Ginuwine...the Bachelor is the debut studio album from American R&B artist Ginuwine, released October 8, 1996 on 550 Music and distributed through Epic Records. It featured the singles "Pony", "When Doves Cry" and "Holler". It is the second major Swing Mob album (third overall). The album peaked at number twenty-six on the Billboard 200 chart. By March 1999 it was certified double platinum in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding two million copies in the United States. Ginuwine...the Bachelor is the debut studio album from American R&B artist Ginuwine, released October 8, 1996 on 550 Music and distributed through Epic Records. It featured the singles "Pony", "When Doves Cry" and "Holler". It is the second major Swing Mob album (third overall). The album peaked at number twenty-six on the Billboard 200 chart. By March 1999 it was certified double platinum in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding two million copies in the United States. false 2023-02-15 11:17:20 10 1996 1996-01-01 1996-01-01 64 Contemporary R&B Hip Hop New Jack Swing Pop Rap R&B Soul 112991 2121933 977b7f61-bff9-4c7a-b6bc-cb507b707641 9e5fd95d-c0c1-412c-be11-06e7fbe99556 33a3bf52-02d3-3555-8345-f34958bac59c /media/data/media4/Music/Ginuwine/The Bachelor (1996)/folder.jpg Ginuwine AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/G/Ginuwine/folder.jpg Ginuwine Artist /config/metadata/People/G/Ginuwine/folder.jpg Ginuwine Ginuwine 1 01:41 2 05:24 3 05:33 4 05:04 5 04:06 6 04:55 7 05:22 8 05:49 9 04:14 10 05:02 11 05:08 12 04:29 13 06:47 Elgin Baylor Lumpkin (born October 15, 1970), better known by his stage name Ginuwine ( JIN-yoo-wyn), is an American R&B singer. He began his career as a member of the musical collective Swing Mob in the early 1990s. As a solo act, he signed with Epic Records to release his 1996 debut single, "Pony". The song peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and preceded the release of his debut studio album Ginuwine...The Bachelor (1996), which saw moderate but steady commercial success and received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His second and third albums, 100% Ginuwine (1999) and The Life (2003) both peaked within the top five on the Billboard 200 while the latter spawned the single "Differences", which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains his highest charting song. His fourth album, The Senior (2003) spawned the top ten single "In Those Jeans", as well as the top 40 singles "Hell Yeah" (featuring Birdman) and "Stingy". His fifth, Back II da Basics (2005) peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 and served as his final release with Epic; he signed with Warner Records to release his sixth album A Man's Thoughts (2009), which performed similarly despite mixed critical reception. Serving as his final release on a major label, his albums Elgin (2011) and A Ginuwine Christmas (2011) followed thereafter. According to Billboard, as of 2013, Ginuwine has sold an estimated 6.98 million albums in the US. Aside from his solo career, he formed the R&B trio TGT alongside contemporaries Tyrese Gibson and Tank in 2007, with whom he has released one studio album. 550 Music