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.

Albums

Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US USR&B AUSAustralian chart peaks: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between 1983 and 19 June 1988. Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: CAN GER NLD NZ SWE UK Candy Girl Release date: March 1, 1983 Label: Streetwise 90 14 — — — — — — — New Edition Release date: September 28, 1984 Label: MCA 6 1 — 55 — — 15 — — RIAA: 2× Platinum All for Love Release date: November 6, 1985 Label: MCA 32 3 — — — — 50 — — RIAA: Platinum Under the Blue Moon Release date: October 10, 1986 Label: MCA 43 11 — — — — 13 — — RIAA: Gold Heart Break Release date: June 20, 1988 Label: MCA 12 3 45 11 — — 50 — — RIAA: 2× Platinum Home Again Release date: September 15, 1996 Label: MCA 1 1 13 1 63 46 11 43 22 RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: Platinum One Love Release date: November 9, 2004 Label: Bad Boy 12 4 — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US USR&B AUS Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Release date: September 12, 1991 Label: MCA 99 78 140 New Edition Solo Hits Release date: December 3, 1996 Label: MCA — — — Lost in Love: The Best of Slow Jams Release date: November 17, 1998 Label: MCA — — — All the Number Ones Release date: May 9, 2000 Label: Hip-O 37 7 — Hits Release date: March 2, 2004 Label: Geffen — 58 — 20th Century Masters: The Best of New Edition Release date: March 22, 2005 Label: Geffen — 91 — Gold Release date: October 11, 2005 Label: Hip-O — — — Icon Release date: 2011 Label: Geffen — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Christmas EP Title Album details Peak chart positions US R&B Christmas All Over the World Release date: November 18, 1985 Label: MCA 45

Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) Album US US R&B US Dan AUS CAN GER IRE NLD NZ UK 1983 "Candy Girl" 46 1 17 10 11 22 2 16 2 1 BPI: Silver Candy Girl "Is This the End" 85 8 — — — — — — — 83 "Popcorn Love"10125 — 73 — — — — 44 43 1984"She Gives Me a Bang" — — — — — — — — — — "Cool It Now" 4 1 — — 38 — — — — 115 RIAA: Gold New Edition "Mr. Telephone Man" 12 1 — — 30 — 20 47 34 19 RIAA: Gold 1985 "Lost in Love" 35 6 — — — — — — — — "My Secret (Didja Gitit Yet?)" 103 27 — — — — — — — — "Kinda Girls We Like" — 87 — — — — — — — — "Count Me Out" 51 2 — — — — — — — — All for Love 1986 "A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)" 38 3 16 — — — — — — 153 "With You All the Way" 51 7 — — — — — — — — "Earth Angel" 21 3 — — 52 — — — 30 153 Under the Blue Moon "Once in a Lifetime Groove" — 10 9 — — — — — — — Running Scared soundtrack 1987 "Tears on My Pillow" (featuring Little Anthony) — 41 — — — — — — — — Under the Blue Moon "Helplessly in Love" — 20 — — — — — — — — Dragnet soundtrack 1988 "If It Isn't Love" 7 2 20 — 21 — — — — 94 RIAA: Platinum Heart Break "You're Not My Kind of Girl" 95 3 — — — — — — — — 1989 "Can You Stand the Rain" 44 1 — — — — — — — — RIAA: 2× Platinum "Crucial" — 4 24 — — — — — — 70 "N.E. Heart Break" — 13 — — — — — — — — 1991 "Boys to Men" — — — 134 — — — — — — 1996 "Hit Me Off" 3 1 30 16 50 54 — 28 2 20 RIAA: Gold Home Again "I'm Still in Love with You" 7 7 — 47 — — — — 13 — RIAA: Gold "You Don't Have to Worry" (featuring Missy Elliott) — — — — — — — — — 1997 "Siempre Tu" 116 — — — — — — — — — I'm Still in Love with You single "Something About You" — — — 68 — — — — — 16 Home Again "One More Day" 61 22 — — — — — — — — 2004 "Hot 2Nite" 87 35 — — — — — — — — One Love "Last Time" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Featured singles Year Title Artist Peak chart position Album USR&B 1986 "King Holiday" The King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew 30 Non-album single 2016 "This One's for Me and You" Johnny Gill featuring New Edition 20 Game Changer

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