B.B.E.
B.B.E. was a French-based trance music act, originally composed of Italian record producers Bruno Sanchioni and Bruno Quartier, and French producer Emmanuel Top.
B.B.E. | |
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| Origin | France[1] |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1996–2003 |
| Labels | Positiva |
| Past members |
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Musical career
"Seven Days and One Week" (1996) was a top ten hit in more than ten countries worldwide, reaching number three in the United Kingdom,[2] and in Germany. The song was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[3]
They had two Top 5 hits in the UK: "Seven Days and One Week" and "Flash". They followed these up with two Top 20 hits: "Desire" and "Deeper Love (Symphonic Paradise)"; and a 1998 album entitled Games.[2]
Later in the band's short career, the trio would move into more ethereal trance productions.
Emmanuel Top managed a record label called Attack Records from 1993 to 2003, and produced many dance hits. More recently, he managed a dance club in Belgium. Bruno Sanchioni co produced one of the first trance recordings, "The Age of Love".
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| UK [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Games |
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60 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||||||
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| AUT [4] |
BEL (Vl) [4] |
FIN [4] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
ITA [4] |
NED [4] |
NOR [4] |
SPA [7][8] |
SUI [4] |
SWE [4] |
UK [2] | |||||
| 1996 | "Seven Days and One Week" | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | Games | ||
| 1997 | "Flash" | 18 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 5 | |||
| "Desire" | — | 26 | — | — | 71 | 15 | — | 97 | — | — | — | 50 | 19 | ||||
| 1998 | "Deeper Love (Symphonic Paradise)" | — | — | — | — | 61 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | |||
| 2000 | "Seven Days and Four Years" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | ||
| 2001 | "Orion" (vs. Emmanuel Top) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2002 | "Free" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2003 | "Hollywood" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||
References
- Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001). All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music (4th ed.). Backbeat Books. pp. 61. ISBN 978-0879306281.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 36. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- "BPI: Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (To access, one must enter the search parameter "BBE" and select "Search by Keyword") on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- Hung, Steffen. "lescharts.com - Discographie B.B.E." lescharts.com.
- "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de.
- "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02.
- "Billboard". google.ca. 28 September 1996.
- "Billboard". google.ca. 12 April 1997.
- "Certifications Singles Argent - année 1996". Disque en France. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (B.B.E.)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- "Certified Awards Search: BBE". BPI. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-08-14.