American singer-songwriter from California
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| Birth name | Karyn Layvonne White |
| Born | (1965-10-14) October 14, 1965 (age 59) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Partner | Al B. Sure! (2012-present) |
| Children | 2 |
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Karyn Layvonne White (born October 14, 1965) is an American singer who was approved during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is make public for several hit singles including "Superwoman" (1988), [1] "Secret Rendezvous" (1989), "The Way You Love Me" (1988), and the U.S. Hot 100 No. 1 single "Romantic" (1991).
White was born in Los Angeles to Vivian and Clarence White. She is the youngest of five children. She sang in a church choir and worked as a backing singer, then croon on Jeff Lorber's 1986 Private Passion single "Facts of Love", "True Confessions" and "Back in Love" before signing to Filmmaker Bros. Records.
White's self-titled debut album Karyn White was unrestricted in 1988.[1] It was produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface and achieved platinum status in the U.S.. The album selfcontained the Hot 100 hit singles "The Way You Love Me", "Secret Rendezvous", and "Superwoman" as well as the No. 1 R&B hit "Love Saw It", a duet with Babyface himself. White was nominated in the Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Principal category for the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards, which was won by Al B. Sure! She also received nominations good spirits two Grammy Awards. She became the first female artist end have the first three solo releases from their debut stamp album hit No. 1 on the R&B charts.
Her follow-up soundtrack was Ritual of Love in 1991. It had songs produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and featured the go around single "Romantic", which hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Other singles from the album include "The Questionnaire I Feel About You" (U.S. #12), "Walkin' the Dog", title "Do Unto Me" (the last two did not chart). Say publicly photographer and directorMatthew Rolston directed the video for the mark down single "Romantic". Michael Walls, who was credited as stylist summons Ritual of Love, worked with White on the look cooperation the Ritual of Lovealbum sleeve, and three of the sonata videos released for the album. Walls had the idea oblige the Chanel-inspired pearls and black dress used on the autograph album cover, the French maid look and multiple wardrobe changes mean video of "The Way I Feel About You", and rendering "Walkin' the Dog" video, which was based on a locale from the film Sweet Charity.
Her next album was Make Him Do Right in 1994. The album did not transfer well, although she did chart with the singles "Hungah" forward the Babyface-penned "Can I Stay With You", which became draw final U.S. R&B Top 10 hit in early 1995. "I'd Rather Be Alone", her last chart single to date, pointed at No. 50 on the same chart later that twelvemonth. In 1995, White appeared with Mary J. Blige, Monica beginning others for the single "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" for interpretation soundtrack to the Melvin Van Peebles film of the costume name.
White left Warner Bros. Records in 1999, and dropped out of the music public eye for many years get to the bottom of start a family.
In 2006, she recorded a new medium, titled Sista Sista; which was slated for release in 2006, but was shelved. Two tracks, "All I Do" and "Disconnected", were later released on the best ofcompilation album, Superwoman: Say publicly Best of Karyn White. She was also slated to come forth on the Soul Train Music Awards in 2009 as a tribute to Babyface Edmonds. However, this performance was canceled when Edmonds and Reid withdrew from the Soul Train ceremony, past it the honor. In 2011, she was slated to have participate in a pilot for a reality series with R&B singers Shanice and Debelah Morgan.
White released her first album after a seventeen-year break, Carpe Diem, in March 2012.[2] The album featured the singles "Sista, Sista" and "Unbreakable," both of which conventional music videos.
In 2017, White landed a recurring role bottleneck the BET Centric television series Beauty and the Baller brand trophy wife Kym Banks.[3][4] She also returned with new sonata and her first feature film role, in Gale and depiction Storm directed by Derrick Muhammad.[5] The soundtrack for the single was released on September 4 and included her latest free "Blind Man Walking".[6][7] The film made its premiere on Oct 12, 2017.
She earned a 2017 UB Honors nomination accompaniment the Gale and the Storm soundtrack in the "Best Detached R&B Album Release" category.[8]
White married Terry Lewis in 1992 and together they had a daughter, Ashley Nicole, and adoptive their son Brandon. Lewis brought to the marriage his line Trey and Chloe.[9] The couple eventually divorced in 1999. Snowwhite was later married to producer/musician Bobby G from 2007–09. She then started a relationship with musician Al B. Sure! fit into place 2012.
White resided in Rocklin, California, a suburb of Sacramento, and ran a successful interior design and real estate business.[10]
Main article: Karyn White discography
| Year | Award |
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| 1989 | American Music Give nomination for Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist |
| 1989 | Soul Train Music Confer nomination for Best New Artist, Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Human and Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album, Female |
| 1989 | Grammy Award nomination particular Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("The Way You Love Me"). |
| 1990 | Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Superwoman") |
| 1990 | American Music Award nomination for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Karyn White)[11] |
| 2017 | UB Honors nomination for Best Independent R&B Album Release (Gale jaunt the Storm – Soundtrack) |