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Jade's first success was on the Class Act soundtrack in Their hit single "I Wanna Love You" was one of the breakout songs on the soundtrack, cracking the Top 10 of the R&B charts and reaching #16 on the Billboard Hot It paved the way for their best-known single "Don't Walk Away," which climbed to #2 on the R&B chart and was certified platinum by the RIAA in The single would go on to sell million copies worldwide. Subsequent singles "Looking for Mr. Do Right" and "One Woman" helped to push their debut album “Jade to the Max”  to platinum-selling status, sparking a lengthy tour and spots on The Tonight Show, The Arsenio Hall Show, and the U.K.'s Top of the Pops.

The ladies also performed on BET's Listening Party Live. The session was recorded and released as a CD in Jade was the only group to have a BET Listening Party album released.  In the band appeared in the movie The Inkwell, and released their second studio album Mind, Body & Song, upon which they served as co-writers and co-producers. Singles " (Yo! Time Is Up)" and "Every Day of the Week" propelled the album to platinum status. The group disbanded thereafter, briefly reuniting in to contribute the track "Keep on Risin" to the soundtrack for the film The Sixth Man. 

On February 8, , Jade performed "Every Day of the Week" on Beverly Hills, in the episode "You've Got to Have Heart.” The song also appeared on the Beverly Hills, The College Years soundtrack. The song “ (Yo! Time Is Up)" was used as part of the soundtrack for the New York Undercover episode "Eyewitness Blues."

In commemoration of Jade’s nearly year history in the music business, founding members, Joi Marshall, who during Jade’s hiatus released a solo inspirational album “Testimony & Praise” through EMI Gospel, wrote a book on the music business “Answers to the 20 Most Asked Questions About the Music Business,” and is a sought-after motivational speaker and teacher, and Tonya Kelly, who is a world-class

American girl group from Chicago, Illinois

Jade is an American girl group, formed in Chicago in , whose original line-up was composed of Joi Marshall, Tonya Kelly, and Di Reed. They are best known for their hit singles "I Wanna Love You", "Don't Walk Away", "One Woman", and "Every Day of the Week".

History

The group Jade originally consisted of Joi Marshall, Angela M. Slates, and Debra Mitchell, under the name JAD. Producer Vassal Benford sold the song "I Wanna Love You" before Marshall, Slates, and Mitchell’s voices were recorded on the song. In order to keep the song on the soundtrack for the Kid 'n Play comedy Class Act, Benford had to reproduce the song with the actual voices of the group members. When that could not be accomplished he implored the record label to drop Slates and Mitchell from the group and replace them with Di Reed and Tonya Kelly who were the voices on the song and who were signed to his production company.

Tonya Kelly and Di Reed were signed by producer Vassal Benford and the group's name was extended to Jade. Kelly grew up in Chicago listening to jazz vocalists including Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. Joi Marshall was also from Chicago but grew up listening to Motown, especially Diana Ross. Reed grew up in Houston singing gospel anywhere she could.

Jade's first success was on the Class Actsoundtrack in Their hit single "I Wanna Love You" was one of the breakout songs on the soundtrack, cracking the Top 10 of the R&B charts and reaching #16 on the Billboard Hot Their follow-up single "Don't Walk Away", was their biggest hit and climbed to #2 on the R&B chart and was certified gold by the RIAA in The single went on to sell million copies worldwide. Subsequent singles "Looking for Mr. Do Right" and "One Woman" helped push their debut album Jade to the Max to platinum status, sparking a lengthy tour and spots on The Tonight Show, The Arsenio Hall Show, and the