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| background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = New York City, New York|New York City , New York , United States | genre = Contemporary R& B|R& B | years_active = 2007–present | label = Bad Boy Records|Bad Boy (2007-2009) Atlantic Records|Atlantic (2010-present) | associated_acts = Danity Kane , Donnie Klang , Sean Combs|Diddy | website = http://www.day26online.com Official site| current_members = Robert Curry (singer)|Robert Curry Brian Andrews Willie Taylor Michael "Butta" McCluney
Day26 is an United States|American male Contemporary R& B|R& B music group formed on August 26 , 2007 by Sean Combs|Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV 's Making the Band|Making the Band 4 . The group consists of Robert Curry (singer)|Robert Curry , Brian Andrews (singer)|Brian Andrews , Willie Taylor , and Michael McCluney . The moniker is a tribute to the day when Andrews, McCluney, Curry, and Taylor went from unknowns to stars. The group released their first album, Day26 (album)|Day26 , on March 25, 2008, one week after their then label mates and Making the Band 3 winners Danity Kane released Welcome to the Dollhouse (album)|Welcome to the Dollhouse . The album's first single, "Got Me Going", was released on the finale of Making the Band 4. The album went on to debut at number one on the billboard charts.
Career
Making the Band 4 returned to MTV for another season and followed Day26, Danity Kane and Donnie Klang on the Making the Band 4 - The Tour|Making The Band tour . Season 3, Part 2 of Making The Band 4 debuted on February 12, 2009. The season followed Day26 as they recorded their second album, Forever in a Day , which was released April 14, 2009.
Day26 was founded on the Making the Band|Making the Band 4 Season 1 finale on August 26, 2007. Brian Andrews, Michael McCluney, Qwanell Mosley, Robert Curry, and Willie Taylor were chosen to be a part of Sean Combs|Diddy 's brand new all-male R& B music group, while fellow cast member Donnie Klang was chosen as a solo artist for Bad Boy Records . The name Day 26 was selected from the day that they were picked which was August 26, 2007.
After being signed as a group to Bad Boy, Day 26 began another season of Making the Band with label mates Danity Kane and Donnie Klang . Upon this season, Day 26's debut single " Got Me Going " was released to download in January 2008. "Got Me Going" eventually peeked at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Day 26 later released their self-titled album Day26 (album)|Day26 on March 25, 2009. The next week, the album debuted at #1 on Billboard 200 selling 200,000 copies. This is the third feat. at #1 for Bad Boy winners. Album production includes Mario Winans , Danja (musician)|Danja , Bryan-Michael Cox , The Runners , and upon many others. The second single " Since You've Been Gone (Day26 song)|Since You've Been Gone " was released on June 9, 2008. The song failed to reach Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at #52 on Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs . A third single was planned, but was scrapped due to low album sales, and production on their next album. Overall, the album sold 387,000 copies.
On August 19, 2008, Day26 returned with another season of Making the Band . This season involved in Making the Band 4 - The Tour , which resolved to the break-up of Danity Kane .
2009-present: Forever in a Day and departure of Qwanell Mosley
prose|section|date=June 2011Upon album release of their second studio album " Forever in a Day ", season 3 of Making the Band 4 re-aired in February 2009. This time, the season focused around getting the album finished and also the personal problems of Qwanell. The production resulted a promo release of the song " Stadium Music (song)|Stadium Music " which later was up for discussion as the second official release for the album. The first official single " Imma Put It on Her ", was released to iTunes on March 31, 2009. The single peaked at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The video for the second hit single "Stadium Music" premiered on May 29, 2009, on 106 & Park . Day26 won the BET Award for Best Group at the 2009 BET Awards.
On June 7, Day26 performed at ''Hot 97's Summer Jam'' with Willie's cousin Jeremih .
On June 12, Qwanell confirmed via his official Twitter that "Your Heels" would be the next single released from the album, with a video being shot on June 29. http://twitter.com/que_day26 Q's official Twitter
On August 25, they released a music video|video album entitled Forever in Your Eyes consisting of music videos to eight of the songs from Forever in a Day . The album was released as a digital download only, exclusively to iTunes .
On November 24, 2009, Willie announced that Day26 were leaving Bad Boy for Atlantic Records .
On December 1, 2009, Que confirmed that Day26 had asked him to leave the group, and he was later removed from the group. He stated that all he wanted was an audit , and new management, but the group simply did not agree and was forced to remove him from the group. Que also stated that he did not want to leave.
It has been confirmed that the group has begun working on their third studio album solely on Atlantic Records, and did not move with Bad Boy to Interscope Records. On June 14, 2010, member Brian Andrews confirmed that the third album title will be called "A New Day", release date is not yet confirmed. According to Day26's Facebook page and day26online.com a new album will be released in 2011.update after|2011|12|31 On June 15, 2011, the group released their first buzz single for their upcoming album entitled "Let It Go" featuring Roscoe Dash .
On October 15, 2011, the group planned to release a single called "Make It To The Bed," but was pushed back to a later date. According to Day26's official Twitter, new music "and more" would be released on October 26, 2011.
On October 26, 2011, the official website of Day26 was open. Day26Online.com - which included their first single "Made Love Lately" and a trailer to a web series "A New Day."
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