January: Shawn was on MTV Jams for two days in New York City, at the Motown Cafe. He and Bill Bellamy talked about his new song, "Visions of a Sunset."
January: Not expecting to win, Boyz II Men win two out of five awards at the American Music Awards. They also presented a New R&B Artist Award to Brandy.
January: On Channel 7 News in LA, they had an American Music Awards Wrap-Up. They showed Boyz II Men watching Brandy perform "Baby" backstage while they talked to the press.
February: On Oprah, Boyz II Men sang "On Bended Knee" for two girls who liked them. Oprah asked boring questions. Mike was just dumped by his girlfriend. They also premiered their bearz for the first time, and gave the girls the first bearz.
February: MTV had a special on the "Duet Kings." It
basically said all of the duets they have done, why they did them, and that they will never stay away from each other too long when they do solo projects.
February: At the Stay in School Jam, Boyz II Men were
co-hosts. This is the first public appearance that Shawn
had an earring.
February: At the Stay in School Jam, U2U asked Boyz II
Men who their favorite basketball teams were. Shawn said
the Bulls, and Nate and Mike said the 76ers. Wanya doesn't
like to play, but likes to watch, so he didn't say a
team.
February: At the Grammys, Boyz II Men and Mariah start
the show off with "One Sweet Day". Since Mariah never
seems to do good at the Grammys, they didn't win a single
award.
February: On Entertainment Tonight, a reporter for the show asked Nate at the Grammys, did
you win the Super Bowl? Nate said with a puzzled look on
his face, the 49ers gave the ring to us.
March: Bill Cosby presented Boyz II Men with the Sammy Davis
Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year at the Soul Train Music Awards. Nate was crying and Mike gave hugs to all of the Boyz' mother during their acceptance speech. Before they accepted their award, they showed nice footage from Boyz II Men's five year career.
April: At the NAACP Image Awards, Boyz II Men won one award, and only
two of the boyz were there, Shawn and Wanya.
April: At MTV's 8th Annual Rock n' Jock Softball, Nate
(II)
was on the Awayboys. He was the catcher, rightfielder,
almost got a runner, didn't catch ball, and sang "We are
Family" with Bill Bellamy. He kept saying that he was a
winner.
May: VH1 had a special on Boyz II Men's mothers. All of
there mothers were interviewed, including Wanya's
grandmother. They talked about what they were like when
they were younger, and how they are today. Nate's mom's
favorite song by them because they look good in white, and
"One Sweet Day" makes her cry because she knew how Nate
felt when he wrote the song. They also said that they went
crazy when they first heard "Motownphilly" on the radio.
It also showed their greatest videos.
May: Boyz II Men were on Day and Date to make a sick
girl's dream come true, to meet Boyz II Men. She met them
when they were accepting there Honary Degree from Drexler
University. She was very Happy, but Mike wasn't
there!
June: At the Esscence Awards, there was a tribute to
Babyface, so Boyz II Men sang "End of the Road," and "I'll
Make Love to You."
August: At the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympics, Boyz
II Men, who were reported that they were not going to sing
the "National Anthem," did and they were great.
August: After the Olympics, Boyz II Men were on CBS This
Morning. Nate said that it's great to sing in front of the
world. They also said that they would be going on vacation
for a few weeks, then will start recording again.
October: On a special called Inside Unplugged, Nate said
that they asked to be on MTV Unplugged.
October: Shawn, Wanya and Brandy were shown going to Paula Abdul and Brad Beckerman's wedding on TV's Lifetime.
October: Only Shawn, Mike, and Wanya had a press conference at Stonecreek to talk about plans for their 3rd album, (Nate had a cold). They talked about where they vacationed at (Lake Tahoe and Hawaii), always wanting to put out good music, how Stonecreek Recordings was coming along, and they even hope to have their own cartoon, but not about Boyz II Men, but about themselves.
October: Only Shawn, Mike, and Wanya were on Day & Date (Nate had a cold). They were at Stonecreek. They talked about relationships, being goofy, doing funny things like going to the movies, joking with each other, and going to rehersals, God, free time like basketball, football, shopping, pool, driving, and video games, Mariah, and 25 million fans. They told us (their fans) that they miss us, and they can't wait to see us again.
December: On QVC, Boyz II Men premiered their Boyz II Bearz. A customer called and they the Boyz asked which bearz did she buy, and she said Wanya and Mike. They were running a popularity contest. Mike was laughing, and said there are a million Nate Bearz left. Nate said, (while laughing, and blushing), I'll buy them all. Since Mike's birthday was coming up, they gave him a cake that looked like his bear.
December: MTV had a 1997 Preview special and they interviewed Mike at the 9th Softball Challenge. He "predicted" that Boyz II Men will be coming out with an album in the early fall, and he said that he wanted to see movies like Volcano, Speed 2, Jurassic Park 2, Batman & Robin, and Liar, Liar.