''Karyn White'' is the debut album by American R&B singer

Karyn White Karyn Layvonne White (born October 14, 1965) is an American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is known for several hit singles including "Superwoman" (1988), " Secret Rendezvous" (1989), " The Way You Love Me" (19 ...

. The album was released on September 6, 1988, by

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, and went to #1 on the R&B albums chart for seven weeks the following year. The album was certified

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by the

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on April 4, 1989. It gave her four hits, " The Way You Love Me", "

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", "Love Saw It" and " Secret Rendezvous". The former three were #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 at all). A re-issue in late 1989 of "Secret Rendezvous" in the UK reached #22, as opposed to the original top 50 placing. "Superwoman" became her biggest hit there, reaching #11 in the

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. 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,

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, Bunny Hull, Debra Hurd, Sharon Robinson,

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– backing vocals *Steve Harvey, Jeff Lorber, Ian Prince – keyboards, programming *Donald Griffin,

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– guitars * Kayo – synthesized and electric bass, synth guitar *

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– sax *

Daryl Simmons Daryl L. Simmons is an American R&B musician, songwriter and record producer, who worked with the production duo of L.A. Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. In 1977–1980 Daryl, with Manchild (band) recorded 2 soul & funk albums & the minor h ...

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

1988 debut albums Karyn White albums Albums produced by L.A. Reid Albums produced by Babyface (musician) Warner Records albums {{1980s-R&B-album-stub