singer

Personal Information

Born on May 22, 1966, in Washington, DC.

Career

Singer, 1983-. Recorded with Atlantic Records, 1983-86, and Motown Records, 1987-. Member of New Edition, MCA Records, 1988-2002, and Bad Boy Records, 2002-; member of LSG, Motown Records, 1997-.

Life's Work

From 1988 to 1991 Johnny Gill was a regular at the number one slot on the rhythm-and-blues (R&B) music charts. His group New Edition had a number one album, Heart Break, in 1988. His 1990 solo release, Johnny Gill, produced three number one singles on its way to number one. Another song he duetted on, "Where Do We Go From Here," also landed at number one. The Indianapolis Recorder gushed, "Like the great soul singers of the past, Gill has all the right stuff: a natural voice of tremendous force, a soaring falsetto and the gift of impeccable timing. Both patient and urgent, sensitive and sultry, Gill raises romance to new heights." Gill continued to use that voice into the 2000s to put out dozens of more hits--on his own, with super-group New Edition, and as the G in R&B soul-meisters LSG.

Graduated from Gospel to R&B

Johnny Gill Jr. was born on May 22, 1966, in Washington, DC, the fourth son of Johnny and Annie Gill. The senior Gill was a Baptist minister who raised his family according to scripture. While secular music such as R&B was forbidden, gospel was embraced and the family formed the group Wings of Faith and, later, The Gill Special. By the age of eight, Johnny Jr., whose deep, baritone voice was already emerging, became the family's main vocalist. Despite his father's efforts, Gill could not resist the pull of R&B. One of his childhood friends was Stacy Lattisaw, a teen R&B sensation on the Atlantic Records label. She encouraged Gill to record a demo tape. "She always knew I could sing and she told the president of her record company about me and that's how everything took place," Gill told The Jamaica Observer.

Gill's voice, mature beyond its years, impressed Atlantic executives and they immediately signed him to the label's imprint, Cotillion. Gill was just 16 at the time. "Recording an album was the hardest thing to do," Gill recalled to Essence. "You start to ask yourself, 'What if this fails?' But it never dawned on me in the studio, because the producers were so great to work with." The result, titled Johnny Gill, came out in 1983. Despite the modest hit single "Super Love," the album was lackluster. The following year Gill had more success with Perfect Combination, a joint effort with Lattisaw. The album's title song reached the top ten and revealed the depth of Gill's vocal abilities to a broad fan base. In 1985 Atlantic released Gill's sophomore effort, Chemistry. It spawned the song "Half Crazy," which went to number 26 on Billboard's R&B charts.

By 1988 Gill had left Atlantic and signed a new contract with Motown Records. Meanwhile, the boy band New Edition was looking for a new singer. New Edition had rocketed to fame in 1983 with the mega-hit "Candy Girl." After a string of more hits, lead singer Bobby Brown decided to pursue a solo career. Enter Gill. He had been friends with members of the group since their debut and, according to the New Edition Web site, "[the group] would always joke that if Johnny could hit one of their dance steps right, he could be in the group." With the understanding that he would continue to record as a soloist for Motown, Gill joined New Edition, who were then signed to MCA Records.

Scored a String of Chart-Topping Hits

When New Edition first hit the airwaves, its five members were between 14 and 16 years old. Their songs were bubblegum-sweet pop: "The Telephone Man," "Popcorn Love," "Cool It Now." They dressed in matching outfits, pumped out in-sync dance steps, and filled pages of teen magazines. They were as well loved for their youth as for their music. However, by 1988 the boys, nearing their twenties, were ready to be considered men. Gill's rich, soulful voice was the perfect vehicle. Most critics consider 1989's Heart Break the group's first foray into mature music. The sultry ballad "Can You Stand the Rain," anchored by Gill's riveting voice, sailed straight to number one on the charts. Three other songs from the album made it into the top five. The album went double-platinum, according to the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA), with confirmed sales of over two million copies.

Despite the phenomenal success of Heart Break, New Edition decided to disband in 1989. Gill joined old pal Lattisaw on the single "Where Do We Go from Here," which landed him right back at the number one slot on the R&B charts. With the backing of Motown he also recorded his most successful album to date, 1990's Johnny Gill. Motown pulled out all stops for the album, hiring the best producers in urban music and sponsoring a massive marketing campaign. It worked. The public sent the album straight to double-platinum status and pushed three singles to number one on the R&B charts: "My, My, My," "Rub You the Right Way," and "Wrap Your Body Tight."

Johnny Gill earned the crooner a Grammy nomination for best R&B male vocal performance, though he lost to Luther Vandross. The album also established Gill as a master of the musical trend known as New Jack. In its early 1990s heyday, New Jack took the classic soul of R&B vocals, added a shot of sexiness, some slick synthesizers, and a hint of rap. With his self-titled album all over the top of the charts, Gill was labeled "the Marvin Gaye of the new-jack soul generation" by Entertainment Weekly.

Reunited with New Edition

Provocative, Gill's second album for Motown, came out in 1993. Again Motown went all out with production and marketing. Gill did the same. "I tried to give the best vocal performance on each song," he told Billboard. "I think that's what people expect of me." Unfortunately expectations did not translate into sales and the album barely reached RIAA gold status (sales of 500,000 or more). The first single, "The Floor," made it to number 11 on the charts, and three others reached the top fifty. Not a bad showing, but for Gill it was a big disappointment after the incredible success of his previous album.

For the next several years, Gill collaborated with numerous artists, did countless performances, and made several television appearances. Meanwhile, the members of New Edition were thinking about getting back together. It finally happened in 1986 and both Gill and Brown joined the other four members in the studio to record Home Again. The album went double-platinum and landed at number one on both Billboard's R&B and top 200 charts. The first single, the sexy "Hit Me Off," went to number one on the R&B and dance charts. The album also spawned a mega-tour. Despite much-publicized rumors about clashing egos on the tour, Gill told The Jamaica Observer, "We have our ups and downs and all of that stuff but we're family. I couldn't think of any other group that I'd rather be with."

Just months after Home Again came out, Gill released Let's Get the Mood Right, his fifth solo album, and his third on the Motown label. Featuring styles from New Jack to classic R&B to gospel, the album went to number seven on the R&B charts and produced several Gill classics, including the title track, "Love in an Elevator," and "It's Your Body." The latter was written and produced by Gill. He also played bass on many of the tracks. Though it did not sear across the charts as Johnny Gill had, the album pulled in a lot of praise from music critics. The Indianapolis Recorder called Gill "the most passionate balladeer of his generation." The Cincinnati Post wrote "this disc is the first time in memory that Gill's material rates high enough to take full advantage of his wonderful pipes."

Completed Two Decades of Music Making

In 1997 Gill joined forces with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat to form LSG. The trio's first album, Levert-Sweat-Gill, led by the hit single "My Body," went double-platinum and landed at the number two spot on the R&B charts, number four on the pop. The group's second effort, LSG2, released in 2003, took the third and sixth spots respectively. The same year Motown released The Best of Johnny Gill.

Gill also turned his talents to the stage, appearing in several gospel-tinged musicals including Listen to Your Woman, Will a Real Man Please Stand Up, and A Fool for Love. However, New Edition was never far from his heart. When the group began touring again in 2000, Gill was there. During 2002 New Edition appeared at the Black Entertainment Television (BET) music awards, where they met urban music mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. He signed the quintet to his Bad Boy Records label and in 2004 New Edition released One Love. Gill was featured prominently on several tracks, prompting a St. Louis Post-Dispatch music reviewer to write, "[Gill] remains the group's ace." Fans were thrilled with the band's return to recording and pushed the record to the top of the charts. Reflecting on the album's success, Gill told Jet, "I think we were one of the first groups of our generation to do what we've done, be successful and then spin out and do our own thing and then come back. Most groups can't make it that far."

Working full-time as a solo artist and with two popular bands kept Gill busy. "It's tough, very tough but I enjoy it and that's the challenge," Gill told The Jamaica Observer. "You get to work with different personalities and when you are around people that are talented it also keeps your creative juices flowing and that inspires me." Yet despite his prolific creativity, real stardom has eluded him. He has never won a Grammy and his name is largely unknown outside of his R&B fan base. Nonetheless, he viewed his career as a success. "This year makes 20 years," he told The Jamaica Observer in 2003. "And a lot of people have come and gone and [the fact that I'm still around] for me, that's a blessing within itself and I just look forward to another 20 years of doing what I'm doing and what I enjoy doing the most."

Works

Selected discography

  • (With Stacy Lattisaw) Perfect Combination, Cotillion, 1983.
  • Johnny Gill, Atlantic, 1983.
  • Chemistry, Atlantic, 1985.
  • (With New Edition) Heart Break, MCA Records, 1988.
  • Johnny Gill, Motown, 1990.
  • Provocative, Motown, 1993.
  • Let's Get the Mood Right, Motown, 1996.
  • (With New Edition) Home Again, MCA Records, 1996.
  • (With Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat) Levert.Sweat.Gill, East West, 1997.
  • (With Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat) LSG2, Elektra, 2003.
  • The Best of Johnny Gill, Motown, 2003.
  • (With New Edition) One Love, Bad Boy Records, 2004.

Further Reading

Periodicals

  • Billboard, June 5, 1993.
  • The Cincinnati Post, October 24, 1996.
  • Entertainment Weekly, July 16, 1993.
  • Essence, October 1990.
  • Indianapolis Recorder, November 9, 1996.
  • Jet, November 15, 2004.
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 18, 2004.
On-line
  • "About.Johnny," New Edition, www.newedition20th.com (March 1, 2005).
  • "Johnny Gill & Music...A Perfect Combination," The Jamaica Observer, www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20030508T200000-0500_43512_OBS_JOHNNY_GILL___MUSIC.asp (March 1, 2005).

— Candace LaBalle

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R&B singer

In 1983, 16-year old Johnny Gill told People, "I think I’m gonna go a long way." Stacy Lattisaw, a popular R&B singer and a childhood friend of Gill’s, agreed. Lattisaw discovered a very young Gill singing with his school glee club. At age 16, Gill embarked on a solo career in R&B. In 1988 he joined the popular group New Edition when Bobby Brown left. When New Edition parted ways in 1989, success followed Gill in his solo career with hit singles like "My, My, My," and "Rub You the Right Way." In 1996 New Edition reunited and recorded a new CD even while its members, including Gill, continued their solo careers.

Gill was born in 1967 in Washington, D.C., the son of a Baptist minister. He started playing guitar at age five and began singing publicly at age seven with the family’s gospel group Johnny Gill and the Wings of Faith. Gill’s father forced his four sons to rehearse for six hours a day. Lattisaw recognized Gill’s talent while he sang for his glee club and asked him to make a demo tape. At the time, Lattisaw had five hit R & B albums to her credit. She sent Gill’s demo tape to the president of her record company, Cotillion Records, who signed Gill immediately. Gill was nervous about recording an album. He told Essence, "Recording an album was the hardest thing to do. You start to ask yourself, ’What if this fails?’" The album he recorded for Cotillion in 1983, called Perfect Combination, included the first single "Super Love," which reached the top thirty on the R & B charts. In 1984 the single "Perfect Combination," sung with Lattisaw, reached the top ten on the R & B charts.

New Edition Success Stories
In 1985 Gill recorded Chemistry for Atlantic Records, but really made his name when he joined New Edition in 1988. Gill replaced lead singer Bobby Brown, who was busy achieving superstardom with his solo career. New Edition was discovered by Maurice Starr in the early Eighties when the group was performing in a talent show. The group reached the top of the R & B and pop charts quickly after recording its first album. After one album, they left Maurice Starr and signed with MCA. Starr went on to create New Kids on the Block. New Edition continued to hit the top ten pop and R&B charts with its next four albums before Brown left in 1986. In 1988 they recorded Heartbreak with Gill as the lead singer. That album yielded a top ten hit called "If It Isn’t Love."

In 1989 the group went its separate ways. Gill wanted to record another solo album. Ralph Tresvant wanted a solo career, and the remaining members of the group-Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, and Ronnie DeVoe—went on

to form a new group called Bell Biv DeVoe. Gill sang on an R&B number one hit in 1989, "Where Do We Go from Here," with Stacy Lattisaw. Gill’s solo success was at its height when he recorded Johnny Gill for Motown Records in 1990.

New Jack R&B
When Gill signed with Motown, the company went all out to tap his potential and sell him as a solo artist. Producers included Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, the most auspicious in the business. According to a Rolling Stone contributor, "No expense was spared—great talents were unleashed and the result is good." His fans agreed, turning the album double-platinum. The album was number one on the R & B charts and in the top ten on the pop charts. The two big singles on the album were Babyface’s "My, My, My" and Jam and Lewis’s "Rub You the Right Way." Both reached number one on the R & B charts and the top five on the pop charts. Rolling Stone commented, "Gill seems poised midway between Freddie Jackson’s gentle lover persona and the old Teddy Pendergrass slick seducer routine."

Gill, Bell Biv DeVoe, Bobby Brown, and others like singer Keith Sweat were labeled New Jack R & B. New Jack R & B is a more up-tempo, intensely sexual R&B sound that Gill helped define. An Entertainment Weekly critic remarked, "Johnny Gill can officially be crowned the Marvin Gaye of the new-jack soul generation." Keith Sweat, Bell Biv DeVoe, and Gill toured together for several months. Michael Eck of Billboard magazine reviewed one of their first concerts. He said, "Former New Edition vocalist Gill fit somewhere between Sweat’s croon and his former band mates’ hip-hopping funk."

Following the success of Johnny Gill, Gill released his next solo effort, Provocative, in 1993. Provocative did not receive the same accolades that Johnny Gill earned. There were no top ten singles although "Long Way from Home" and "Quiet Time to Play" were moderately successful. The album went gold, but considering the double-platinum sales of the previous album, Gill expected more. Meanwhile, his friends from New Edition were experiencing the same disappointment. Bell Biv DeVoe’s second album lacked the punch of Poison, and Bobby Brown was all over the tabloids for his bad boy antics and shaky marriage to superstar singer Whitney Houston. In 1996 the group decided to reunite—not just for nostalgia’s sake—but with an agenda. Michael Bivins bluntly stated in Newsweek, "No one should believe we got back together right now for the hell of it. Each of our last projects did pretty poorly, so coming back to New Edition was something all of us really needed to do."

The group recorded a reunion album called Home Again. Bobby Brown and Johnny Gill both performed on the album and toured with the band. Kevin Raub of Rolling Stone declared that the band members "have survived the years with resounding triumph and returned with a vengeance." During their reunion concerts, the band members performed New Edition songs and songs from their solo efforts. During a concert at Madison Square Garden, Bobby Brown shamelessly plugged his latest album Bobby Brown Forever. He announced the album, and while mooning the crowd declared that those who didn’t like it could kiss his a—. Gill also had an album to promote. In the fall of 1996, Motown released Let’s Get the Mood Right. The New Edition reunion did not worry Motown executives. The executives considered it free publicity for the new album, not a distraction. Gill sang lead on only one song from Home Again.

Romance-Laced Music
Let’s Get the Mood Right included the same producers used for Johnny Gill and more. Gill, R. Kelly, Babyface, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Tony Rich all produced songs on the album. Billboard called the album a "collection of romance-laced tracks that are highlighted by powerful chops." Gill, who at 16 shied away from sexual lyrics in music, now depends on a female audience to fall for his crooning. His counterparts, like Keith Sweat, also depend on the feminine crowd for their record sales. At the Madison Square Garden concert, Raub remarked, "Keith Sweat made love to the stage for 30 minutes before New Edition stole the show."

Let’s Get the Mood Right included many ballads, but like Gill’s other albums, the styles vary from song to song. Some songs have a true R & B sound, while others expose his gospel roots with hymn-like qualities. Gill told Jet, "I want to be able to do it all and just be known as an entertainer without a label." All of his songs have one thing in common—a love for women. Many songs contain sexually charged lyrics. He wrote in his website literature: "When it comes to singing or loving, intimacy is everything. As an artist, my hope is to become more intimate with my creativity. As a man, I want intimacy with a woman." In Ebony, Gill professed that he loves all women, especially Black women. He said, "I believe that love is color-blind, but Black women possess a unique beauty and an inner strength that has held the Black family together through centuries of turmoil and strife." With songs like Babyface’s "Let’s Get the Mood Right," Gill can expect to achieve intimacy with his audience for a long time.

Selected discography

Solo albums
Perfect Combination, Cotillion, 1983.
Chemistry, Atlantic, 1985.
Johnny Gill, Motown, 1990.
Provocative, Motown, 1993.
Let’s Get the Mood Right, Motown, 1996.

With New Edition; on MCA Records
Heartbreak (includes "If It Isn’t Love"), 1988.
Greatest Hits, 1991.
Home Again, 1996.

Other appearances
Christmas Cheers from Motown, Motown, 1989.
(With others) New Jack City (soundtrack), Giant, 1991.
(With others) Boomerang (soundtrack), 1992.
(With others) Mo’ Money (soundtrack), 1992.
(With Shabba Ranks), X-tra Naked, 1992.
(With others) Booty Call (soundtrack), 1997

Sources
Books
The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, edited by Patricia Romanowski, Fireside, 1995.

Periodicals
Billboard, January 19, 1991; October 5, 1996.
Ebony, February, 1992.
Entertainment Weekly, July 16, 1993.
Essence, October, 1990.
Jet, March 21, 1994.
Newsweek, September 9, 1996.
People, September 19, 1983.
Rolling Stone, July 12, 1990; January 13, 1997.
Additional information provided by the Polygram website and the All-Music Guide-A Complete Online Database of Recorded Music, by Matrix Software, copyright 1991-1997.
  • Genres: Rhythm & Blues

Biography

A singer behind eight solo and duet Top Ten R&B hits, as well as a member of New Edition since 1987, Johnny Gill was born in Washington, D.C., and began singing at a young age, beside his brothers in the gospel group Wings of Faith. His solo career began in 1983, when he signed to the Atlantic-affiliated Cotillion label and scored a number 29 R&B hit with his first single, the Freddie Perren-produced "Super Love." Even then, Gill had a mature and muscular voice -- one that sounded more like that of a grown man than a high schooler. Alongside childhood friend and fellow Cotillion artist Stacy Lattisaw, he scored an R&B Top Ten hit with "Perfect Combination," the title track to the vocalists' 1984 album of duets. A second solo set, 1985's Chemistry, failed to gain much traction.

Gill's career was given new life when he was asked to joined New Edition -- as the replacement for Bobby Brown -- for the recording of 1988's Heart Break. In 1989, he was featured on two additional R&B hits: "Where Do We Go from Here," a number one hit from Lattisaw's What You Need, and "One Love," by saxophonist George Howard. Another self-titled solo album was released the following year and sold a million copies on the strength of four major hit singles; "Rub You the Right Way," "My My My," and Wrap My Body Tight" topped the R&B chart, while "Fairweather Friend" merely made it to number two. While that would represent the singer's commercial peak as a solo artist, 1993's Provocative and 1996's Let's Get the Mood Right both went gold. He teamed with Keith Sweat and Gerald LeVert to form LSG, a group that issued albums in 1997 and 2003 and peaked with the debut's "My Body," another number-one R&B single. Gill remained with New Edition, who released One Love in 2004. He would not release another solo album until 2011's Still Winning. ~ Andy Kellman & William Ruhlmann, Rovi
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Johnny Gill

Johnny Gill performing with New Edition in Charlotte, NC 8/26/06
Background information
Born (1966-05-22) May 22, 1966 (age 45)
Origin Washington, D.C., USA
Genres R&B, Soul, new jack swing
Occupations Singer
Instruments Vocal, keyboards, guitar, percussion
Years active 1982–present
Labels Cotillion / Atlantic (1982-1985)
Motown (1989-1999)
MCA (1986-1997)
Notifi (2010-present)
Associated acts New Edition, LSG, Stacy Lattisaw, Heads of State

Johnny Gill (born May 22, 1966) is an American R&B singer-songwriter. He is the sixth and final member of the R&B supergroup New Edition, and was also a member of another supergroup called LSG; with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat. His signature song "My, My, My" has been included on numerous romantic compilations.

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Life and work

Gill was born on May 22, 1966 in Washington, D.C, the son of a minister. He started singing at the age of five in a family gospel group called "Wings Faith" which included his brothers Bobby, Jeff, and Randy Gill (himself a solo recording artist and member of the group II D Extreme). His recording career began in 1983 when his childhood friend, singer Stacy Lattisaw, convinced him to record a demo. This demo fell into the hands of the president of Atlantic Records, and his self-titled debut album was released shortly thereafter, featuring the minor hit, "Super Love". On this album, Gill played guitar, bass, bongos, and drums in addition to performing lead and background vocals. Gill then teamed up with Stacy for a duet album, which featured their first hit together, "Perfect Combination". A second album on Atlantic Records yielded the song "Half Crazy", which is still a fan favorite.

Gill began a new chapter in his career in 1987, when he was recruited by Michael Bivins to join New Edition to replace lead singer Ralph Tresvant, who was rumored at the time to be leaving to pursue a solo career.

With Gill, the oldest member, as one of the lead singers (along with Tresvant, who ended up staying with New Edition and delaying the launch of his solo career) on the album Heart Break, the group developed a more mature, adult sound, hitting the charts with songs such as "Can You Stand The Rain", "N.E. Heartbreak", "If It Isn't Love", and the Gill-led "Boys To Men".

Continuing his role as a romantic balladeer while emerging as a new jack swing star, he released a second self-titled album in 1990, which included the hits "My, My, My", "Rub You the Right Way", "Fairweather Friend", and "Wrap My Body Tight". In 1991, he was featured in Perri "Pebbles" Reid's hit single "Always" from the album of the same name, along with Pebbles' cousin, R&B singer, Cherrelle. The single made the R&B Top 20 shortly after its release.[citation needed]

In 1993, Gill released another solo project, Provocative, which included the songs "Quiet Time to Play", "A Cute, Sweet, Love Addiction", and a moving gospel, "I Know Where I Stand". In 1996, Gill was reunited with New Edition, including Bobby Brown, as they recorded Home Again, an album noted for the singles "Hit Me Off" and "Still In Love". The title song, "Home Again", although not released as a single, is one of the most impressive vocal performances recorded by the group to date.[citation needed]}

In 1996, Gill also released Let's Get the Mood Right, which included the title song, "Love In an Elevator", and "Maybe" - which is considered by many to be one of his greatest vocal performances ever.[citation needed]} The following year, he collaborated with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat to form the supergroup LSG (Levert/Sweat/Gill), which yielded the multi- platinum debut album, Levert-Sweat-Gill, and a follow-up album in 2003 titled LSG2.

Gill, the only member of New Edition who is not from Boston, was raised in Washington DC, where he attended Kimball Elementary, Sousa Junior High, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. His career dictated that he complete his high-school education through the services of a tutor. Gill had planned to attend college and pursue a degree in electrical engineering, but his career came first.

His latest recording, "You For Me (The Wedding Song)" from the Madea's Family Reunion soundtrack, received strong reviews from music critics as well as the general public. In 2008, Gill, as a member of New Edition, received the Golden Note Award at ASCAP's 21st Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.

On September 27, 2008, he began touring with Ralph Tresvant and Bobby Brown in a new group named Heads of State.

With over 80 television and film appearances as a singer and actor, Gill earned much acclaim for his cameo role on the hit TV show Family Matters (TV series), and recently thrilled audiences singing "You For Me" in the movie Madea's Family Reunion.

In October 2004 "Rub You The Right Way" appeared in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on R&B, Soul radio station CSR 103.9.

Gill most recently starred in the 2009 stage play A Mother's Prayer, which also stars Robin Givens, Shirley Murdock, and Jermaine Crawford. In July 2010, Notifi Records, based out of St. Louis, MO, signed Gill to a recording contract, with new music due in 2011.

On October 11, 2011, Johnny Gill released his sixth studio album called Still Winning, which is his first album in 15 years. The first single off the album is titled "In the Mood".

Personal life

Gill, who has never been married, is the father of a son, Isiah Gill, born in 2006, to a Washington DC journalist.[citation needed]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions[1][2][3] Certifications[4]
(sales threshold)
US US R&B UK NZ AUS
1983 Johnny Gill 64
1985 Chemistry
  • Second studio album
  • Release date: April 22, 1985
  • Label: Cotillion / Atlantic
51
1990 Johnny Gill
  • Third studio album
  • Release date: April 17, 1990
  • Label: Motown
8 1 47
  • US: 2× Multi-Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
1993 Provocative
  • Fourth studio album
  • Release date: June 8, 1993
  • Label: Motown
14 4 42 31
  • US: Gold
1996 Let's Get the Mood Right
  • Fifth studio album
  • Release date: October 8, 1996
  • Label: Motown
32 7
  • US: Gold
2011 Still Winning
  • Sixth studio album
  • Release date: October 11, 2011[5]
  • Label: Notifi/Fontana
17 4
  • US:
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaboration albums

Year Album details Peak chart
positions
US US R&B
1984 Perfect Combination
  • with Stacy Lattisaw
  • Release date: February 27, 1984
  • Label: Cotillion / Atlantic
139 27

Compilation albums

Year Album details
1997 Favorites
  • First compilation album
  • Release date: November 11, 1997
  • Label: Motown
2002 Ultimate Collection
  • Second compilation album
  • Release date: March 26, 2002
  • Label: Hip-O
2003 The Best of Johnny Gill
  • Third compilation album
  • Release date: June 17, 2003
  • Label: Motown
2005 Love Songs
  • Fourth compilation album
  • Release date: January 11, 2005
  • Label: Motown

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions[1][2][3] Album
US US R&B US Dance UK NZ AUS
1983 "Super Love" 29 Johnny Gill (1983 album)
"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" 57
1984 "Perfect Combination" (with Stacy Lattisaw) 75 10 Perfect Combination
"Baby It's You" (with Stacy Lattisaw) 102 37
"Block Party" (with Stacy Lattisaw) 63 48
1985 "Half Crazy" 26 Chemistry
"Can't Wait Til Tomorrow" 49
1989 "Where Do We Go from Here" (with Stacy Lattisaw) 1 What You Need
1990 "Rub You the Right Way" 3 1 16 77 41 59 Johnny Gill (1990 album)
"My, My, My" 10 1 89 31
"Fairweather Friend" 28 2 19
1991 "Wrap My Body Tight" 84 1 48 57
"I'm Still Waiting" 27 New Jack City
1992 "Silent Prayer" (with Shanice) 31 4 Inner Child
"Let's Just Run Away 56 Mo' Money
"There U Go" 21 Boomerang
"Slow and Sexy" (with Shabba Ranks) 33 4 17 X-tra Naked
1993 "The Floor" 56 11 49 53 29 6 Provocative
"I Got You" 35
"Long Way from Home" 42
1994 "Quiet Time to Play" 111 25
"A Cute, Sweet Love Addiction" 46 89
1996 "Let's Get the Mood Right" 53 17 Let's Get the Mood Right
1997 "It's Your Body" (with Roger Troutman) 43 19
"Love in an Elevator" 104 59
1998 "Give Love on Christmas Day" 71 Favorites
2011 "In The Mood" 33 Still Winning
"It Would Be You"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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Provocative (1993 Album by Johnny Gill)
Smooth Love Jams of the 90's, Vol. 1 (1997 Album by Various Artists)
Pleasure & Pain (1991 Album by Lance Ellington)
LSG (Rhythm & Blues Band, '90s)
Let's Get the Mood Right (1996 Album by Johnny Gill)