Karyn White
Karyn White
Karyn White (born October 14, 1965) is a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, California. On her 1988 self-titled debut album, she worked with the super-producer duo of L.A. Reid and Babyface, who wrote and produced the album’s four #1 singles: “The Way You Love Me,”, “Superwoman”, and the Babyface duet “Love Saw It” all hit #1 on the R&B singles chart along with “Secret Rendezvous” which hit #1 on the U.S. Dance singles chart. She won a Billboard Music Award in 1989 for “Superwoman” being the Number One R&B Single of the Year and she was nominated for a Grammy in 1989 in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category for “The Way You Love Me.” The album reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and is certified platinum.
Her sophomore album Ritual of Love saw her team up with another legendary production duo, working with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, who produced her most successful single, “Romantic,” which reached #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts. This album was released in 1991 and is certified gold. She released her third album Make Him Do Right in 1994. She married producer Terry Lewis in 1992 but they divorced in 1999, the same year she left her record label Warner Bros in order to go take care of her family. In 2012, she independently released Carpe Diem, her first album in almost 20 years.