Karyn White is the debut album by American 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 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
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
Weekly charts +Chart performance for Karyn White Chart (1988–1989) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 130Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 20European Albums (Music & Media) 84
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Karyn White Chart (1989) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 80UK Albums (OCC) 95 US Billboard 200 30 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 4
Certifications
See also List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1989
References