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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

Oldest first · scroll sideways

  1. 2004
    Hurt No More Gold

Singles 1

Oldest first · scroll sideways

  1. 2004
    I Don't Wanna Know Platinum

Appears on 13

Credited on releases by other artists · scroll sideways

  1. 1999
    Best Friend - Single
  2. 1999
    Forever Platinum
  3. 2000
    Life Story Platinum
  4. 2001
    The Saga Continues...
  5. 2002
    We Invented the Remix No.1 Platinum
  6. 2002 I Need a Girl (Part Two) - Single
  7. 2003
    Bad Boys II: The Soundtrack No.1 2× Platinum
  8. 2003
    Loon
  9. 2004
    Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits Gold
  10. 2006
    Press Play No.1 Gold
  11. 2007
    Through the Pain (She Told Me) - Single
  12. 2008
    Let's Get Physical
  13. 2016
    Bad Boy 20th Anniversary Box Set Edition