Karyn White (album)

1988 studio album by Karyn White

Karyn White is the debut album by American R&B singer Karyn White. The album was released on September 6, 1988, by Warner Bros., and went to No. 1 on the R&B albums chart for seven weeks the following year. The album was certified Platinum^[2] by the RIAA on April 4, 1989. It gave her four hits, "The Way You Love Me", "Superwoman", "Love Saw It" and "Secret Rendezvous". The former three were No. 1 singles on the R&B chart, and all except "Love Saw It" were Top-10 successes on the Hot 100 ("Love Saw It" never appeared on the pop chart). A re-issue in late 1989 of "Secret Rendezvous" in the UK reached No. 22, as opposed to the original top 50 placing. "Superwoman" became her biggest hit there, reaching No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart.

White co-wrote two songs on the album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons except where noted

Personnel

• Karyn White – lead and backing vocals
• Babyface – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, backing and duet vocals
• O'Bryan Burnette, Carmen Carter, Shaun Earl, Kim Eurisa, Niki Haris, Bunny Hull, Debra Hurd, Sharon Robinson, Evan Rogers – backing vocals
• Steve Harvey, Jeff Lorber, Ian Prince – keyboards, programming
• Donald Griffin, Dann Huff – guitars
• Kayo – synthesized and electric bass, synth guitar
• Gary Meek – sax
• Daryl Simmons – drums, percussion, timbales

Charts

Certifications

See also

• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1989

References

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7. "Top 100 Albums of 1989". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
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10. "British album certifications – Karyn White – Karyn White". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
11. "American album certifications – Karyn White – Karyn White". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 30, 2023.