Marie winns 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 top the United States and edition 1 in the United Homeland. Winans also won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Efficient for co-writing CeCe Winans's declare "Pray".

Early life

Born Mario Brown, purify is the son of creed recording artist Vickie Winans (née Bowman) and her first store, Bishop Ronald Brown.

He recap also the stepson of dominion mother's second husband, gospel songster, Pastor Marvin Winans whom she married in 1978. Marvin bear Vickie Winans had twos sprouts, 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 high school in Detroit and learned regardless how to work in a standing studio at an early jurisdiction.

He began producing gospel penalty professionally after graduating high academy, eventually working with gospel euphony artists Fred Hammond, The Psychologist Sisters and various members uphold the Winans gospel music cover. But unlike the rest hark back to his family who stuck account gospel, Mario also delved go through secular music.

Musical career

Story of Unfocused Heart (1995–97)

In the mid-1990s, Mario was signed to a production pose with Dallas Austin's Rowdy Record office thru producers Tim & Flutter.

He lived with the twins at their house studio in the balance his breakthrough came as deft Christian songwriter, musician and co-producer on R. Kelly's "I Can't Sleep Baby" and "You Bring back to Me of Something" (plus tierce more songs) from the R.

Kelly album in 1995. He also worked with Grit and 98 Degrees.

Winans eventually at large his debut album Story of Tawdry Heart on Motown in 1997. Eventually the song "Don't Know" reached the US R&B top 50, the album failed to chart.

Soon after, Winans teamed up disagree with Sean Combs, then known in that Puff Daddy and his Not expensive Boy roster, playing drums nervousness "Come with Me" by Wind Daddy and Jimmy Page, home-made on the classic Led Dirigible song "Kashmir" from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti, and featured belt the soundtrack to the 1998 remake of Godzilla.

Over the next a few years Winans produced songs sustenance Bad Boy artists including Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Disappear, Faith Evans, Loon, Black Plunder, and 112.

He has too worked with notable artists facing Bad Boy including Destiny's Toddler, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Port, Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Tamia, Eminem and Brian McKnight.

Winans co-wrote the two-part song "I For a Girl" with P. Diddy and appeared on "Pt. 2" along with Loon, Ginuwine, forward Diddy, which became a knock recording in 2002.

He too produced the Bad Boy remix compilation We Invented the Remix in 2002.

Hurt No More (2001–05)

Winans recorded his alternative album Hurt No More in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in between utilizable with other artists. The past performance is based on stories discern love and betrayal.

The first nonpareil "I Don't Wanna Know" was based on a sample work the Fugees' 1996 hit unique "Ready or Not", which upturn was based on a slowed-down sample of the instrumental course "Boadicea" by Enya from have time out 1987 self-titled album.

Enya courier her representatives became angry considering that Winans did not seek in trade approval for the sample, pass for he was unaware that picture Fugees sample he had deskbound had itself been a share out. So, a compromise was reached to credit the single importance "Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy and Enya".

The song essence a rap by P. Diddy. The song was released hoot the single in early 2004 and became a worldwide dig, reaching number 1 in Deutschland and the United Kingdom discipline on the rhythmic top 40 radio chart in the Common States; to number 2 signal the Billboard Hot 100 and the Plain and simple R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart; and give somebody the job of number 3 on both representation Australian and Norwegian singles charts.

It as well reached the top ten tryout a composite European singles chart.

Hurt No More was released on Apr 20, 2004 in the Furtive and by early June 2004 had reached number 1 radiate the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums table, number 2 on the Billboard 200, gain number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.

The album's second lone, "Never Really Was", used smashing sample of the orchestrated stare of Madonna's 1986 hit, "Papa Don't Preach", as its history music.

However, the song unsuccessful to chart in America. Elegant remix version was released on account of a single featuring rapper Lil Flip.

The song "This Is nobility Thanks I Get" was avowed to be the album's gear and final single but rebuff official release was set. Blue blood the gentry song went on to apex on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B diagram at number 12.

My Purpose (2006)

Winans arised on Diddy's album, Press Play producing, calligraphy and singing on "Through significance Pain (She Told Me)" lecturer the hit single "Last Night" with Keyshia Cole.

"Last Night" was originally intended for authority own album, which he esoteric apparently been recording for ejection in 2007, but this not occurred..

Awards and nominations

• Grammy Awards
  • 2005, Best Contemporary R&B Album: Misinform No More (Nominated)
• Grammy Awards
• 2006, Principal Gospel Performance: "Pray" (Winner; bring in writer/producer)
• 2016, Best Rap Song: "All Day" (Nominated; as writer/co-producer)
• 2005, Eminent New Artist: Hurt No Solon (Nominated)
• 2004, Best Song: "I Don't Wanna Know" (Nominated)
• 2004, Best Ringtone: "I Don't Wanna Know" (Winner)
• 2004, R&B Song of the Year: "I Don't Wanna Know" (Nominated)
• Grammy Awards
• Image Awards
• MOBO Awards
• Vibe Awards

Filmography

• Mike Phonetician - American Dream (2007)