Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight (born May 17, 1970) is an
American singer-songwriter best known as the lead
singer in the
boy band New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), and as an actor, who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his distinctive
falsetto style of singing, influenced by
The Stylistics. After New Kids on the Block split, he launched a solo career. Jordan's first solo album, released in 1999, and his latest solo album, released in 2011, reached the Top 50 on the US
Billboard 200. As of 2011, he released four Top 40 singles; the most well known being "
Give It to You" in 1999. He has released three studio albums, one
remix album and one
EP. On May 31, 2011, he released the studio album,
Unfinished. Knight has sold over 1.5 million records worldwide as a solo artist. In 2015, Boston City Council declared February 7 "Jordan Knight Day."