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Don't Be Cruel (album)

Don't Be Cruel
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Studio album by Bobby Brown
Released June 20, 1988
Recorded October 1987 – April 1988
Genre R&B, New jack swing
Length 47:08
Label MCA
Producer Louil Silas, Jr. (ex.)
Babyface, L. A. Reid, Gene Griffin, Bobby Brown, Larry White
Bobby Brown chronology
King of Stage
(1986)		 Don't Be Cruel
(1988)		 Dance!...Ya Know It!
(1989)
Singles from Don't Be Cruel
  1. "Don't Be Cruel"
    Released: May 16, 1988
  2. "My Prerogative"
    Released: October 11, 1988
  3. "Roni"
    Released: December 27, 1988
  4. "Every Little Step"
    Released: March 9, 1989
  5. "Rock Wit'cha"
    Released: August 15, 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars
The Village Voice B+

Don't Be Cruel is the second album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown. It was released in the United States on June 20, 1988 by MCA Records.

The album was far more successful than Brown's debut, peaking at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart and spawning 5 Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles, including Brown's very first #1, "My Prerogative". It spent a total of six weeks on top of the Billboard 200 and was the best-selling album of 1989 in the United States. The album also reached the Top 5 in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Don't Be Cruel received extremely positive reviews from music critics. Brown also won his first Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 1990 Grammy Awards for "Every Little Step".

The album has been certified 7x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over 7 million units in the United States.

Brown changed producers for this album, and worked extensively with hit-making songwriting/production duo Babyface and L.A. Reid. Alex Henderson of Allmusic writes

All five singles released from the album reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. "Don't Be Cruel" was released as the lead single. The second single, "My Prerogative" earned Brown his first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. "My Prerogative" was also the second-biggest single of 1989, finishing at #2 on the Year-End Billboard Hot 100 Singles of 1989. Three of the singles also reached #1 on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs chart.


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