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Sounds of Blackness is a Grammy Award-winning vocal and instrumental ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota who perform music from several genres music including gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz. The group scored several hits on the Billboard R&B chart and Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the 1990s. Cynthia Johnson of Lipps Inc. fame and Grammy winner Ann Nesby are the group's most prominent alumni.

Below is a list of Sounds Of Blackness songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Perspective 31458 7447
chart position: RandB #15, US #99, UK #17, US dance #1
written by: Marshall Jones, Marvin Pierce, Ralph Middlebrooks, Leroy Bonner, Clarence Satchell, Jimmy Jam
album: Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum
 		Sounds of Blackness I Believe
1994 Perspective
2 record label: Perspective 31458 7481
chart position: RandB #39, US dance #41, UK #14
written by: Lula Nesby and Jimmy Wright (as James Wright)
album: Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum
 		Sounds of Blackness I'm Going All the Way
1995 Perspective
3 record label: Perspective 786
chart position: RandB #3, UK #28, US dance #17
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris), Terry Lewis and Gary Hines
album: The Evolution of Gospel
 		Sounds of Blackness Optimistic
1992 Perspective
4 record label: Perspective 28968 1202
chart position: RandB #16, US Dance #1
album: The Evolution of Gospel
 		Sounds of Blackness The Pressure (Pt.1)
1991 Perspective
5 record label: Perspective 31458 7475
chart position: RandB #29, UK #29, US Dance #10
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris), Terry Lewis, Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum
 		Sounds of Blackness Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
1994 Perspective
6 record label: Perspective 28968 1207
chart position: RandB #12, US Dance #7
written by: Gary Hines, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: The Evolution of Gospel
comments: [gospel soul]
 		Sounds of Blackness Testify
1992 Perspective
7 record label: Perspective 587 424(UK)
chart position: UK #27
written by: Lula Nesby and Jimmy Wright (as James Wright)
album: Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum
 		Sounds of Blackness I'm Going All the Way
1993 Perspective
8 record label: Perspective 3145875731
chart position: RandB #29, UK #35
written by: Billy Steele, Craig Mack and Levi Seacer
 		Sounds of Blackness featuring Craig Mack Spirit by The Sounds
1997 Perspective
9 record label: AM:PM 5824911(UK)
chart position: UK #46
written by: Gary Hines, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
 		Sounds of Blackness The Pressure
1998 AM:PM
10 record label: Lightyear Entertainment 541660
chart position: US Dance #19, RandB #90, UK #141
written by: Jason Miles and Nona Hendryx
 		Sounds of Blackness Children of the World (Theme from People)
1996 Lightyear Entertai
11 record label: Perspective 00544
chart position: RandB #22
album: Time For Healing
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
 		Sounds of Blackness Hold On (Change Is Comin')
1997 Perspective
12 record label: Perspective 7414
chart position: RandB #72, US Dance #27
album: Mo' Money (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
comments: [gospel, dance]
 		Sounds of Blackness Joy
1992 Perspective
13 record label: Perspective 7414
chart position: RandB #55
album: The Night Before Christmas A Musical Fantasy
comments: [christmas] (RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts)
 		Sounds of Blackness Soul Holidays
1992 Perspective
14 record label: Perspective 0018
chart position: RandB #86
album: Africa To America; The Journey Of The Drum
comments: [slow jam]
 		Sounds of Blackness Black Butterfly
1995 Perspective




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