  112 (or Q, Slim, Mike and Daron)
formed in Georgia while the group members
were in high school together and eventually
started singing together in churches and
talent shows. When Puff
Daddy created his own record company,
Bad Boy Records, 112 were signed and became
the company's 1st success. Their group name,
112, was named for the club in Atlanta where
the boys met Puff
Daddy.
112 hit the Top 40 with "Only You."
The single "Only You" was certified
gold.
 112 released their debut LP, 112 with their 1st hit
"Only You" which features The Notorious
B.l.G.
112 topped the Billboard Dance
Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for a week
with "How Only You."
112 was certified gold.
 # 26
Singles Artist of the Year
112 hit the Top 40 with "Come See Me."
112 hit the Top 40 with "Cupid."
The single "Cupid" was certified
gold.
 112 hit the Top 40 helping out Puff
Daddy and Faith Evans with
"I'll Be Missing You" (from Puff
Daddy's No
Way Out) and the song went Top 10 by the end of the
month.
"I'll Be Missing You" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 11 weeks,
the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for
9 weeks, the Billboard R&B Singles chart
for 8 weeks, the Billboard R&B Singles
Sales chart for 8 weeks, and the Billboard
Rap Singles chart for 8 weeks.
112 was certified
platinum and the single "I'll Be Missing You" was certified 3x
platinum.
"I'll Be Missing You" topped the UK
Singles chart for 5 weeks.
112 hit #1 for a week with "I'll Be Missing You."
The single "Cupid" was certified
platinum.
112 hit the Top 40 helping out Allure
with "All Cried Out" from the LP Allure.
112 won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video ("I'll Be Missing You" with Puff
Daddy and Faith Evans)
- the video was also nominated for Viewer's Choice.
112 hit the Top 10 with "All Cried Out."
112 won a Grammy Award for
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
("I'll Be Missing You" with Puff
Daddy and Faith Evans).
112 hit the Top 40 with help
from Mase on "Love Me."
 November 10: 112 released Room
112.
Room
112 was certified gold and the
single "Love Me" was certified
gold.
 # 66
Singles Artist of the Year
Room
112 was certified platinum.
112 hit the Top 40 with "Anywhere."
Room
112 was certified 2x platinum.
112 was certified
2x platinum.
 # 37
Singles Artist of the Year
 112 released Part
3
which debuted at # 2 on the Billboard 200
Albums chart.
112 topped the Billboard Hot 100
Singles Sales chart for 2 weeks, the
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 2 weeks, and the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
Sales chart for 3 weeks with "It's Over Now."
112 hit the Top 40 with "It's Over Now."
Part
3
was certified gold.
Part
3
topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart for a week.
Part
3
was certified platinum.
112 topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 6 weeks
with "Peaches & Cream."
 112 hit the Top 40 with "Peaches & Cream."
112 toured part of the summer
opening for Janet
Jackson.
112 were nominated for
a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video ("Peaches & Cream").
112 hit the Top 10 with "Peaches & Cream."
112 topped Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Artist -
Duo/Group.
 112 were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Peaches & Cream").
Puff
Daddy received a temporary
restraining order to help stop Def Jam
Records from reportedly trying to 'steal' 112
away from Bad Boy Entertainment.
112 released their next LP, Hot
& Wet.
# 263 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 112 released Pleasure
& Pain.
112 were nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group.
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112
Released: August, 1996
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 37
Tracks: "112
Intro" - "Now That We're
Done" - "Pleasure &
Pain" - "Why (Interlude)"
- "Cupid" - "Call
My Name" - "Come See Me" - "Sexy
You (Interlude)" - "Can I Touch
You" - "I Can't Believe"
(with Faith Evans) - "Keep It Real
(Interlude)" - "Only You" (featuring
The Notorious B.I.G.) - "I Will Be
There" - "In Love With
You" - "Just A Little
While" - "Why Does" -
"This Is Your Day" -
"Throw It All Away" - "Only You" (Clean Radio
Mix) |
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Room 112
Released: November 10, 1998
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 20
Tracks: "Room 112
(Intro)" - "So Much Love
(Interlude)" - "Be With
You" - "Love Me" (with Mase)
- "Only One" (with Lil' Kim) -
"Anywhere" (with Lil'
Z) - "Love You Like I Did" -
"For Awhile" (with Faith Evans)
- "Don't Go Away (Interlude) -
"Stay With Me" - "Watcha
Gonna Do" - "Crazy Over
You" - "Funny Feelings" -
"Never Mind" - "Someone To
Hold" - "All My Love" -
"You Are The Only One
(Interlude)" - "Your
Letter" |
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Part 3
Released: March, 2001
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "112
Intro" - "Dance With Me" -
"It's Over Now" - "Peaches & Cream" - "I
Surrender (Interlude)" -
"Missing You" - "All I
Want Is You" - "Don't Hate
Me" - "Q, Mike, Slim, Daron
(Interlude)" - "Player" -
"Sweet Love" -
"Smile" - "Caught Up"
- "Do What You Gotta Do" -
"I Think" - "Still In
Love" |
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Hot & Wet
Released: November, 2003
Rolling Stone: 
Billboard
peak:
# 22
Tracks:
"Intro/Medley" - "It's
Going Down Tonight" - "Hot
& Wet" (featuring Joe Budden) -
"Unbelievable" -
"Everyday" - "I Belong To
U" (Interlude) - "Right Here
For You" - "All My Love" -
"You Said" - "Hot &
Wet" (featuring Ludacris &
Chingy) - "Na Na Na" (featuring
Super Cat) - "Give It To Me" -
"Slip Away" - "Say
Yes" - "Man's World" |
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Pleasure & Pain
Released: March, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Let This Go" - "What
If" - "U Already Know" -
"Damn" - "Nowhere" -
"Last To Know" - "I'm
Sorry" (Interlude) - "My
Mistakes" - "If I Hit" -
"Way" (with Jermaine Dupri) -
"We Goin' Be Alright" -
"That's How Close We Are" -
"Closing The Club" - "What
The Hell Do You Want" - "God
Knows" |
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