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Mario Winans is an R&B and Gospel Music producer, writer, and singer. He is best known as an artist for his 2004 top five album in the UK and the U.S., ''Hurt No More'', and his top five smash single, "I Don't Wanna Know". EARLY YEARS Mario Winans was born on the 7th of August in Orangeburg, South Carolina but grew up in Detroit . He is a member of gospel music's most notable family Winans by marriage as he is the son of Bishop Ronald E. Brown and Vickie Winans (NOTE: Bishop Ronald E. Brown was her first husband, but Mario took the Winans last name after her marriage to Marvin Winans). Winans started out learning music in school learning piano, keyboards, and drums. His mother Vicki Winans bought him a roomful of recording equipment, and he learned the function of every piece of equipment. He started producing gospel groups straight out of high school and soon accumulated credits for Fred Hammond , The Anointed, and The Clark Sisters as well as various Winans family member albums. MUSICAL CAREER In the mid-1990s, he signed a production deal with Dallas Austin 's Rowdy Records .(Tim&Bob had introduced) His breakthrough came with credits on the tracks "I Can't Sleep Baby" and "You Remind Me Of Something" on R. Kelly 's '' R. Kelly '' album in 1995. Work with Pebbles and 98 Degrees soon followed. Winans released his debut album ''Story of my Heart'' on Motown in 1997. While the song "Don't Know" reached the U.S. R&B top 50, the album failed to chart. Soon after, Winans teamed up with P. Diddy and his Bad Boy roster. His first work with Bad Boy was playing drums on "Come With Me" in 1998 by Diddy and Jimmy Page , based on the classic Led Zeppelin song "Kashmir" from their 1975 album '' Physical Graffiti ''. Over the past few years, Winans has racked a sizeable list of production credits for Bad Boy artists including Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G. , Lil' Kim , Faith Evans , Loon , Black Rob , and 112 . He has also worked with notable artists outside Bad Boy including Destiny's Child , Mary J. Blige , Whitney Houston , Jennifer Lopez , Ice Cube , Tamia , and Brian McKnight . Winans co-wrote the 2-part song "I Need a Girl" with P. Diddy and appeared on the "Pt. 2" version with Loon , Ginuwine , and Diddy , which became a hit recording in 2002. He also produced the Bad Boy remix compilation '' We Invented The Remix '' in 2002. Winans recorded his second album ''Hurt No More'' in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in between his busy schedule working with other artists. The album is based on stories of love and betrayal. The first single " and radio programmers and club DJs started playing the track when it started appearing on mixtapes. The song was released as the single in early 2004 and became a worldwide hit going to #1 in Germany and on the Rhythmic Top 40 radio chart in the United States ; to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 , on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Chart , and on the World Internet Download Charts ; and to #3 on a Composite World R&B Chart (based on the R&B charts in the U.S., UK, Germany, France, and Australia) and on both the Australian and Norwegian singles charts. It also reached the top ten on a Composite European Singles Chart . ''Hurt No More'' was released on April 20 , 2004 in the U.S. and, by early June 2004, had reached #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, #2 on the Billboard 200 , and #3 on the UK's album chart. The album's second single, "Never Really Was", used a sample of the Orchestrated beginning of Madonna 's 1986 hit, "Papa Don't Preach", as its background music. However, the song failed to chart in America. Currently Winans appears on Diddy 's new album, Press Play producing, writing and singing on "Through The Pain (She Told Me)" and the new single " Last Night " with Keyshia Cole . "Last Night" was originally intended for his own album, which he has apparently been recording for release in 2007. "Put Ya Arm Around Me" is the only confirmed track, it is possibly the first single. Discography Albums
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