SWV

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- Best Of SWV
- Released 2001

- New Beginning
- Released 1996

- Release Some Tension
- Released 1997

- The Encore Collection
- Released 2004

biography

With their 1992 debut, It's About Time, the all-female new jack swing trio SWV scored a string of Top Ten R&B hits that established them as one of the most popular urban R&B groups of the '90s. SWV (their name is an acronym for Sisters with Voices) is comprised of three school friends: Coko (born Cheryl Gamble), Taj (born Tamara Johnson), and Lelee (born Leanne Lyons). All three vocalists sang in church as children, which is where they learned how to harmonize. A demo tape the group assembled caught the attention of producer Teddy Riley, a former member of Guy and arguably the father of new jack swing. Prior to SWV, Riley helped establish the careers of Jodeci and Mary J. Blige. Riley's luck didn't wear out with SWV -- he helped the group craft their debut, It's About Time, which went double platinum within its first year of release.

The release of It's About Time was preceded by "Right Here" in the fall of 1992. The single reached number 13 on the R&B charts, but it was the number two hit, "I'm So Into You," that established the trio as a commercial force early in 1993. It was followed by two number one R&B singles in a row: "Weak" and "Right Here/Human Nature," a remix of their first single that featured samples of Michael Jackson's hit "Human Nature." "Weak" also hit number one on the pop charts; "Right Here/Human Nature" reached number two on the pop charts. One other Top Ten R&B hit from It's About Time, "Always on My Mind," followed late in 1993. "Anything," SWV's contribution to the soundtrack for Above the Rim, became a Top Ten R&B hit in the spring of 1994. Also in the spring of 1994, SWV released The Remixes, which went gold by the end of the year. In the summer of 1995, the trio lent vocal harmonies to Blackstreet's Top 40 R&B hit "Tonight's the Night." In 1996, SWV returned with New Beginning, which was preceded by the number one R&B hit "You're the One." Release Some Tension followed in 1997, and two years later the group's past successes were recalled on their Greatest Hits. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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- - swv
  - - By RebornBre
    - 8/21/2009 17:57:26
  - the best female rnb group of there time and they still fresh to my ears...love yall real talk
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- - SWV
  - - By goldiejan
    - 6/21/2009 01:03:29
  - At the time fresh and new; enjoy their music, today.
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- - S.W.V.
  - - By ChyChy1987
    - 5/7/2009 01:31:18
  - This was a bad group in the 90's, got them on my zune.
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- - Still...
  - - By Jadexrose
    - 1/30/2009 05:00:19
  - Sisters with voices is correct, the three of you are just...super bad!
    
    And still one my favorites from the 90's!!
    
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- - The trio of the 90's
  - - By BigVeney24
    - 10/12/2008 03:16:49
  - These are my favorite female group right here... I love them.
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