Artist Former roster
Mario Winans
South Carolina's Mario Mendell Winans, of the Winans musical family, wrote, produced and sang R&B for Bad Boy, peaking at number two on the Hot 100 with "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004).
Mario Winans is what happens when family lineage meets studio obsession: South Carolina roots, the Winans name, and a skill set that could produce a hit and then sing it like he lived it twice.
Before the world caught the full wave, he was already putting in major work, with credits, craft and Rowdy-era sharpening. Then he stepped into his own artist bag and made pop-R&B feel cinematic.
Then came “I Don’t Wanna Know” in 2004: number two on Billboard’s Hot 100, sing-alongs worldwide, and a mood everybody recognized even if they didn’t want to admit it.
Any serious Bad Boy conversation includes Mario: ears, voice, vision.
Discography 1
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Singles 1
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Appears on 13
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- 1999 Best Friend - Single
- 1999 Forever Platinum
- 2000 Life Story Platinum
- 2001 The Saga Continues...
- 2002 We Invented the Remix No.1 Platinum
- 2002 I Need a Girl (Part Two) - Single
- 2003 Bad Boys II: The Soundtrack No.1 2× Platinum
- 2003 Loon
- 2004 Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits Gold
- 2006 Press Play No.1 Gold
- 2007 Through the Pain (She Told Me) - Single
- 2008 Let's Get Physical
- 2016 Bad Boy 20th Anniversary Box Set Edition
Frequent collaborators
Songs shared across Bad Boy releases
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Diddy 10 songs together e.g. “Best Friend (U.K. radio edit)”
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Loon 5 songs together e.g. “I Need a Girl (To Bella)”
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Black Rob 2 songs together e.g. “Muscle Game”
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Elephant Man 1 song together e.g. “Back That Thing On Me (Shake That)”
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Faith Evans 1 song together e.g. “Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (Interlude)”
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Mark Curry 1 song together e.g. “Muscle Game”