B.B.E.

For other uses, see BBE (disambiguation).
B.B.E.
OriginFrance[1]
Genres
Years active1996–2003
LabelsPositiva
Past members

B.B.E. was a French-based trance music act, originally composed of Italian record producers Bruno Sanchioni and Bruno Quartier, and French producer Emmanuel Top.

Musical career

"Seven Days and One Week" (1996) was a top ten hit in more than ten countries worldwide, reaching number three in the United Kingdom,[2] and in Germany. The song was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[3]

They had two Top 5 hits in the UK: "Seven Days and One Week" and "Flash". They followed these up with two Top 20 hits: "Desire" and "Deeper Love (Symphonic Paradise)"; and a 1998 album entitled Games.[2]

Later in the band's short career, the trio would move into more ethereal trance productions.

Emmanuel Top managed a record label called Attack Records from 1993 to 2003, and produced many dance hits. More recently, he managed a dance club in Belgium. Bruno Sanchioni co produced one of the first trance recordings, "The Age of Love".

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]
Games 60
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds) 		Album
AUT
[4] 		BEL
(Vl)
[4] 		FIN
[4] 		FRA
[4] 		GER
[5] 		IRE
[6] 		ITA
[4] 		NED
[4] 		NOR
[4] 		SPA
[7][8] 		SUI
[4] 		SWE
[4] 		UK
[2]
1996 "Seven Days and One Week" 8 3 2 6 3 2 3 4 6 1 8 4 3 Games
1997 "Flash" 18 20 8 12 11 15 11 43 16 6 21 14 5
"Desire" — 26 — — 71 15 — 97 — — — 50 19
1998 "Deeper Love (Symphonic Paradise)" — — — — 61 35 — — — — — — 19
2000 "Seven Days and Four Years" — — — — — — — — — — — — — Singles only
2001 "Orion" (vs. Emmanuel Top) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2002 "Free" — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2003 "Hollywood" — — — — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001). All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music (4th ed.). Backbeat Books. pp. 61. ISBN 978-0879306281.
  2. ^ a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 36. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "BPI: Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (To access, one must enter the search parameter "BBE" and select "Search by Keyword") on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hung, Steffen. "lescharts.com - Discographie B.B.E." lescharts.com.
  5. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02.
  7. ^ "Billboard". google.ca. 28 September 1996.
  8. ^ "Billboard". google.ca. 12 April 1997.
  9. ^ "Certifications Singles Argent - année 1996". Disque en France. Retrieved 2010-08-14.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (B.B.E.)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  11. ^ "Certified Awards Search: BBE". BPI. Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
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