Babyface
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kenneth Edmonds, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Y Corp, Face, Kenny Edmonds, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Babyface
- Babyface The Day
- The Songs Of Babyface
- Tender Lover
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1959-04-10
Discography
- Lovers1986
- It's No Crime1989
- Tender Lover1989
- My Kinda Girl1990
- A Closer Look1991
- Give U My Heart1992
- Never Keeping Secrets1993
- For the Cool in You1993
- For The Cool In You1993
- The Day1996
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 584,136
- Total plays
- 5,414,834
Tags
Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1959), known professionally as Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written and produced 26 number-one R&B hit songs and has won 13 Grammy Awards. NME ranked him number 20 on its list 50 of the Greatest Producers Ever. Edmonds was born on April 10, 1959, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Marvin Dallas and Barbara Jean (née O'Bannon) Edmonds. He is the fifth of six brothers, including Melvin and Kevon Edmonds, who later became
Key facts
- Born
- Kenneth Brian Edmonds , ( 1959-04-10 ) April 10, 1959 (age 67) , Indianapolis, Indiana , U.S.
- Other names
- Face Y Corp
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter record producer record executive
- Years active
- 1974–present
- Television
- College Hill , Soul Food
- Spouses
- Tracey Edmonds ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2005 ) Nicole Pantenburg ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2021 )
- Relatives
- Kevon Edmonds (brother) Melvin Edmonds (brother)
- Genres
- R&B soul new jack swing
- Labels
- Chi Sound LaFace SOLAR Epic Arista Mercury Motown Def Jam Capitol Soda Pop
- Formerly of
- The Deele Milestone Manchild
- Website
- babyfacemusic .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kenneth
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Indianapolis
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.babyfacemusic.com
- Image
- KennethBabyfaceEdmondsHWOFMay2013.jpg
- Voice type
- countertenor
Show 14 more facts
- date of birth
- 1959-04-10
- topic's main category
- Category:Babyface (musician)
- location of formation
- Indianapolis
- Commons category
- Babyface (musician)
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- medical condition
- COVID-19
- pseudonym
- Babyface
- social media followers
- 136483
- different from
- Babyface
- birth name
- Kenneth Brian Edmonds
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- name in native language
- Kenny Edmonds
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- African Americans
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Babyface, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1959), better known by his stage name Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written and produced 26 number-one R&B hit songs and won 13 Grammy Awards. He was ranked number 20 on NME's 50 of The Greatest Producers Ever list.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Babyface” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.