Tevin Campbell
There's some dispute over who actually discovered Texas child sensation Tevin Campbell. Some accounts credit flutist Bobbi Humphrey, while much of the publicity material credits Quincy Jones. It's assured that Campbell first came to the notice of music fans just after his 11th birthday in late 1989 when he appeared on Jones' LP Back on the Block and was featured on "Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)," which hit number one on the R&B charts in June 1990. With his high, flexible tenor, Campbell recalled an earlier Jones protégé, Michael Jackson. Later that year, he appeared in Prince's Graffiti Bridge film singing "Round and Round," which Prince wrote for him and which became a gold single. Next, in the summer of 1991, he appeared on the soundtrack to Boyz in the Hood singing "Just Ask Me To," a Top Ten R&B hit. All of this set the stage for his debut album, 1991's T.E.V.I.N., which went platinum and spawned two R&B chart-toppers, "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" and "Alone with You," as well as the R&B Top Five hit "Goodbye." I'm Ready, released two years later, did even better, going double platinum and featuring three R&B chart hits -- the number one "Can We Talk," "I'm Ready," which went Top Five, and "Always in My Heart," which reached the Top Ten. But 1996's Back to the World was a sales disappointment, and 1999's Tevin Campbell did even worse. A compilation package was issued in early 2001.
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Discography
10 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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I'm Ready
Pop - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on 26 Oct 1993
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The Best of Tevin Campbell
R&B - Released by Warner Records - Qwest on 15 Nov 1999
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Tevin Campbell
R&B - Released by Warner Records - Qwest on 1 Jan 1999
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Live in Concert
Soul - Released by Goldenlane Records on 26 Jul 2013
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Can We Talk (Edit)
Miscellaneous - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 22 May 2020
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I'm Ready (Mixes)
Miscellaneous - Released by Warner Records Inc. on 27 May 2022
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The Halls of Desire (Remixes)
Pop - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 24 Jun 2022
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Rhino Hi-Five: Tevin Campbell
R&B - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on 20 Dec 2005
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo