Don’t Be Cruel

E26430

studio album

"Don’t Be Cruel" is Bobby Brown’s breakthrough 1988 R&B/pop album that propelled him to solo stardom with a new jack swing sound and multiple hit singles.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Don't Be Cruel	0
Don’t Be Cruel (album)	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	studio album ⓘ
artist	Bobby Brown ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
certification	RIAA 7× Platinum ⓘ
containsTrack	Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ Every Little Step ⓘ My Prerogative ⓘ Rock Wit’cha ⓘ surface form: Rock Wit'cha Roni ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfRelease	1988-06-20 ⓘ
decade	1980s ⓘ
describedBySource	new jack swing sound blending R&B and hip hop production ⓘ
followedBy	Bobby ⓘ
follows	King of Stage (album) ⓘ surface form: King of Stage
genre	R&B ⓘ new jack swing ⓘ pop ⓘ
hasSingle	Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ Every Little Step ⓘ My Prerogative ⓘ Rock Wit’cha ⓘ surface form: Rock Wit'cha Roni ⓘ
hasType	R&B album ⓘ new jack swing album ⓘ pop album ⓘ
nominatedFor	American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album ⓘ Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Bobby Brown ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
peakChartPosition	Billboard 200 ⓘ surface form: Billboard 200 number-one album Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums number-one album ⓘ
performer	Bobby Brown ⓘ
producer	Babyface ⓘ Bobby Brown ⓘ Gene Griffin ⓘ L.A. Reid ⓘ Larry White ⓘ Louis Silas Jr. ⓘ Teddy Riley ⓘ
recordLabel	MCA Records ⓘ
significantEvent	breakthrough album for Bobby Brown as a solo artist ⓘ
yearOfRelease	1988 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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My Prerogative → album → Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ

Rock Wit’cha → album → Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ

King of Stage (album) → followedBy → Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ

subject surface form: King of Stage

Every Little Step → includedInAlbum → Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ

My Prerogative → includedInAlbum → Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ

Bobby Brown → notableWork → Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don’t Be Cruel (album)

Rock Wit’cha → originallyReleasedOn → Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ

Rock Wit’cha → partOf → Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don’t Be Cruel (album)