New Edition discography

American R&B vocal group New Edition were formed at the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts in December 1982 by teenage singers Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe. Under this lineup, they first signed with Maurice Starr's Streetwise imprint, issuing the bubblegum pop single, "Candy Girl", in February 1983. The song became their first number one US R&B hit and crossed over to the US and UK pop charts, peaking at number one in the latter, leading to the release of their debut album of the same name. Despite the relative success of follow-up singles "Popcorn Love" and "Is This the End", the album failed to be certified in any country and after a dispute with Starr over financial compensation following a world tour, they fired Starr and signed with MCA Records in 1984, releasing their self-titled multiplatinum sophomore album, which produced their signature hits "Cool It Now" and "Mr. Telephone Man", both songs peaking at number one on the R&B charts and crossing over to the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985.

Following the successful follow-ups, All for Love and Christmas All Over the World, group founder Brown was forced out of the group following their label demands to excise Brown out of the group due to his outrageous behavior at the time, a decision his bandmates regretted. Following the release of the covers album, Under the Blue Moon, in 1986, Washington, DC native Johnny Gill, already a veteran R&B artist, joined the group in late 1987 following rumors that Tresvant was to leave the group though he chose to stay after Gill joined. The lineup of Tresvant, Gill, Bivins, Bell and DeVoe released the new jack swing album, Heart Break in 1988. The album was a success with the singles "If It Isn't Love", "You're Not My Kind of Girl" and "Can You Stand the Rain" becoming top ten R&B singles, with "If It Isn't Love" successfully crossing over the pop charts at number seven. After its release and a nearly two-year concert tour to promote it, the band went on hiatus with each member starting either solo careers or, in the case of Bell, Bivins and DeVoe, forming their own splinter group, Bell Biv DeVoe. In 1996, they reunited with Bobby Brown for their most successful release to date, Home Again, which featured the hits "Hit Me Off" and "I'm Still in Love with You". In 2002, the group, sans Brown, released their seventh and their latest studio album, One Love, in 2004 on Bad Boy Records, following a successful exit from MCA Records, in which they eventually regained masters to all of their work from the label. The album was a relative failure and, along with their debut, are the group's only releases to not receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.

In addition to their seven studio albums, the group has also issued eight compilation albums and released 32 singles (including two singles as featured artists). Since their debut, the group has sold over 20 million records worldwide.

• New Edition discography at Discogs