Miki Howard

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Miki Howard (born Alicia Michelle Howard in Chicago, Illinois) is an African-American singer and actress who had a string of top ten hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The daughter of gospel singer Josephine Howard of the legendary group The Caravans, Miki was discovered by R & B group Side Effect at age 16. About 1985 Miki decided she was ready to embark on a more meaningful career. A demo in the right hands landed a recording contract at Atlantic Records. Her first hit for Atlantic was the Billboard R&B top ten single "Come Share My Love". She followed that with a remake of Glenn Miller's 1940 tune "Imagination". Her success continued with two more top ten singles, "Baby Be Mine" and "That's What Love Is". The latter was a duet with hit-making R&B crooner Gerald Levert, and was the result of the creative union Howard formed with Levert. The pair later became romantically involved, and that romance spawned one of Howard's biggest hits, "Love Under New Management". The song was written during their brief love affair, but was released after their romance had dissolved.

In 1993 Howard portrayed Billie Holiday in Spike Lee's Malcolm X , followed by a featured role in John Singleton's Poetic Justice with pop icon Janet Jackson.

Singles

Year	Title	Album	US	UK
1986	"Come Share My Love"	Come Share My Love	5	-
1987	"Imagination"	Come Share My Love	13	-
1987	"Come Back to Me Lover"	Come Share My Love	33	-
1987	"Baby Be Mine"	Love Confessions	5	-
1988	"That's What Love Is" (Feat. Gerald Levert)	Love Confessions	4	-
1988	"Crazy"	Love Confessions	38	-
1989	"Ain't Nuthin' In The World"	Miki Howard	1	-
1990	"Love Under New Management"	Miki Howard	2	-
1990	"Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)"	Miki Howard	3	67
1990	"Come Home To Me"	Miki Howard	53	-
1992	"Ain't Nobody Like You"	Femme Fatale	1	-
1992	"Release Me"	Femme Fatale	43	-

Awards & nominations

Year	Award
1989	Soul Train Music Award Win for Best New Artist
1990	American Music Award nomination for Favorite Female Artist - Soul / Rhythm & Blues.
2002	Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album (Three Wishes)

 

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