Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Bobby Brown and Ronnie DeVoe at the 55th NAACP Image Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on March 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
New Edition the legendary R&B group consisting of Ricky Bell, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe, is set to be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame.
The group will be inducted during the 2024 NAACP Image Awards ceremony being held in Los Angeles on March 16. Previous inductees include Eddie Murphy, Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, Carlos Santana, Little Richard, Sidney Poitier, Earth Wind and Fire, and Aretha Franklin.
Formed in Boston in 1978, New Edition became phenomenally popular in the 1980s and set the template for the modern boy band. The group has released seven studio albums and scored a No. 1 on the Billboard album charts with the 1996 release Home Again. Their best-known songs include “Candy Girl,” “Mr. Telephone Man,” “Cool It Now,” “If This Isn’t Love” and “Hit Me Off.”
All the members of New Edition have enjoyed solo success and as part of the spinoff bands Bel Biv DeVoe, Heads of State and RBRM. In 2023, New Edition was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.
in 1985. The group was formed by Bobby Brown and his childhood friends in the Orchard park Projects of Roxbury, Boston. The group then scored its big break in 1982, performing at the local Hollywood Talent Night held at Boston’s Strand Theatre by singer/producer Maurice Starr.
