  Teen-age R&B newcomer, Mario
Barrett was born in Maryland. Befor3e his
16th birthday, he was hitting the charts with
his reworking of the Biz Markie
80s hit "Just A Friend."
 # 46
Singles Artist of the Year
Mario released his debut LP Mario.
 Mario could be heard on the
soundtrack for Like
Mike with "Put Me On."
Mario hit the Top 40 with "Just A Friend 2002."
Mario hit the Top 10 with "Just A Friend 2002."
 # 127
Singles Artist of the Year
 Mario hit the Top 40 with "C'mon."
 # 102
Singles Artist of the Year
Mario hit the Top 40 with "Let Me Love You."
 Mario released Turning
Point.
Mario hit the Top 10 with "Let Me Love You."
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year
Mario topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Hot 100 Airplay chart, Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart,
Mainstream Top 40 chart, and Top 40 Tracks
chart with "Let Me Love You."
Mario hit #1 for 5 weeks with
"Let Me Love You."
 Mario topped the Billboard Pop
100 Airplay chart with "Let Me Love You."
Turning
Point was certified platinum.
The single "Let Me Love You" was certified
gold.
The single "Let Me Love You" was certified
platinum.
Mario topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with "Let Me Love You."
Mario hit the Top 40 with "How Could You."
Mario hit the Top 40 with "Here I Go Again."
Mario hit the Top 40
with help from Juvenile with
"Boom."
The single "Let Me Love You" was certified
platinum.
Mario topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Song and Top Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Song Airplay ("Let Me Love You").
 Mario was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Let Me Love You") and Best Contemporary R&B Album (Turning
Point).
Mario started filming a role in
the movie Smokin'
Aces and co-stared in the film Freedom
Writers.
Mario could be seen in the films
Smokin'
Aces and Freedom
Writers.
Mario released Go.
Mario could be seen as a
contestant on the ABC show Dancing With
The Stars.
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Mario
Released: July, 2002
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Tracks: "Just A Friend 2002" - "C'mon" -
"Braid My Hair" - "2
Train" - "What Your Name
Is" - "Holla Back" -
"Could U Be" - "Put Me
On" - "Chick Wit Da
Braids" - "Never" -
"Girl In The Picture" |
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Turning Point
Released: December, 2004
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "18" -
"Let Me Love You" -
"Couldn't Say No" - "Boom" - "How Could You" - "Girl
I Need" - "Call The Cops"
- "Here I Go Again" -
"Nikes Fresh Out Of The Box" -
"Directions" - "Like Me
Real Hard" - "Shake Down"
- "Let Me Love You" (remix) |
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Go
Released: December, 2007
Tracks: "Go" -
"Crying Out For Me" -
"Music For Love" -
"Kryptonite" - "No
Definition" - "Why" -
"Lay In My Bed" - "Right
And A Wrong Way" - "Let Me
Watch" - "Do Right" |
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position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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