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1705:If She Knew
1656:Another Day
1542:Discography
1098:John Themis
914:Nigel Lowis
865:Nigel Lowis
759:Giles Craig
756:Terry Brown
745:"Body Talk"
672:Paul Meehan
646:Another Day
580:Abdul Bello
540:Craig Hardy
507:Lemar Obika
493:Producer(s)
423:found that
290:Keith Sweat
257:RCA Records
223:Another Day
117:Paul Meehan
114:Nigel Lowis
100:Craig Hardy
1785:Categories
1733:Invincible
1597:The Letter
1589:Invincible
1581:The Reason
1303:References
1218:Dedicated
1192:Dedicated
298:Big Brovaz
278:programme
272:Sony Music
267:Background
184:Dedicated
140:chronology
1698:Tick Tock
1557:Dedicated
1374:3 January
1368:BBC Music
1346:3 January
1284:Platinum
1227:Position
1201:Position
1167:UK Albums
1149:position
1106:– trumpet
986:Personnel
722:Andy Love
490:Writer(s)
475:Dedicated
458:Dedicated
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425:Dedicated
415:Dedicated
411:BBC Music
244:Dedicated
153:Dedicated
24:Dedicated
1616:The Hits
1287:300,000
1257:Dedicted
1100:– guitar
891:T. Brown
882:D. Brown
848:Al Green
632:Stargate
441:AllMusic
437:Al Green
336:AllMusic
302:Al Green
294:Stargate
129:Stargate
88:Producer
51:Released
41: by
1627:Singles
1473:6 April
1445:6 April
1272:/sales
1263:Region
939:Lullaby
926:Rawling
669:Rawling
574:"Fresh"
261:The 411
251:singer
249:English
180:Singles
166:(2004)
157:(2003)
1619:(2010)
1600:(2015)
1592:(2012)
1584:(2008)
1576:(2006)
1568:(2004)
1560:(2003)
1549:Albums
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794:Fingaz
701:Daniel
589:Skillz
513:Fingaz
496:Length
330:Rating
327:Source
125:Skillz
97:Fingaz
59:Length
1533:Lemar
1464:(PDF)
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972:Obika
952:Obika
920:Scott
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885:Craig
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817:Craig
814:Brown
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788:Scott
785:Obika
762:Obika
726:Obika
695:Obika
654:Scott
625:Obika
602:50/50
583:Obika
560:Hardy
543:Obika
516:Lemar
487:Title
253:Lemar
182:from
138:Lemar
111:Lemar
76:Label
44:Lemar
1475:2021
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1348:2023
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1147:Peak
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1176:16
1171:OCC
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