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''Tender Lover'' is the second studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter and musician Babyface. It is the follow-up to his debut ''Lovers'' (1986). It was his first album with SOLAR (Sound of Los Angeles Records) after the label entered into a distribution deal with Epic Records. ''Tender Lover'' is notable for being one of the recordings where the album tracks received more attention than the singles released in the Quiet Storm radio format. ''Tender Lover'' was a critical and commercial success, reaching number fourteen on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and opened at number one on the Top R&B Albums chart. Babyface received numerous nominations for Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist at the 17th American Music Awards and three Grammy nominations, the top-ten US singles "Whip Appeal" received a nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, "It's No Crime" for Best R&B Instrumental Performance and a nomination for Producer of the Year with L.A. Reid. A couple of songs from this album have been covered by a few artists. Short lived A&M Records group B.B.O.T.I. covered "Where Will You Go" from their first and only album ''Bad Boyz of the Industry'' in 1993. Singer Bobby Valentino covered "Soon As I Get Home" on his 2007 second album ''Special Occasion''. "Soon as I Get Home" also appeared in the 2010 film, ''Our Family Wedding'' which starred Forest Whitaker and America Ferrera. In some regions of Europe, ''Tender Lover'' was released with a different cover picture and simply titled ''Babyface''. ==Reception== Released midsummer 1989, it contained his debut Top 10 hit, "It's No Crime", which reached #7 on the U.S. Hot 100 and later single "Whip Appeal", which reached #6 in the same chart. To date, ''Tender Lover'' is his highest charting R&B album as it topped that chart for eight nonconsecutive weeks; "Tender Lover" and "It's No Crime" were #1 R&B singles from this album. On June 28, 2001, Tender Lover was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tender Lover」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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