The album was a commercial success as it went platinum, selling over 1 million copies. Jon B.'s popularity began in the mid-1990s, he released his debut studio album in 1995 titled Bonafide the album spawned the popular hit and Grammy-nominated single " Someone to Love", which featured the Grammy Award-winning artist Babyface. Jon B., before his rise to fame, used to be a songwriter and wrote songs for After 7, Toni Braxton, Michael Jackson, Color Me Badd, the Spice Girls and others. He spent the summer after high school writing, producing and recording 40 songs and began making his rounds to all major record labels.ġ994–97: Bonafide and Cool Relax Jon B's early influences as a musician include: Duran Duran, INXS, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Babyface, Prince, and Sade. was shopping demos when he caught the attention of Tracey Edmonds, then-president and CEO of Yab-Yum Records. His mother is Jewish and his father has Dutch ancestry.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States and raised in Altadena, California, Buck comes from a musical family with his father David, a professor of music, his mother Linda, a concert pianist and his siblings Deborah, a violinist and his brother Kevin, a cellist.
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