Keith Sweat was born on July 22,1961 and is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and an early figure in the new jack swing musical movement.
18 Facts About Keith Sweat
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Keith Sweat has released 13 solo albums and discovered the groups Silk and Kut Klose.
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Keith Sweat was born in Harlem, New York City, to Juanita Thompson, a hairdresser, and Charles Sweat, a factory worker.
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Keith Sweat worked as a night stock boy at Macy's Department Store, and then a mail room clerk at Paine Webber, a brokerage firm.
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Keith Sweat worked as a supervisor for the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Keith Sweat started his musical career as a member of a Harlem band called Jamilah in 1975.
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Later in 1987, Keith Sweat was discovered by Vincent Davis and offered a recording contract with his label, Vintertainment Records, which was founded in 1983 on the foundations of early Hip-Hop and otherwise best known for releasing Joeski Love's "Pee Wee's Dance" in 1985.
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On November 24,1987, Keith Sweat released his debut solo studio album Make It Last Forever, which sold three million copies.
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Keith Sweat reached the charts again with his second album I'll Give All My Love to You which hit No 6 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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Keith Sweat released his third album, Keep It Comin' in 1991, which debuted in the Top 20 of the album chart.
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In 1992, Keith Sweat discovered the group Silk, and helped craft their debut album, Lose Control, which hit No 7 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
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Keith Sweat released his fourth album Get Up on It in the summer of 1994, and his self-titled fifth album in 1996.
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Keith Sweat is currently signed to Kedar Records and released his tenth studio album entitled Ridin' Solo on June 22,2010.
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Since 2007, Keith Sweat has been the host of a nationally syndicated radio program based upon the Quiet storm format.
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The Keith Sweat Hotel is syndicated through Premiere Radio Networks.
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Keith Sweat is the host of a nationally syndicated radio show called The Keith Sweat Hotel, which I s produced and distributed to urban adult contemporary and classic soul radio stations across the US by Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, Inc.
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From 1992 until 2002, Keith Sweat was married to The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Lisa Wu Hartwell.
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Keith Sweat has three daughters, one with Tracy J Keith Sweat has a son named Joshua.