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New Kids On The
Block - Where it all Started...
NKOTB made marks in music history
that will never be forgotten. They were the epitamy of phenomenon
& at the hieght of global stardom. NKOTB won't only be remembered
by that though, they will also be remembered for the wonderful
things they did & for the many lives they changed. They will
forever be in our hearts and will have 100% of their fans support
in all of their solo endeavors. Joe, Jordan, Jon, Donnie and
Danny will never
be forgotten.
CURRENT STATS:
*Joe McIntyre*:
solo artist, songwriter, performer, 3 solo albums released (Stay
The Same, Meet Joe Mac, One Too Many), acting (Fantastiks, tick, tick, Boom!, Boston Public) single, living in MA
www.joeymcintyre.com
*Jordan
Knight*: solo artist, songwriter, performer, 1st album release
(self-titled debut 5/99), Sophmore album in the works...engaged,
had a baby boy 8/99 (Dante Jordan)
www.jordanknight.com
*Donnie
Wahlberg*: actor (Ransom, Southie, Black Circle Boys, and
many more), producer (credit on Joe's album), used to own a Howard
Johnson resturant in Canton, Mass, married,
has a little boy (Xavier Alexander), living in CA
www.donniewahlberg.com
*Danny
Wood*: producer (Damage Productions), 1st album release
(D-FUSE, A Room Full Of Smoke) a musical fusion of Hip Hop,
Rock, R & B, and many more...2nd album on it's way, married,
father of 4...living in FL
www.damageproductions.com
*Jon
Knight*: real estate mogil, living in the boonies...j/k...living
in MA
www.nkotb.com
Have
you ever wondered just how many albums NKOTB sold? Well, we got
the following information from www.riaa.com
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK COVER GIRL 11/10/89 COLUMBIA
Gold SINGLE
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 11/21/88 Gold ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 03/29/89 Platinum ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 06/13/89 Multi Platinum
2.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 07/28/89 Multi Platinum
3.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 09/11/89 Multi Platinum
4.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 10/11/89 Multi Platinum
5.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 11/30/89 Multi Platinum
6.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 12/22/89 Multi Platinum
7.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 05/02/90 Multi Platinum
8.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 08/22/89 Gold SINGLE
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 11/28/89 Platinum SINGLE
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK I'LL BE LOVING YOU FOREVER 06/13/89 Gold
SINGLE
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS 11/17/89 Platinum
ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS 12/13/89 Multi
Platinum 2.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS 11/17/89 Gold ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 09/11/89 Gold ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 11/03/89 Platinum
ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 01/29/90 Multi Platinum
2.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 11/06/90 Multi Platinum
3.0 ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK NO MORE GAMES/THE REMIX ALBUM 01/15/91
Gold ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STEP BY STEP 08/01/90 Gold ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STEP BY STEP 08/01/90 Multi Platinum 3.0
ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STEP BY STEP 08/01/90 Platinum ALBUM
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STEP BY STEP 07/10/90 Gold SINGLE
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STEP BY STEP 07/10/90 Platinum SINGLE
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK THIS ONE'S FOR THE CHILDREN 01/09/90 Gold
SINGLE
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK YOU GOT IT (THE RIGHT STUFF) 03/29/89
Gold SINGLE
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30,000 Fan Letter Per
Day to the Official Fan Club
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100,000 plus calls to
the 900 number per week
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3.3 million copis on
average of their 3 Videos (70 times platinum) - breaking
record sales, even that of Michael Jackson
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$400 million in merchandise
sales in only one year
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Hangin' Tough was on
Billboard Charts for over 132 weeks
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In one promo alone,
180,000 bookcovers were distributed
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140 licensed trademark
items, plus hundreds of unoffical items
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Pay Per View concert
was the biggest in cable history to that date
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Boston's most succesful
export
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