Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight (born May 17, 1970) is an American pop singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the boy band New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), which rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s, using a falsetto style of singing influenced by The Stylistics. After New Kids on the Block split in 1994, he launched a solo career.
Knight's first solo album, released in 1999, and his latest solo album, released in 2011, reached the Top 50 on the U.S. Billboard 200. As of 2011, he released four Top 40 singles, the best known being "Give It to You" in 1999. Knight has released three solo albums, one remix album, and one EP. On May 31, 2011, Knight released the studio album, Unfinished. Knight has sold over 1.5 million records worldwide as a solo artist.
Early life and career
Knight was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the youngest of six children to Canadian parents of English, Scottish and German descent; his father Allan Knight, an Episcopal priest, is from Meaford, Ontario and his mother Marlene (née Putnam) is from Dunnville, Ontario. Consequently, Knight holds dual American and Canadian citizenship. Before achieving fame, he played in a youth baseball league in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Jordan was almost 14 years old in 1984 when he joined New Kids on the Block, "I'll Be Your Everything" became a hit single for Page upon its release in February 1990, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for a week that April, spending thirteen weeks in the top 40, and eventually being certified gold by the RIAA.
The group originally disbanded in 1994 but reunited in 2008, scoring 2 top 40 hits and embarking on a successful tour. In the fall of 2010, they teamed with the Backstreet Boys (BSB), creating the boy band NKOTBSB, and toured in summer 2011.
upright|thumb|Knight at the 1990 [[Grammy Awards]]
New Kids on the Block have sold over 80 million records worldwide, They have two sons, Dante Jordan (born August 25, 1999) and Eric Jacob (born February 21, 2007).
Knight lives in Milton, Massachusetts, where in 2016, he became a partner in a local Italian restaurant called Novara.
Discography
Solo albums
- Jordan Knight (1999)
- Jordan Knight Performs New Kids on the Block: The Remix Album (2004)
- Love Songs (2006)
- Unfinished (2011)
Collaborative albums
- Nick & Knight (2014, with Nick Carter)