He’s famous for his distinctive falsetto style of singing, determined by The Stylistics. After New Kids On The Block disbanded, Jordan started a solo career. He’s released three studio albums, one remix album plus one EP. Jordan had sold over 1.5 million records world-wide as a solo artist. On May 31, 2011, he released a brand new studio album, entitled “”Bare””.
Knight made a recovery in 1999 by releasing his first solo single, “Give It To You”. Knight was likewise nominated for Favorite Male Vocalist in the 2000 Kids’ Choice Awards. The single also peaked at #35 about the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The record Jordan Knight won an Aspire Music Award for The Best Male Record (Pop). Jordan’s self-titled debut record was subsequently certified gold for sales of over 500,000 copies in the US on July 7, 1999. The record peaked at #29 on The Billboard 200 and #9 to the Top Internet Albums chart. As of autumn 2010, the NKOTB has teamed up together with the Backstreet Boys (BSB), creating the largest boyband in history, NKOTBSB, and so are touring in summer 2011. Knight released a remix album, Jordan Knight Performs New Kids on the Block, in 2004. In 2005, Knight released a brand new EP entitled The Fix together with the lead single “Where is Your Heart Tonight”, which reached its pinnacle at #12 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. He continued to tour widely in 2005-2006 marketing his EP The Fix. In September 2006, Knight’s following album, Love Songs, premiered by Transcontinental Records. The initial single was “Say Goodbye”, a duet with Deborah Gibson, that peaked at #24 on Billboard’s Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks graph.
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Awards
MTV VMA Award for the Best Dance Video
Music Groups
New Kids on the Block (Since 1984), NKOTBSB
TV Shows
“Identity”
Star Sign
Taurus
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"Don't let all the screaming girls make you believe you're God...don't let all the jealous guys and terrible articles that people write about make you feel you're nothing...know who you are inside basically". - his advice to today's boy bands.
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A member of New Kids On The Block from 1984 to Present.
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New tour kicks off 21st September 2004 in San Francisco, California. [August 2004]
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He released his first solo album last year (self titled) and is currently working on his second album. He also had a song on the "Snow Day" soundtrack (My Heart is Saying Now) and recorded a song with Mya (Under the Spanish Skies)
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He will be releasing an album called 'Jordan Knight performs the New Kids on the Block' on the 30th March 2004 on the Empire Music Werks label. [March 2004]
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Filming 'Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep' in Ayia Napa, Greece. [June 2005]
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Heading to London, England at the end of the month to perform at the Hard Rock Cafe and also appear on ITV1's 'Hit Me Baby One More Time'. [April 2005]
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1st single "Try" from his 2nd solo album was released to radio on September 7, 2004. Album was released shortly after.
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New EP "The Fix" released on the Madacy label. 11th October 2005. New single from the EP is "Where Is Your Heart Tonight", now playing on AC radio throughout the USA. [October 2005]
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During the taping of The Sureal Life: Fame Game (2006) he learned that his grandmother had passed away and as a result he had to take himself out of Fame Game.
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Second son, Eric Jacob Knight, was born on February 21, 2007, weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces.
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His father, Allan, is an Episcopal priest.
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While touring the world with New Kids on the Block, he collected hotel room keys as mementos.
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Appeared on the British show 'Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep' where he had to train and work as a holiday rep in Ayia Napa.
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Has occasional issues with panic attacks just like his brother Jonathan, which they had inherited from their father, Allan. They both appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2001 to talk about it.
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Wore a black rubber bracelet for good luck since he was a teenager and still wore it when New Kids on the Block disappeared between 1992-1993. It was not known when the bracelet was removed or whether it broke or he got tired of it. The rubber ring was originally used inside toilets and later on in the 1980s they became fashion for boys and girls.
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