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 Albums.The album managed to spawn only one charting single, "All I Do", a Jackson 5 cover, which peaked at #71 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.

Artist/Band Information

B5 is an R&B boy band originating from St. Petersburg, Florida and later relocating to Atlanta, Georgia. The group now is confirming that their new name is "Audio". The group consists of 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. MTV. Accessed August 6, 2008. They are the cousins of MYXX.

Career

B5 (2003–2005)

P. Diddy pulled out some of the top producers in the business to work on B5's self-titled debut album, B5. Among the producers were Rodney Jerkins, Ryan Leslie, Sean Garrett, Corna Boyz, Veit Renn and P. Diddy himself. The lead single, "All I Do", originally recorded by The Jackson 5 and covered by Troop, was the suggested song 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. B5 had their self-titled album on the Billboard 200 and reached number seven on the Top R&B/Hip Hop 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. B5's 2005 self-titled debut CD made an impressive debut at #19 in its first week of release on the Billboard 200 and also entered at #11 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. 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.

Don't Talk, Just Listen (2007)

"Hydrolics", featuring Bow Wow, is the first single from the album and a powerful glimpse into "Don't Talk, Just Listen". "Hydrolics" Is “Most Downloaded” on YouTube.com with more than 940,000 views. The video was “Most Downloaded” on YouTube.com in its first week. In the 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. The CD is executive produced by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Kevin Wales, and Harve Pierre. B5's second album Don't Talk, Just Listen was released on September 11, 2007, which was their last album on Bad Boy records.

Audio (2009–2010)

B5 said in an interview in 2009 that they left Badboy and that they are doing Dance Junkeez since they have not been very visual lately. They are currently working on their third album which is rumored to be released sometime in 2010.

Now they have officially changed their name from B5 to "Audio" and have been signed to UpFront Records. Dustin confirmed this on his Twitter account. Also on their Facebook fanpage, Audio posted that their Magnetic video was to be released sometime at the end of April,but things got changed and they planned on releasing it sometime in June.But due to another push back of the video the video will hopefully be released in July like they said it would.

Discography

Albums

* B5 (2005)

* Don't Talk, Just Listen (2007)

* TBA (2010)

Other albums

* Radio Disney Jingle Jams (2005)

* High School Musical (2006)

* That's So Raven Too! (2006)

* Hannah Montana (2006)

* Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 8 (2006)

* DisneyMania 4 (2006)

* DisneyMania 5 (2007)

* Before B5 (2009)

Singles

* "All I Do"2005

* "U Got Me"2006

* "Hydrolics"2007

* "In My Bedroom"2007

* "Magnetic"2010

DVDs

* The Beginning of B5-The documentary

* Worlds of Music DVD - B5

* The Journey So Far - B5

References