Blackgirl

BlackGirl released their debut album in 1994 titled Treat U Right to rave reviews. Warren Marshall of the Columbus Times remarked: "Blackgirl -- the ultimate definition of today's `90's girls." They released their debut single "Krazy" in 1993, which was one of four consecutive Top Forty singles on the Billboard chart, "Krazy" (No. 37), "90's Girl" (No. 13), "Where Did We Go Wrong" (No. 39) and "Let's Do It Again" (No. 25). By the end of 1994 BlackGirl toured the United States with R. Kelly for a six-week tour, appeared on Soul Train, appeared in a Chrysler commercial, and released the holiday single "Give Love On Christmas Day"/"Christmas Time". The group then teamed up with Aaliyah, En Vogue, Mary J. Blige, Vanessa Williams, For Real, and SWV for the single "Freedom" from the movie Panther. The single became BlackGirl's fifth Top forty single, when peaked at number eighteen. On September 24 the band performed at the 1994 Georgia Hall of Fame gala honoring Issac Hayes. In 1995, the band earned two Soul Train Award nominations, Single of the Year (By A Group, Band or Duo) for "Let's Do It Again" and Album of the Year (By A Group, Band or Duo) for Treat U Right. They then released "90's Girl" in the UK, the song was a Top 10 success on the R&B chart, and reached #23 on the UK Pop chart. The group appeared on the single "Hey, Look Away" by Questionmark Asylum in late 1995, at the end of the year the group performed with Chuck Berry at Apollo Theater Hall of Fame ceremony. In 1996 the group disbanded. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.