B4-4

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title: "B4-4" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["canadian-boy-bands", "musical-groups-established-in-1999", "musical-groups-disestablished-in-2004", "canadian-pop-music-groups", "sibling-musical-groups", "1999-establishments-in-ontario"] description: "Canadian band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B4-4" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Canadian band ::

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Field	Value
name	B4-4
image	B4-4 in Get Down.png
caption	B4-4 in their music video for "Get Down" (left to right: Ryan Kowarsky, Ohad Einbinder, and Dan Kowarsky)
alias	Before Four
origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
genre	Pop, teen pop
years_active	19992004
label	Sony Records
associated_acts	RyanDan
past_members
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| name = B4-4 | image = B4-4 in Get Down.png | caption = B4-4 in their music video for "Get Down" (left to right: Ryan Kowarsky, Ohad Einbinder, and Dan Kowarsky) | image_size = | alias = Before Four | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = Pop, teen pop | years_active = 19992004 | label = Sony Records | associated_acts = RyanDan | website = | current_members = | past_members =

B4-4, later known as Before Four (both stylized in lowercase), was a Canadian boy band from Toronto, Ontario. The band was composed of twins Ryan and Dan Kowarsky,"Twins lead a double life in Cookstown and Las Vegas". by Bruce Hain Innisfil Journal, Jul 24, 2013 along with Ohad Einbinder. They were signed to Sony Records and achieved commercial success in Canada and later toured as Before Four in Germany.

As B4-4

The Kowarskys and Einbinder were friends for several years before the group officially formed in 1998. After an audition for Mike Roth of Toronto's Sony Records studios, they were signed to the label. They also signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV.

In 2000, they released their self-titled debut album. B4-4 achieved success in Canada with the single "Get Down" and its accompanying video,"Break Yo’ TV: B4-4’s “Get Down”". Consequences of Sound, by Alex Young on August 12, 2010 and later "Go Go".

In the summer of 2001, B4-4 joined Snow, Wave and soulDecision on the YTV PsykoBlast Tour and opened for Destiny's Child on MTV's Total Request Live Tour. They were also nominated for Best New Group at the 2001 Juno Awards.

As Before Four

Following their success in Canada, the trio B4-4 headed to Germany, signing with Universal Music / Polydor under the name Before Four. In 2003, they released their second album, In Your Face. That album generated three singles: "Player (You're My Ecstasy)", "I'll Be There" and "Feel Free (To Say No)".

B4-4 disbanded in 2004. Ryan and Dan Kowarsky went on to form the vocal, musical, songwriting and producing duo RyanDan.

In 2021, "Get Down" was used as a Lip Sync for Your Life number in episode 7 of Canada's Drag Race second season, with which Gia Metric won her Lip sync competition.

Discography

Albums

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Year	Album details	Peak	Notes	CA	GER
2000	B4-4			CAN: Platinum
2003	In Your Face			Limited Edition released only in Germany
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Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | CAN Peak positions for b4-4 on Canada's Singles Chart: | GER | AUT | SUI | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2000 | "Get Down" | 4 | — | — | — | b4-4 | | | "Go Go" | 21 | — | — | — | | | | | "Everyday" | 42 | — | — | — | | | | | 2001 | "Ball and Chain" | 47 | — | — | — | | | | "Endlessly" | — | — | — | — | | | | | 2003 | "Player" | — | 29 | — | — | In Your Face | | | "I'll Be There" | — | 11 | — | 57 | | | | | "Feel Free (To Say No)" | — | 8 | 50 | — | | | | ::

Music videos

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Year	Single	Album
2000	Get Down	b4-4
Go Go
Everyday
2003	Player	In Your Face
Feel Free (To Say No)
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References

References

1. [http://globalnews.ca/news/1863702/still-the-one-21-things-to-know-about-shania-twain/ "Still the one: 21 things to know about Shania Twain"]. ''Global News'', By John R. Kennedy March 9, 2015
2. [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/regina-leader-post/20080621/281792804784331 "RyanDan grew up through B4-4 experiences"]. ''Regina Leader-Post'', Jun 21, 2008 . Mile Devlin
3. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/twins-peak/article18147435/?page=all " TWINS PEAK"]. Elizabeth Renzetti, LONDON — ''Globe and Mail'', Oct. 13, 2007
4. "B4-4 – B4-4". Discogs.
5. [http://www.andpop.com/2014/08/06/5-forgotten-canadian-one-hit-wonders-we-love/ "5 Forgotten Canadian One Hit Wonders We Love"]. ''andPop'', August 6, 2014 by Merna Jibrail {{Webarchive. link. (November 15, 2015)
6. [http://ew.com/article/2014/04/03/o-town-reunion-dirty-boy-band-songs/ "TBT: O-Town's reunion and the 7 dirtiest boy band songs"]. ''Entertainment Weekly'', Hillary Busis April 3, 2014
7. "Gold & Platinum Certification – April 2001". [[Canadian Recording Industry Association]].
8. (30 November 2001). "Marketers don't go crazy at PsykoBlast, July 2001". Strategy Magazine.
9. (15 September 2001). "Billboard, Sept 15, 2001, pp 76".
10. [http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/R/RyanDan/2007/11/10/pf-4645151.html "RyanDan cuts boy band roots"]{{dead link. (February 2024)
11. "Before Four – In Your Face". Discogs.
12. Alter, Rebecca. (2021-12-03). "Canada's Drag Race Recap: So About That Lip Sync …".

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