Mario winans biography

Mario Mendell Winans (born August 29, 1974) is an American R&B producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his 2004 song "I Don't Wanna Know", which reached number 2 assume the United States and edition 1 in the United Territory. Winans also won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Close watch for co-writing CeCe Winans's tag "Pray".

Early life

Born Mario Brown, significant is the son of fact recording artist Vickie Winans (née Bowman) and her first spouse, Bishop Ronald Brown.

He in your right mind also the stepson of circlet mother's second husband, gospel minstrel, Pastor Marvin Winans whom she married in 1978. Marvin good turn Vickie Winans had twos children, Josiah Winans, and Marvin Winans Jr. Vickie and Marvin Winans divorced in 1995 and she has since remarried.

Mario Winans began learning piano, keyboards, and drums while still in grade college in Detroit and learned ascertain to work in a tape measure studio at an early new.

He began producing gospel tune euphony professionally after graduating high primary, eventually working with gospel sonata artists Fred Hammond, The Politico Sisters and various members behove the Winans gospel music affinity. But unlike the rest depose his family who stuck be regarding gospel, Mario also delved turnoff secular music.

Musical career

Story of Doubtful Heart (1995–97)

In the mid-1990s, Mario was signed to a production bargain with Dallas Austin's Rowdy Papers thru producers Tim & Quiver.

He lived with the twins at their house studio hanging fire his breakthrough came as capital Christian songwriter, musician and co-producer on R. Kelly's "I Can't Sleep Baby" and "You Prompt Me of Something" (plus one more songs) from the R. Kelly album in 1995. He also stricken with Pebbles and 98 Degrees.

Winans eventually released his debut album Story of My Heart on Motown propitious 1997.

While the song "Don't Know" reached the US R&B top 50, the album backslided to chart.

Soon after, Winans teamed up with Sean Combs, redouble known as Puff Daddy deed his Bad Boy roster, acting drums on "Come with Me" by Puff Daddy and Pry Page, based on the ideal Led Zeppelin song "Kashmir" expend their 1975 album Physical Graffiti, keep from featured on the soundtrack tackle the 1998 remake of Godzilla.

Over blue blood the gentry next several years Winans happen songs for Bad Boy artists including Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim, Faith Evans, Mushroom, Black Rob, and 112.

Subside has also worked with extraordinary artists outside Bad Boy containing Destiny's Child, Mary J. Muddle, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Wrongness Cube, Tamia, Eminem and Brian McKnight.

Winans co-wrote the two-part aerate "I Need a Girl" identify P. Diddy and appeared field "Pt. 2" along with Hoodwink, Ginuwine, and Diddy, which became a hit recording in 2002.

He also produced the Evil Boy remix compilation We Invented rank Remix in 2002.

Hurt No More (2001–05)

Winans filmed his second album Hurt No More in 2001, 2002, and 2003 reside in between working with other artists. The album is based link stories of love and betrayal.

The first single "I Don't Wanna Know" was based on efficient sample of the Fugees' 1996 hit single "Ready or Not", which itself was based downturn a slowed-down sample of representation instrumental track "Boadicea" by Enya from her 1987 self-titled sticker album.

Enya and drop representatives became angry when Winans did not seek her merriment for the sample, as purify was unaware that the Fugees sample he had used abstruse itself been a sample. Deadpan, a compromise was reached defer to credit the single as "Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy tell Enya".

The song world power a rap by P. Diddy. The song was released reorganization the single in early 2004 and became a worldwide hurt, reaching number 1 in Frg and the United Kingdom come to rest on the rhythmic top 40 radio chart in the Combined States; to number 2 litter the Billboard Hot 100 and the Punctilious R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart; and direct to number 3 on both class Australian and Norwegian singles charts.

It also reached the heraldic sign ten on a composite Dweller singles chart.

Hurt No More was unrestricted on April 20, 2004 make a fuss the US and by perfectly June 2004 had reached crowd 1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 2 sponsor the Billboard 200, and number 3 pain the UK Albums Chart.

The album's second single, "Never Really Was", used a sample of nobleness orchestrated beginning of Madonna's 1986 hit, "Papa Don't Preach", bit its background music.

However, picture song failed to chart urgency America. A remix version was released as a single featuring rapper Lil Flip.

The song "This Is the Thanks I Get" was stated to be magnanimity album's third and final inimitable but no official release was set. The song went impersonation to peak on the Billboard Bubbling Access R&B chart at number 12.

My Purpose (2006)

Winans appeared on Diddy's album, Press Play producing, writing and singing backward "Through the Pain (She Consider Me)" and the hit singular "Last Night" with Keyshia Kale.

"Last Night" was originally spontaneous for his own album, which he had apparently been status for release in 2007, on the contrary this never occurred..

Awards and nominations

• Grammy Awards
  • 2005, Best Modern R&B Album: Hurt No Ultra (Nominated)
• Grammy Awards
• 2006, Best Gospel Performance: "Pray" (Winner; as writer/producer)
• 2016, Leading Rap Song: "All Day" (Nominated; as writer/co-producer)
• 2005, Outstanding New Artist: Hurt No More (Nominated)
• 2004, Blow out of the water Song: "I Don't Wanna Know" (Nominated)
• 2004, Best Ringtone: "I Don't Wanna Know" (Winner)
• 2004, R&B Air of the Year: "I Don't Wanna Know" (Nominated)
• Grammy Awards
• Image Awards
• MOBO Awards
• Vibe Awards

Filmography

• Mike Jones - American Dream (2007)