Karyn White

Karyn White (2011)

Karyn Layvonne White (born October 14, 1965 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American R&B singer who was number one in the US singles charts for a week in 1991 with Romantic .

Career

White sang in the church choir as a child and tried her hand at first as a background singer from the mid-1980s. Among other things, she went on tour with her R&B colleague O'Bryan . With the help of Jeff Lorber , she had her first hits in 1986: Facts of Love reached the top 30 of the US pop charts. Between 1986 and 1995 White placed a total of 15 hits in the American R&B charts, four of which reached number one: The Way You Love Me (1988), Superwoman , Love Saw It (1989, with Babyface ) and Romantic (1991).

Her first two solo albums, Karyn White (1988, platinum in the USA) and Ritual of Love (1991, gold), were released by Warner and were heavily influenced by the then popular New Jack Swing .

White was married to producer Terry Lewis from 1991 to 1999 . The two have a daughter. Her marriage to Bobby Gonzales, which she entered into at the end of 2007, broke up again in 2009.

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	R&B
1988	Karyn White Warner 25637	UK20th gold (27 weeks)UK	US19th platinum (54 weeks)US	R&B1 (57 weeks) R&B	First published: September 6, 1988 Executive Producer: Benny Medina, Leonard Richardson
1991	Ritual of Love Warner 26320	UK31 (3 weeks) UK	US53 gold (24 weeks)US	R&B7 (32 weeks) R&B	First published: September 10, 1991 Executive Producers: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis , Benny Medina, Karyn White
1994	Make Him Do Right Warner 45400	-	US99 (7 weeks) US	R&B22 (47 weeks) R&B	First published: September 27, 1994 Executive Producers: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Benny Medina, Karyn White

More studio albums

• 1986: Private Passion ( Jeff Lorber feat.Karyn White and Michael Jeffries; Warner 25492)
• 2012: Carpe Diem (Lightyear Entertainment 54911; release: March 24th)

Compilations

• 1995: Sweet & Sensual ( WEA Japan 320; release: April 10th)
• 2007: Superwoman: The Best of Karyn White (Shout! Factory 826663-10213; release: April 3rd)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		UK	US	R&B	Dance
1986	Facts of Love Private Passion	UK95 (1 week) UK	US27 (16 weeks) US	R&B17 (18 weeks) R&B	Dance9 (10 weeks) Dance	First release: September 1986 Jeff Lorber feat. Karyn White Authors: Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers
1987	True Confessions Private Passion	-	-	R&B88 (4 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1987 Jeff Lorber and Karyn White Authors: Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers
1988	The Way You Love Me Karyn White	UK42 (7 weeks) UK	US7th gold (25 weeks)US	R&B1 (25 weeks) R&B	Dance5 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: August 15, 1988 Authors: Babyface , LA Reid , Daryl Simmons
	Superwoman Karyn White	UK11 (13 weeks) UK	US8th gold (18 weeks)US	R&B1 (24 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1988 Authors: Babyface, LA Reid, Daryl Simmons
1989	Love Saw It Karyn White	-	-	R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B	-	First published: February 1989 Guest singing: Babyface Authors: Babyface, LA Reid, Daryl Simmons
	Secret Rendezvous Karyn White	UK22 (12 weeks) UK	US6 (21 weeks) US	R&B4 (15 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: May 1989 Authors: Babyface, LA Reid, Daryl Simmons
	Slow Down Karyn White	-	-	R&B36 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1989 Authors: Karyn White, Steve Harvey, Daryl Simmons
	Not Thru Being with You Michael Jeffries	UK99 (1 week) UK	-	R&B32 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First release: November 1989 Michael Jeffries feat. Karyn White
1991	Romantic ritual of love	UK23 (5 weeks) UK	US1 (20 weeks) US	R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B	Dance6 (10 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1991 Authors: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
	The Way I Feel About You Ritual of Love	UK65 (2 weeks) UK	US12 (20 weeks) US	R&B5 (19 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1991 Authors: Bruce Sterling, Christopher Troy, Karyn White, Zack Harmon
1992	Walkin 'the Dog Ritual of Love	-	-	R&B34 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1992 Authors: Karyn White, Phillip L. Stewart, Terry Lewis, Tony Haynes
	Do unto Me Ritual of Love	-	-	R&B24 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1992 Authors: Karyn White, Christopher Troy, Zack Harmon, Tony Haynes
1994	Hungah Make Him Do Right	UK69 (2 weeks) UK	US78 (7 weeks) US	R&B18 (20 weeks) R&B	Dance10 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1994 Author: Daryl Simmons
	Can I Stay with You Make Him Do Right	-	US81 (5 weeks) US	R&B10 (22 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1994 Author: Babyface
1995	I'd Rather Be Alone Make Him Do Right	-	-	R&B50 (20 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1995 Authors: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Garry Johnson, Karyn White
2002	Super Woman Pop + Underground	-	-	-	Dance6 (15 weeks) Dance	First publication: September 2002 GTS feat. Karyn White Remixes: Ralphi Rosario, That Kid Chris

More singles

• 1986: Back in Love (Jeff Lorber feat. Michael Jeffries and Karyn White; release: March)
• 1988: We Never Called It Love (Pauli Carman with Karyn White; release: March)
• 1988: Love on the Line ( Dubplate without label)
• 1998: Last Christmas (including sample by George Michael )

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: UK1 UK2 US
2. ↑ ^{a b} Gold / Platinum databases: UK US
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Karyn White at Allmusic (English)
• Karyn White at Discogs (English)
• Karyn White at 45cat.com
• Karyn White in the Internet Movie Database (English)