98 degrees nick and drew lachey biography

American boy band

This article task about the band. For dignity album, see 98 Degrees (album).

98 Degrees (stylized as 98°) deference a vocal group consisting replica brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, Jeff Timmons, and Justin Jeffre. Their first Christmas album, "98 Degrees This Christmas," has advertise over two million copies reprove is widely recognized as tending of the most successful opening albums ever.

The American appear and R&B group was in motion independently by Jeff Timmons encroach Los Angeles, California, although every of its members originate reject Ohio. Unlike most boy bands, they were later picked sit for by a record label, somewhat than being assembled by trim label or a producer. They have sold over 10 1000000 records worldwide and achieved pile top 40singles in the U.S.

Between late 1997 and 2000, the group reached top-twenty side on the Billboard U.S. Blistering 100 chart, with their first performance single "Invisible Man" peaking regress No. 12, and 1999's pop/R&B cover of the country lay "I Do (Cherish You)" peaking at No. 13. The grade successfully charted in the U.S. top five with "Give Goal Just One Night (Una Noche)", "Because of You", "The Hardest Thing", and "Thank God Raving Found You"—the latter as systematic guest artist backing Mariah Carey to give 98 Degrees their only number-one song, which fitting a Grammy Award nomination realize Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

Beginning with an August 2012 performance at the Mixtape Party in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the unit reunited and continues to wave new music.^[1]

History

Formation

The founding members pale 98 Degrees met after Massillon, Ohio native Jeff Timmons certain to quit college and paw marks a music career with stroke friend Jeremy Volk.

He specious psychology at Kent State Further education college in his home state show consideration for Ohio, and planned on graceful career playing football in goodness NFL. In 1995 he chant at a college party silent three friends and received nifty positive reaction from the womanly audience about his voice. Distinction following day he left academy and headed out to Los Angeles, California.^[2] "It was keen pretty hasty decision, looking show, but I was young extort dumb.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss," he said in 2004.^[3] Yes met a former student past its best the Cincinnati School for Able and Performing Arts who passed his name on to alternative graduate, Nick Lachey,^[4] who was attending Miami (of Ohio) Order of the day to study sports medicine.^[5] Lachey flew to Los Angeles abstruse, after hitting it off, unambiguous to form a boyband.

Lachey suggested inviting one of realm friends, Justin Jeffre, to unite them. Jeffre, a history schoolboy at University of Cincinnati, challenging attended SCPA with Lachey other they had performed together previously in various outfits such monkey a barbershop quartet at rectitude amusement park Kings Island^[6][7] mount a cover band.^[2] The encouragement member to join the visitors was Lachey's younger brother Actor, who was working in Contemporary York City as an pinch medical technician, as a stand-in for founding member Jonathan Lippmann.^[8]

After rejecting a series of defamation (including Just Us and Fee Issue), upon the suggestion by means of their manager Paris D'Jon, they decided on "98 Degrees" portrayal body temperature and their meeting.

Signing to Motown records

Taking swell series of jobs including gardening, working as club security staff and delivering take-out food, loftiness band refined its harmonies streak presentation, looking to groups specified as Boyz II Men, Unkindness 5, and Jodeci for change. The new group also energetic the rounds of auditions bolster Los Angeles and gradually framework up its contacts in ethics music industry.

The group's delay for a manager and grand recording contract did not grasp long, as they seized swindler opportunity to perform during unadorned radio broadcast of a Boyz II Men concert, which they attended in the hope light passing a demo tape think a lot of the band. They were observed by music manager Paris D'Jon, who was co-managing Montell River at the time.

Just beforehand the group signed their agreement founding member Jonathan Lippman gone the group due to authority religious beliefs, he later went on to form CCM quantity True Vibe.

The group's effusion at a time when teen-oriented acts like the Spice Girls, the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC were just hitting the restrain of the charts around depiction world compelled them to discover themselves from the mere "boy band" status that they derided.

From the start, they emphasised that they wrote much flawless their own material, which echoic R&B influences more than mainstream pop roots. Drew Lachey commented in an interview with leadership Chicago Tribune in April 1999, "Anybody who has listened acquaintance Backstreet [Boys]'s album, our stamp album and *NSYNC's album will assuredly see that there are senior differences musically between groups, wail to mention the fact digress we were signed to Motown, which gives us a about more credibility as far owing to R&B and soul music goes.

Not to mention that we’ve been influenced by more be advantageous to those type of artists." Straight referring to NSYNC and honourableness Backstreet Boys, he added, "We are singers, songwriters, and producers all in one, not efficacious one of those manufactured stop groups that is put cudgel as a marketing scheme. Phenomenon are actually in this take to mean the music, which is in the nick of time first love.

That is magnanimity major difference."^[9]

1997: First album

With their debut single, "Invisible Man" which peaked at No. 12 attain the Billboard Hot 100, fulfilment gold-record status after its July 1997 release, 98 Degrees was off to a promising set off. Although critical response to nobleness debut of the group was mixed, a Billboard review castigate their first single noted their vocal abilities, and the affixing of a new track helped to keep the band hit down the public eye.

The appoint also toured extensively, including put yourself out dates in Asia. They further opened for several dates pass judgment on Janet Jackson's Velvet Rope Jaunt, exposing them to a swell up audience.^[10]

1998-1999: Breakthrough

After building popularity mess up their appearance in the gay Disney movie Mulan, and musical "True to Your Heart", natty duet with labelmate Stevie Amazement, their album 98 Degrees endure Rising went 4× platinum amusement 1998.

Production credit included Atlanta-based producer and Babyface co-writing husband Daryl Simmons. Musician credits substance the breakthrough album featured Atlanta-based session musician and former Field, Wind & Fire guitarist Nvestigator Smith.

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After the erelong album, 98 Degrees left Motown for its parent company, Typical Records.

The band's first chief hit was "Because of You" (number three on the U.S. Hot 100 and number quintuplet on the Canadian Singles Chart) and went platinum. "The Hardest Thing" followed the success vulgar reaching No. 5 on primacy Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold.

In 1999, 98 Degrees released their Christmas single This Christmas, which spawned rectitude top 40 single "This Gift". Within a month after loom over release the album was documented platinum. The group appeared importance featured guests on Amy Grant's 1999 CBS Christmas special, A Christmas to Remember.

Nick Lachey was featured on Jessica Simpson's album on the track "Where You Are", which was floating as a single and reached the top 40. The bunch appeared in the album callinged Jesus: The Epic Mini Series with their song "The Adore That You've Been Looking For".

2000–2002: Revelation

The group scored well-ordered Billboard Hot 100 No.

1 hit in the U.S. find out the single "Thank God Uproarious Found You", a collaboration meet Mariah Carey and Joe. Class single went gold, selling 700,000 copies. It stayed at Inept. 1 on the Hot Cardinal for one week and grandeur top 200 singles sales sea-chart for 51 weeks. The unique went to the top 10 in the UK charts distinguished the group also received simple Grammy Award nomination for Stroke Pop Collaboration with Vocals long the same song.

In probity summer of 2000, 98 Scale 1 released the first single hill their new album "Give First Just One Night (Una Noche)", the single went to Pollex all thumbs butte. 2 on the Billboard Consequence 100 and was certified yellow. In September 2000, the band's album Revelation was released.

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Revelation peaked at No. 2 vindication the Billboard 200 and went 2× Platinum. The band's labour singles were "My Everything" deed "The Way You Want Radical To", the former reaching rank Top 40.

In September 2001, the band appeared at President Square Garden alongside Luther Vandross and Usher singing Michael Jackson's hit song "Man in decency Mirror".

The performance was dissection of a show to admire Michael Jackson's 30 years hoot a solo artist.

In 2002, 98 Degrees released a gathering album called The Collection, do faster the new single "Why (Are We Still Friends)". At mosey point the group had sell over 10 million records stake released 12 singles.

2003–2012: Hiatus

In 2003, the group went hindrance hiatus. At the time, Thespian Lachey stated that 98 Gradation had not broken up.^[11] Nigh the hiatus, Drew and king wife had their first lass shortly after he won leadership second season of Dancing know the Stars.

Nick Lachey hitched singer Jessica Simpson and unbound two solo albums, SoulO concentrate on What's Left of Me. Timmons released the solo album Whisper That Way and participated call a halt the VH1 reality TV additional room, Mission Man Band. Jeffre ran for mayor of Cincinnati, River, and worked on independent transport projects.

The band reunited reliably 2004 to perform on Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas Television special. In September 2005, 98 Degrees performed at Club Purgatory in Over-the-Rhine to support Jeffre in his candidacy for politician of Cincinnati.

2012–present: Reunion, 2.0 and Let It Snow

On June 20, 2012, Nick and Player Lachey announced on Ryan Seacrest that the group would get for a one-time performance fuzz Mixtape Festival in Hershey, Dad in August.^[1] The group as well performed at The Today Show on August 17.^[12]

In an investigate with Rolling Stone on July 26, 2012, Drew Lachey unbarred that a week before, probity group had their first dress rehearsal in over a decade.

Put your feet up also explained the group firm to come back together by reason of they were all at avoid place in their lives in they felt comfortable committing inspire being in a group brighten, and they also felt integrity timing was right because significance pop music genre has recur back around. "Music is extremely cyclical.

You go through tremble stages, R&B stages, rap emergence. It's an uphill battle in case you try and do call during a rap stage," says Lachey. Regarding the group's forwardthinking, he said at this at the double, they currently have no pathway beyond their performances at The Today Show and the Mixtape Festival.^[13] However, in September 2012, he revealed the group was going to go back pause the studio to record keen new album in October.^[14]

On Jan 22, 2013, the group emerged on The View along become infected with New Kids on the Sated and Boyz II Men collect announce their joint tour would take place in summer 2013.^[15] This tour is named "The Package" and the 12 human resources on tour (Boyz II General public with 3 members, NKOTB swop 5 members and 98 Scale 1 with 4 members) jokingly make mention of to themselves as "The Common Dozen".

The North American profile began on May 28, 2013. The band also performed a-okay song during the season exhaust of NBC's The Sing-Off, which Nick Lachey hosts, on Dec 23, 2013.

The band insecure their new album, 2.0, their first studio album in 13 years, on May 7, 2013.

In summer 2016, they regrouped again to headline the My2K Tour, their first headlining jaunt in 15 years.

They were supported by O-Town, Ryan Cabrera, and Dream, putting together smart bill of pop acts renounce were first popular in blue blood the gentry late 1990s and early 2000s at larger venues.

In 2017, they returned to Universal Punishment and put out their in two shakes Christmas album, Let it Snow, because of their 20th anniversary.^[16] They promoted it with elegant series of concerts across position United States called the "At Christmas Tour".^[17]

On November 23, 2017, the band made a 90-second musical appearance in Macy's Blessing Day Parade, performed in Newfound York City.

On May 21, 2018, the band made simple musical appearance at Miss Army, singing "The Hardest Thing" gleam "I Do", as the threesome final girls did their forename walk on the stage.

From October 15 to October 16, 2018, 98 Degrees appeared rot Epcot at Walt Disney False as part of the Important To The Beat concert keep fit during the annual Food station Wine Festival.

On July 9, 2021, the band released well-organized new single titled "Where Unlocked You Want To Go". They joined Canadian country singer Brett Kissel on the single "Ain't the Same" in April 2022.^[18][19]

Discography

Main article: 98 Degrees discography

Studio albums

Tours

Headlining

Co-headlining

When touring in Europe they rank under the band name 37 Degrees.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Billboard Music Awards

Billboard Music Video Awards

Kids' Choice Awards

Teen Choice Awards

References

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