B2K

B2K was an American R&B boy band that was active from 1998 to 2004.

2001–02 Formation and self-titled debut album

The group met in 1998 and was managed by music producer Chris Stokes with Lil' Fizz, J-Boog, and Raz-B as members. During a New Year's Eve party that Chris Stokes was hosting in 1999, Omarion joined the group. They named their group B2K (Boys of the new Millennium) to represent the fact that they got together in the beginning of the year 2000. They had made a cameo in Lil' Bow Wow's video for Ghetto Girls, and were the opening act on the Scream Tour I.

B2K broke into the US pop charts in late 2001 with the infectious "Uh Huh", a driven by more-dance-than-hip-hop beats and a hot delivery, contrasting from the usual material favored by boy bands. The group's debut album, B2K was released on March 12, 2002. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs albums chart.

Their debut album included follow-up singles including "Gots Ta Be", which managed to break the top 40 by charting at #34. The final single, Why I Love You, was released in the spring, along with a music video that featured cameos from labelmate Jhene and Naya Rivera. Even though it had very little success on the Billboard 100, charting at #73, it broke the top 20 on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, charting at #19. Nevertheless, the group's debut album was certified Gold in the summer. B2K also performed a concert special for Nickelodeon in July of that year. They were also featured in the magazines Word Up and Right On, along with other R&B artists.

B2K (album)

B2K is the eponymous debut album from B2K. It was released on March 12, 2002. The album debuted number 2 at on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart selling 109,000 copies in the first week.

Track listing

Singles

Released: July 17, 2001

Released: February 26, 2002

Released: May 7, 2002

Charts and certifications

See also

References

Bet (letter)

Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Bēt , Hebrew Bēt ב, Aramaic Bēth , Syriac Bēṯ ܒ, and Arabic Bāʾ ب Its sound value is a Voiced bilabial stop ⟨b⟩ or a Voiced labiodental fricative ⟨v⟩. This letter's name means "house" in various Semitic languages (Arabic bayt, Akkadian bītu, bētu, Hebrew: bayiṯ, Phoenician bt etc.; ultimately all from Proto-Semitic *bayt-), and appears to derive from an Egyptian hieroglyph of a house by acrophony.

The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Beta, Latin B, and Cyrillic Б, В.

Origin

The name bet is derived from the West Semitic word for "house", and the shape of the letter derives from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph that may have been based on a Egyptian hieroglyph

which depicts a house.

Hebrew Bet / Vet

Hebrew spelling: בֵּית

The Hebrew letter represents two different phonemes: a "b" sound (/b/) (bet) and a "v" sound (/v/) (vet). The two are distinguished by a dot (called a dagesh) in the centre of the letter for /b/ and no dot for /v/.

188BET

188BET is an online sportsbook provider. 188BET is owned by Cube Limited, which is licensed and regulated by the Isle of Man.

Sponsorship

in 2009–10, 188BET took over from Reebok as the principal sponsor of Bolton Wanderers. 188BET were also the main sponsor of England's rugby union premiership team Newcastle Falcons.

188BET also sponsored Wigan Athletic from 2009 to 2011. Rival betting company 12Bet took over Wigan's shirt sponsorship for the 2011-12 season.

When sponsoring both Bolton and Wigan, they were reported as being the first company to sponsor two football clubs in the Barclays Premier League for the same season. However, from 2000 to 2002, Newcastle United and Aston Villa were both sponsored by NTL, the first actual occurrence of two Premier League clubs having the same shirt sponsor. The third such occurrence took place in the 2010–11 season when FxPro were the principal shirt sponsor for Aston Villa and Fulham.

188BET also partner other Premier League teams Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton and Manchester City.

12BET

12BET, founded in 2007, is a sports betting and online casino provider licensed by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission.

Sponsorship

In 2009, it became the official betting and gaming partner of Newcastle United. Also in the same year, it inked a two-year shirt sponsorship deal for Sevilla.

During the 2011-2012 season, 12BET became Wigan Athletic’s sponsor. The deal lasted for two years.

In 2013, the company became the first stadium sponsor and official betting partner of the newly promoted Crystal Palace.

A year after partnering with Crystal Palace, 12BET sealed a one-time sponsorship agreement with Coventry in January 2014. Also in the same year, it was the official shirt sponsor of Hull City Tigers. The collaboration between the two lasted for two (2) years.

In 2015, 12BET established ties with Swansea as their official betting partner.

12BET also sponsored tournaments such as the World Open professional ranking snooker tournament and UK Championship.

Controversy

Shortly after signing a stadium sponsorship deal with Crystal Palace, talks about renaming Selhurst Park to 12BET Stadium spread and ignited different reactions from its supporters. However, Crystal Palace’s management appeased its fans that the stadium’s name will not be changed.