Day26

Day26
@ the IndigO2 in London on Feb 15 2009. From left to right: Brian Andrews, Robert Curry, Michael McCluney, Willie Taylor & Qwanell Mosley.
Background information
Origin	New York City, New York, United States
Genres	R&B, Hip hop
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Bad Boy/Atlantic
Associated acts	Danity Kane, Donnie Klang, Diddy
Website	Official site
Members
Robert Curry Brian Andrews Willie Taylor Qwanell Mosley Michael McCluney

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Day26 is a male R&B/Hip Hop music group formed on August 26, 2007 by Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV's Making the Band 4. The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Andrews, Willie Taylor, Michael McCluney, and Qwanell Mosley. The moniker is a tribute to the day when Andrews, McCluney, Mosley, Curry, and Taylor went from unknowns to stars. The group released their first album, Day26, on March 25, 2008, one week after their then label mates and Making the Band 3 winners Danity Kane released Welcome to the Dollhouse. The album's first single, "Got Me Going", was released on the finale of Making the Band 4. The album went on to debut at number one on the billboard charts.

Making the Band 4 returned to MTV for another season and followed Day26, Danity Kane and Donnie Klang on the Making The Band tour. Season 3, Part 2 of Making The Band 4 debuted on February 12, 2009. The season followed Day26 as they recorded their second album, Forever in a Day, which was released April 14, 2009.

History

2007–2008: Formation of group and Day26

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Day26 was founded on the Making the Band 4 Season 1 finale on August 26, 2007. Brian Andrews, Michael McCluney, Qwanell Mosley, Robert Curry, and Willie Taylor were chosen to be a part of Diddy's brand new all-male R&B music group, while fellow cast member Donnie Klang was chosen as a solo artist for Bad Boy Records. The name Day 26 was selected from the day that they were picked which was August 26, 2007.

After being signed as a group to Bad Boy, Day 26 began another season of Making the Band with label mates Danity Kane and Donnie Klang. Upon this season, Day 26's debut single "Got Me Going" was released to download in January, 2008. "Got Me Going" eventually peeked at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100. Day 26 later released their self-titled album "Day26" on March 25, 2008. The next week, the album debuted at #1 on Billboard 200 selling 200,000 copies. this is the 3rd feat. at #1 for Bad Boy winners. Album production includes Mario Winans, Danja, Bryan-Michael Cox, The Runners, and upon many others. The 2nd single "Since You've Been Gone" was released on June 9, 2008. The song failed to reach Billboard Hot 100 , but peaked at #52 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. A 3rd single was planned, but was scrapped due to low album sales, and production on their next album. Overall, the album sold 387,000 copies.

On August 19, 2008 Day 26 returned with another season of Making the Band. This season involved in Making the Band 4 - The Tour, which resolved to the break-up of Danity Kane.

2009-present: Forever in a Day

Upon album release of their second studio album "Forever in a Day", season 3 of "Making the Band 4" re-aired in February, 2009. This time, the season focused around getting the album finished and also the personal problems of Qwanell. The production resulted a promo release of the song "Stadium Music" which later was up for discussion as the second official release for the album. The first official single "Imma Put It on Her", was released to iTunes on March 31, 2009. The single has so far peeked at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100. The video for the second hit single "Stadium Music" premiered on May 29, 2009 on 106 & Park. Day26 won the BET Award for Best Group at the 2009 BET Awards.

On June 7, Day26 performed at Hot 97's Summer Jam with Willie's cousin Jeremih

On June 12, Qwanell confirmed via his official Twitter that "Your Heels" will be the next single released from the album, with a video being shot on June 29.^[1]

On August 25 they released a video album entitled Forever in Your Eyes consisting of music videos to 8 of the songs from Forever in a Day. The album was released as a digital download only, exclusively to iTunes. Day26 remained at Atlantic Records but parted ways with Bad Boy Records.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Video albums

Awards and nominations

• American Music Awards
  • 2009, Favorite R&B/Hip-Hop Band Duo or Group (Nominated)

• BET Awards
  • 2009, Best Group (Won)
  • 2008, Best Group (Nominated)
• Teen Choice Awards
  • 2008, Choice Breakout Group (Nominated)
• Online Hip Hop Awards
  • 2008, Digital Download of the Year (R&B) for "Got Me Going"(Won)
• Urban Music Awards
  • 2009, Best Music Video: Imma Put It On Her (Nominated)
  • 2009, Best Male Act (Nominated)

Music Videos

• Got Me Going
• Since You've Been Gone
• Imma Put It On Her
• Stadium Music
• Girlfriend
• Truth Is A Lie
• So Good
• Then There's You
• Perfectly Blind
• Just Getting Started

External links

• Official site
• Day 26 at MySpace
• Day26 Interview
• Day26 sex talk Interview

References

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