Anytime (album)
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| Studio album by Brian McKnight | ||||
| Released | September 23, 1997 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 54:14 | |||
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Mercury Records Motown Records (1998 re-release) |
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| Producer | Brian McKnight, Sean Combs, Ron Lawrence, Stevie J., Trackmasters, Keith Thomas, Anthony Nance, Peter Black, Troy Taylor, Charles Farrar | |||
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Anytime is the third album by Brian McKnight. This was the last record McKnight recorded with Mercury Records before moving to Motown. In fact, Anytime would be re-released on Motown after he signed with the label (as Mercury and Motown at the time were both owned by PolyGram). It broke into the top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, and to date is McKnight's highest peaking album on the Top R&B Albums chart where it took the No. 1 position for three weeks. It was certified double platinum by the RIAA on October 15, 1998. At the same time, Boyz II Men's Evolution (who previously collaborated with McKnight on "Let It Snow") was also released the same day was done with future Motown signee Brian McKnight, which Boyz II Men ended Motown before McKnight signed with label for his next album Back at One in 1999.
The lead single "You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)" became his biggest hit in four years, peaking at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on R&B. It featured rapper Mase, whose own career was at its peak during 1997.
The title track was an even bigger hit, reaching number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart in May 1998. The song was not released as a single, and was therefore ineligible to chart on the Hot 100, but was still one of the most played songs on the radio during 1998.
McKnight's third single "The Only One for Me" hit number 14 on the Rhythmic Top 40 (as no physical single was released for it) and appeared in the sitcom, Sister, Sister, in which Tia (Tia Mowry) and broke up with Tyreke (RonReaco Lee) in the season 6 episode, "The Grass Is Always Greener".
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