Boyz II Men Signs New Record Deal For Upcoming Country Album

For more than three decades, whenever hearts needed mending or love songs needed soaring four-part harmony, Philadelphia gave us Boyz II Men. From "End of the Road" to "I'll Make Love to You" and "Motownphilly," Nathan Morris, Wanyá Morris, and Shawn Stockman etched their names into the Mount Rushmore of American vocal groups. Now, for their first studio album in a decade, the Grammy-winning icons are saddling up for a bold new chapter: they're going country.

The trio has officially signed a new record deal with Warner Records Nashville for a full-length country project slated for release in 2027. "We’ve always been enamored with the storytelling component of country music and how they actually put those stories to melody," Shawn Stockman shared with The Tennessean. "Again, it was a learning experience. That is what we like. We have been in this business for three decades, but we’ll forever be students of music and we’ll always be open to learn and to appreciate different styles."

Warner Records Nashville Chair & President Cris Lacy praised the union as a natural creative homecoming: "Boyz II Men's global influence is decades in the making. Every genre and culture has benefited from their original music, and their impact on artists in the current country landscape, while perhaps surprising to some, is quite profound. When I learned that growing up listening to artists like Randy Travis was seminal in their desire to collaborate with Nashville’s award-winning singers and songwriters, I knew we had to be a part of it."

While the move might catch casual listeners off guard, the group's country roots run surprisingly deep. Over the years, Boyz II Men have shared stages with Chris Stapleton, joined Cody Johnson under the desert lights at Stagecoach, and brought down the house at the Grand Ole Opry back in 2018. "I think that’s why it’s so easy for us to fall in love with country music because the melodies are similar," Nathan Morris reflected. "The meanings are similar. The feelings are similar. So, it’s almost like we feel at home doing it."

"The correlation between Boyz II Men and country music: I guess you could say that there’s no real separation," added Wanyá Morris. "The organics are there. The harmonies. They reference the same type of key structures and emotions and inflections." The upcoming release will mark their first full album since 2017's Under the Streetlight — proving once again that when you possess harmonies as timeless as theirs, borders and boundaries simply melt away.

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