| B.B.E. | |
|---|---|
| Origin | France |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1996–2003 |
| Labels | Positiva |
| Past members |
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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, and in Germany. The song was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
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.
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 | ||||||||||||||
| Games |
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60 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT |
BEL (Vl) |
FIN |
FRA |
GER |
IRE |
ITA |
NED |
NOR |
SPA |
SUI |
SWE |
UK | |||||
| 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
- Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001). All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music (4th ed.). Backbeat Books. pp. 61. ISBN 978-0879306281.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 36. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- "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.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "lescharts.com - Discographie B.B.E." lescharts.com.
- "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de.
- "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02.
- "Billboard". google.ca. 28 September 1996.
- "Billboard". google.ca. 12 April 1997.
- "Certifications Singles Argent - année 1996". Disque en France. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (B.B.E.)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- "Certified Awards Search: BBE". BPI. Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
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