Keith Sweat Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1988, he was nominated for an American Music Award for the first time for his album "Make It Last Forever․"
• Won Favorite Male Artist in the Soul and Rhythm & Blues category at the American Music Awards in 1996
• Earned his degree in communications from City College of New York
• Worked at Macy's as a clerk and in the commodities market at the New York Stock Exchange before beginning his career as a musician
• Performed with the Harlem-based band Jamilah in 1975 before branching out as a solo artist
• Quote: "My strategy is to give people just enough of me, then pull back, so they'll want to see me when I come back․"
• Quote: "When you're in a relationship and it's good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete․"
• Recorded the multi-platinum R&B albums "Make It Last Forever," "I'll Give All My Love to You" and "Keith Sweat․"
• Was one of the major figures in New Jack Swing era in the late 1980s and early 1990s, releasing music that combined hip hop, contemporary soul, high-tech funk and rap
• Started broadcasting a syndicated radio show that plays music from the 1970s on called "The Sweat Hotel" in 2007