Mark Morrison (born 3 May 1972) is a German-born British singer, best known for his 1996 platinum hit song, "Return of the Mack", which was immediately met with success upon its release in several European countries.
In the following year, the song peaked at No. 2 in the United States.
1993
Morrison's first official recording was the 1993 vinyl release "Where Is Our Love", pressed on his own private Joe'Mel label.
1995
In mid-1995, Morrison released his debut single, "Crazy", which became a Top 20 hit in the UK and was a club favourite.
The follow-up single, "Let's Get Down", also entered the Top 40.
1996
They were followed in the spring of 1996 by "Return of the Mack", which became a smash international hit, spending two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
His debut album, also titled Return of the Mack, followed and became a multi-platinum success.
It reached number four in the UK chart and sold 3 million albums worldwide.
It spun off several more hit singles over the next year: "Crazy", "Trippin'", "Horny" and "Moan & Groan" would all reach the UK Top 10, making him the first artist in British pop history to have five Top 10 hits from a debut album.
Although his career was going well, Morrison was constantly in trouble with the police.
1997
In 1997, he was imprisoned.
The same year he received numerous nominations: four Brit Award nominations, a Mercury Prize nomination, an MTV Europe Music Award nomination, and five MOBO Award nominations.
"Return of the Mack" began to climb its way to No. 2 on the American Billboard charts, receiving platinum status.
It stayed on the Billboard charts for a lengthy 40 weeks.
Morrison had one further minor US hit, 1997's "Moan & Groan," which went to number 76.
Morrison performed at the 1997 Brit Awards.
The performance influenced WEA and Morrison to release Only God Can Judge Me, a nine-track EP which contains live performances, interviews, prayers and three full-length songs including "Who's the Mack!"
which reached No. 13 in the UK.
1999
Morrison appeared on the 1999 Brit Awards where he presented an award, introduced Whitney Houston and announced his return to music.
In September 1999, a single titled "Best Friend" (featuring Conner Reeves and Gabrielle) became Morrison's ninth Top 40 hit single, reaching No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart.
The following year, it was announced by Billboard that Morrison had signed a five-year worldwide deal with Death Row Records founder Suge Knight, making him the first, and only, European (British) artist to be signed with Death Row Records, in a deal which saw Death Row Records UK operating as an independent record label in conjunction with the Ritz Music Group (a company known for its success with Irish country music artists such as Daniel O'Donnell).
2003
He later signed to soccer player Kevin Campbell's 2 Wikid label in 2003.
2004
His only release for the label, a single entitled "Just a Man"/"Backstabbers", was a minor UK hit, reaching No. 48 in the UK Singles Chart in August 2004.
2006
In May 2006, Morrison released the limited-edition CD/DVD album entitled Innocent Man in the United Kingdom on his private label, Mack Life Records.
The title track, "Innocent Man" (featuring DMX) was released in March 2006.
It was well received and reached No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart.
2007
In 2007, he was featured on hip-hop artist Cassidy's single titled "Innocent Man (Misunderstood)" from the album B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story.
The track sampled Morrison's vocals from "Innocent Man" and charted on Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
On 29 January 2007, he released the single titled "Dance 4 Me" (featuring Tanya Stephens).
It was the fourth single to be released from his album Innocent Man.
The official music video was directed by Ray Kay.
2012
In 2012, Morrison appeared as a guest feature on Houston rapper Trae tha Truth's "I'm On 2.0" which featured notable rappers Big K.R.I.T., Jadakiss, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, B.o.B, Tyga, Gudda Gudda and Bun B.
A music video for "I'm On 2.0" starring Morrison and all artists featured was released on 3 June.
Also in June 2012, he announced the release of a new single titled "Ain't No Good".
2013
The single was set to be released 29 July 2013 and paid homage to the charity Refuge.
The single was unsuccessful, and shelved before release.
It would ultimately remain unreleased.
In June 2013, Morrison released the music video to "I Am What I Am" shot by DIS Guise of Visionnaire Pictures, with the release date set for the single on iTunes of 1 September 2013.
On 20 October 2013, he released a single titled "N.A.N.G. 2.0" featuring Crooked I and Shonie.
2014
On 7 July 2014, Morrison released an EP titled I Am What I Am.
