Karyn White (album)

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^[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.

Karyn White
Studio album by Karyn White
Released	September 6, 1988
Recorded	1987–1988
Genre	R&B
Length	44:35
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Babyface L.A. Reid Jeff Lorber Karyn White Ian Prince Steve Harvey
Karyn White chronology
Karyn White (1988) Ritual of Love (1991)
Singles from Karyn White
"The Way You Love Me" Released: August 15, 1988 "Superwoman" Released: January 2, 1989 "Love Saw It" Released: February 27, 1989 "Secret Rendezvous" Released: May 14, 1989 "Slow Down" Released: August 31, 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

White co-wrote two songs on the album.

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Way You Love Me"		Babyface, Reid	4:56
2.	"Secret Rendezvous"		Babyface, Reid	5:38
3.	"Slow Down"	Steve Harvey, Simmons, White	Harvey	4:35
4.	"Superwoman"		Babyface, Reid	5:49
5.	"Family Man"		Babyface, Reid	4:07
6.	"Love Saw It" (featuring Babyface)		Babyface, Reid	5:21
7.	"Don't Mess with Me"		Babyface, Reid	4:53
8.	"Tell Me Tomorrow"	Evan Rogers, Arnie Roman, White	Jeff Lorber, White	4:54
9.	"One Wish"	Ian Prince, Jimmy Scott	Lorber, Prince	4:22
Total length:				44:35

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) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 130 UK Albums (OCC)[4] 20 US Billboard 200[5] 19 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Karyn White Chart (1989) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 80 UK Albums (OCC)[8] 95 US Billboard 200[9] 30 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] 4

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Karyn White

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[12]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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