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Johnny G ill, Bell Biv Devoe
And Keith Sweat
three were N um ber One on the R & B
charts and soon w ill share T o p Ten
success on the pop charts as his current
release continues to ro cke t to the top o f
the H o t 100.
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Johnny G ill is so hot that Janet
Jackson tapped h im to be her special
o p ening act on her “ R h y th m N a tio n ”
European to u r where his perform ances
b le w away audiences at so ld -o u t co n
certs at W em bley and th ro u g h o u t E u
rope. N ow G ill w ill d e liv e r his p o w e r
fu l eye-catching perform ances to
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an uprecedented 80-show tour w ith New
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K e ith S w e a t
G ill’s self-tided album has been
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