first single released was "Please Don't Go", followed by the single "Heartbreaker".The album leaked onto the Internet on May 9...
" on May 15, 2007. The lead single was intended to be "I Luv Dem Girls", but for unknown reasons the song was given to Marques Houston
Marques Houston
Marques Barrett Houston is an American R&B singer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. A member of the R&B singing group Immature/IMx until 2002, he went solo in 2003. He is also the cousin of J-Boog, former member of the R&B/Hip-Hop group B2K....
who renamed it "Strip Club" (intending to place it on his third solo album "Veteran"
Veteran (album)
Veteran is the third studio album of American R&B artist Marques Houston, a former member of the R&B group Immature/IMx. The album was released in the U.S. on March 20, 2007 and is available as a standard version, as well as a Circuit City Exclusive version and a Target Exclusive version...
). However, "Strip Club" did not make "Veteran," and "Sex, Love & Pain"'s last track is the Timbaland
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
remix to "I Luv Dem Girls". The first single from Tank's third album was "Please Don't Go". Later in the year Tank, Ginuwine and Tyrese Gibson formed a group called TGT
TGT (group)
TGT is a supergroup formed in 2007 that consists of successful R&B singers Tyrese, Ginuwine, and Tank. The three had been friends for over a decade, and Tyrese was best man at Ginuwine's wedding, but this represents their first collaboration. Their first song is a remix of Tank's "Please Don't Go"...
. Their first single was a remix of "Please Don't Go" with an international tour entitled "The Shirts Off Tour" and search for a fourth member to follow. Tank released his fourth studio album, Now or Never
Now or Never (Tank album)
Now or Never is the fourth studio album by R&B singer/songwriter/producer, Tank. It was released on December 14, 2010 via Atlantic Records...
, on December 14, 2010. Tank collaborated with other artists on this project like Chris Brown, Drake
Drake (entertainer)
Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....
, Letoya Luckett
LeToya Luckett
LeToya Nicole Luckett , known professionally as LeToya, is an American R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She was a member of the R&B group Destiny's Child, with whom she won two Grammy Awards and released many successful commercial recordings.After signing a record deal with Capitol Records, she's...
and many other artists.
Tank's song writing and production credits include working with Dave Hollister
Dave Hollister
Dave Hollister is an American R&B vocalist who found fame during the 1990s as one quarter of the Platinum-selling R&B quartet Blackstreet before going on to a solo career.-Biography:...
, Marques Houston, Omarion
Omarion
Omari Ishmael Grandberry better known as Omarion, is an American R&B singer, actor, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and former lead singer of the R&B group, B2K. Omarion was spotted at a young age by a manager, Christopher B. Stokes, who took a liking to his vocal abilities...
, Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...
, Donell Jones
Donell Jones
Donell Jones is an American R&B singer, songwriter and record producer.He is most notable for the hits "U Know What's Up," "Where I Wanna Be," and his cover of Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet"...
and Monica
Monica (singer)
Monica Denise Brown , and professionally known as Monica, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, Monica began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir, by the time she was ten...
amongst others. As an associate of production team 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...
, also Harvey Mason and with his team, Song Dynasty
Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...
. He has worked with many different artists over the years and was also a contributor to the score of the film adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls (film)
Dreamgirls is a 2006 musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The film debuted in three special road show engagements beginning December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006...
, in which he also had a cameo.
He was also featured in the movie Preacher's Kid
Preacher's Kid (film)
Preacher's Kid is a 2010 Christian film directed by Stan Foster, loosely based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Original songs and score are composed by recording artist and music producer Tim Miner. The film was written and directed by Stan Foster, and stars LeToya Luckett, Gregory Alan...
.
Personal life
Tank is the father to four children listed here in birth order: Jordan & Ryen Babbs, Zoey Babbs and Durrell Babbs Jr..Albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | RIAA Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... certifications |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. 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... |
U.S. R&B 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... |
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| 2001 | Force of Nature | 7 | 1 | Gold |
| 2002 | One Man | 20 | 4 | |
| 2007 | Sex, Love & Pain Sex, Love & Pain Sex, Love & Pain is the third studio album released by Tank. It was released on May 15, 2007. The first single released was "Please Don't Go", followed by the single "Heartbreaker".The album leaked onto the Internet on May 9... |
2 | 1 | |
| 2010 | Now or Never Now or Never (Tank album) Now or Never is the fourth studio album by R&B singer/songwriter/producer, Tank. It was released on December 14, 2010 via Atlantic Records... |
35 | 10 |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. 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... |
U.S. R&B 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,... |
Hot Adult R&B Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
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| 2000 | "Freaky" | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | "Maybe I Deserve" | 38 | 7 | — | Force of Nature |
| "Slowly" | — | 43 | — | ||
| 2002 | "One Man" | 107 | 25 | — | One Man |
| "Let Me Live" (featuring Mannie Fresh Mannie Fresh Byron O. Thomas, better known by his stage name Mannie Fresh, is currently an artist and hip-hop producer who records for Def Jam South and his own division Chubby Boy Records... & Jazze Pha Jazze Pha Phalon Anton Alexander , also known as Jazze Pha , is an American singer, and songwriter.raised in Memphis, TN; son of James Alexander .... ) |
— | 82 | — | ||
| 2003 | "Come Over" (with Aaliyah Aaliyah Aaliyah Dana Haughton , who performed under the mononym Aaliyah , was an American R&B recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 10, she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside... ) |
32 | 9 | — | I Care 4 U |
| "Tonite, I'm Yours" (with Zane Lil Zane Zane Copeland, Jr. , better known as Zane , is a rapper born in Yonkers, New York and raised in Atlanta, Georgia... ) |
— | 87 | — | The Big Zane Theory | |
| 2005 | "I Love Them Girls" | — | — | — | Sex Love & Pain |
| "You Can Do Better" (with Sharissa Sharissa Sharissa is an American singer. She released a debut album "No Half Steppin" on Motown Records in 2002 which yielded two charting singles, and recorded a second album "Every Beat of My Heart" for Virgin Records for a 2005 release... ) |
— | — | 28 | Every Beat of My Heart | |
| 2007 | "Please Don't Go Please Don't Go (Tank song) "Please Don't Go" is the first single from Tank's long-awaited 2007 album Sex, Love & Pain. The single sat at #1 on the Billboard Adult R&B chart for more than six weeks. It is still on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart long after peaking at #2. This song remained at #1 for 10 consecutive weeks on the Urban... " |
42 | 2 | 1 | Sex, Love & Pain |
| "Heartbreaker" | — | 37 | — | ||
| 2010 | "Sex Music Sex Music (Tank song) "Sex Music" is a song by American singer Tank. It is the lead single from his fourth album Now or Never. The single had so far peaked at number 29 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.-Music video:... " |
— | 29 | 20 | Now or Never |
| "I Can't Make You Love Me" | — | 64 | 27 | ||
| "Emergency Emergency (Tank song) "Emergency" is a song by R&B singer Tank. It's the second single from his fourth album, Now or Never.-Charts:- Purchaseable release :... " |
121 | 23 | 7 | ||
| 2011 | "Celebration" (featuring Drake Drake (entertainer) Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.... ) |
— | 73 | 29 | |
Awards
- Grammy AwardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
Nominations- 2008, Best R&B Male Vocal Performance: "Please Don't Go"
- 2008, Best R&B Album: Sex, Love & Pain
- 2010, Best R&B Song: "Under"
- 2011, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group: "Take My Time" with Chris Brown
External links
- Official website French Group dedicated to Tank on SoulRnB.com (Photos, Videos, Discussions, Etc.)