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5 Key Facts About Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel

  1. MCA Records released Don’t Be Cruel on June 20, 1988.
  2. The album marked Bobby Brown’s shift from New Edition to a solo career.
  3. It produced four top-10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including the title track.
  4. Don’t Be Cruel became one of the best-selling albums of 1988.
  5. The album helped define the new jack swing sound of the late 1980s.

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