| Audio | |
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| Also known as | TNT Boyz, B5 |
| Origin | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Bad Boy (2005-2009) Worldwide Entertainment (2005-2009) UpFront (2010-present) |
| Website | Audiowerxz.com |
| Members | |
| Dustin Michael Breeding Kelly Allen Breeding Patrick Owen Breeding Carnell Fredrick Breeding Bryan Jesse Breeding |
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Audio (previously known as TNT Boyz and B5) is an R&B boy band originating from St. Petersburg, Florida which later relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. As of 2010, the group changed their name to Audio from B5. The group consists of 5 brothers, Dustin Michael Breeding, Kelly Allen Breeding, Patrick Owen Breeding, Carnell Fredrick Breeding and Bryan Jesse Breeding. They were formerly known as the TNT Boyz featuring only the four eldest brothers, but renamed themselves B5 when Bryan, the youngest brother, joined the group.[1]
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The band started in 1998 with the four brothers Dustin Michael, Kelly Allen, Patrick Owen and Carnell Breeding. The four-member band was known as TNT Boyz.[2] Dustin was the oldest of the brothers and one of the lead singers of TNT Boyz joined in lead singing with younger Patrick. The young boys were encouraged by their mother and aunt to pursue a music career. They did the usual run of talent competitions, winning many of them, including shows put together by Radio Disney. Music Executive and management expert Jim McMahan of JAMM Entertainment Group recognized the group's potential and signed them to his Management and development company. The band changed its name to B5 when Bryan Jessee Breeding, the youngest of the brothers joined in. The name B5 was chosen to denote Breeding 5 in similar fashion to the more famous Jackson 5.
The band took part in tours and appearing in shows with the likes of Mario Winans, Kanye West, Ginuwine, Usher, Fantasia, Bow Wow, Chris Brown, T-Pain, Omarion, Soulja Boy, NSync and others. They also performed in Monte Carlo in presence of Prince Albert of Monaco and a host of "A" list celebrities including Kevin Costner, Robert Wagner and others. While passing through Atlanta GA, their Manager Jim McMahan began to showcase them to everyone from, LA Reid to Jermaine Dupri and finally got the ear of Sean "P.Diddy" Combs and eventually "Bad Boy Entertainment" signed them. Diddy took out some of the top producers in the business to work on B5's self-titled debut album, B5. Among the producers were Rodney Jerkins, Ryan Leslie, Sean Garrett, Corna Boyz, Veit Renn and P. Diddy himself.[1] The lead single, "All I Do", a cover of the The Jackson 5's single "All I Do Is Think of You", similar to a cover released by Troop, was suggested to them by Jerkins and they recorded it without hearing either of the other two versions. Patrick acknowledges that their version is more reminiscent of the Troop cover than the original version.[1]
B5 had their self-titled album B5 on the Billboard 200 and reached number seven on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Chart, after entering at #19 in its first week of release on the Billboard 200 and #11 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Their images dignified fanzine covers month after month. They created a craze wherever they went or visited. In 2005 they nearly caused for a mall to shut down, a Minneapolis mall when approximately 2000 fans rushed towards the stage during a free concert that took place there. The debut gave the hit singles "All I Do" and "U Got Me" which peaked at Radio Disney at #9 and hung on the BET "106 & Park" Top 10 for weeks.
In their second album Don't Talk, Just Listen, B5 tried their hand at writing a few songs, with the help of producers such as Bryan Michael Cox, Mario Winans, Soul Diggaz, Danja, Blaze, The Underdogs, Insomoniax, and Mischke. "Hydrolics", featuring Bow Wow, was the first single from their second album. The CD is produced by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Kevin Wales, and Harve Pierre. It was released on September 11, 2007, which was their last album on Bad Boy records.
B5 renamed themselves Audio in 2010 after they decided to leave Bad Boy Records. Audio released a song called "Magnetic" featuring Akon in late 2010. It was receiving mostly bad reviews so it was later confirmed that their new song, "Single" will be Audio's official first single. This song has more of an R&B feel and has been getting some reviews. An album is under preparation for release in early 2012 under the new name. The members of Audio usually like to keep contact with their fans on Twitter and Facebook. Patrick, Carnell, and Bryan have links to their personal Facebook pages on Twitter. Actually Bryan doesn't have a Facebook anymore. He got rid of it because there was too much drama going on. So he just has a twitter now.
Audio has a Ustream page where they chat with fans, goof off and just have fun. To watch these Ustreams you can go to this page here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/audio-werxz . Audio's first performance was at the Sweet Auburn Festival in Atlanta, GA on May 7 & 8.
The songs Lonely Road, Where Did She Go, One Minute, and Falling Down were leaked onto the internet throughout 2011. As confirmed by the members of Audio on ustream, none of the leaked songs will appear on their album. Group member Dustin Breeding leaked the song "Where Did She Go" to get feedback from fans. Most feedback for this song has been great. Though the members of Audio seem to not mind that they have been leaked. Dustin said on twitter, "Leak it, listen to it, love it."
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