For Real

For Real is an R&B / Soul quartet that formed in 1993, the band released their debut album It's a Natural Thang on A&M Records in 1994 and it became a critical success. Almost since its formation in 1993, the four female members of the R&B group For Real were caught up in a whirlwind of activity, their first single "Easy To Love" peaked at No. 65 on the Billboard Charts, the album did score two more chart hits, that did better than the albums first "You Don't Know Nothin'" which peaked at No. 27 and "You Don't Wanna Miss" which hit No. 28, the album sold over 1,000,000 copies world-wide and peaked at No.80 on the Billboard Top 100. Before they scored chart success, For two and a half years, For Real tried to land a record deal but had no luck. When they finally did get signed, it happened by accident. 'We were picking up our manager from the airport,' Latanyia Baldwin says. 'So we decided to greet him with an acappella song.' Someone from A&M records just happened to be in the airport and heard them perform. Not long after, they were signed. http://www.alamhof.org/baldwin.htm

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R&B - Soul - 1993 - It's a Natural Thang - A&M Records - 1994 - Billboard

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In 1995, the band appeared in Italian Vogue, in whose pages they modeled men's suits; toured alongside Stevie Wonder; lent their voices to a Martin Scorsese project, the film Grace of My Heart; and they also became actresses for a time, with appearances in "Shake Rattle and Rock!" on Showtime. They also hit the Top 20 with the single "Freedom" featuring Aaliyah, TLC, En Vogue, BlackGirl, SWV, and Vanessa Williams from the movie Panther.

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1995 - Italian - Vogue - Stevie Wonder - Martin Scorsese - Shake Rattle and Rock - Showtime - Aaliyah - TLC - En Vogue - BlackGirl - SWV - Vanessa Williams

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In 1996, the quartet recorded songs for the films Fled and Waiting to Exhale, towards the end of the year they released the single "Like I Do" produced by Dallas Austin from their second album titled Free, the single hit No.10 on the Billboard singles chart, the video also earned a Billboard nomination for Best R&B Clip, the album made the Top 100, and sold over 400,000 copies in the US, the album's last single "The Saddest Song I Ever Heard" hit #65 on the Top 100 singles chart.

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1996 - Dallas Austin - Free

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In 1997, the group earned a Soul Train Award nomination for Album Of The Year (By A Group, Band Or Duo) for "Free".

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In 1999 Wendi Williams of For Real lent her voice to the Oscar nominated film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, with Halle Berry, in which Berry plays a singer but Wendi Williams is behind her singing voice. http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9908/20/dandridge.donna/

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1999 - Oscar - Halle Berry

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In 2002, their song "Love Will Be Waiting At Home", appeared in the movie Two Can Play That Came with Vivica A. Fox.

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2002 - Two Can Play That Came - Vivica A. Fox

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