Keyshia Cole
Keyshia Myeshia Cole (née Johnson; born October 15, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress. Born and raised in Oakland, California, she emerged in the mid-2000s as a prominent figure in contemporary R&B, known for her emotionally direct vocal style and autobiographical songwriting, with critics often dubbing her the "Princess of Hip-Hop Soul".
Cole began pursuing music professionally in the early 2000s after relocating to Los Angeles, working with Bay Area artists and producers before signing with A&M Records. Her debut studio album, The Way It Is (2005), marked her commercial breakthrough, debuting within the top ten of the US Billboard 200, earning platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and producing several acclaimed singles, including the top-20 hit "Love". The album's success led to the BET reality television series Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is, which further increased her public profile by chronicling her personal life and career.
Her second album, Just like You (2007), represented the commercial peak of her career. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, sold over one million copies in the United States, and generated three non-consecutive number-one singles on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart: "Let It Go", "I Remember", and "Heaven Sent". Cole sustained this success with subsequent albums—including A Different Me (2008), Calling All Hearts (2010), Woman to Woman (2012), and Point of No Return (2014)—all of which debuted within the top ten of the US Billboard 200.
Alongside her recording career, Cole has maintained a long-running presence in television. She starred in multiple BET reality series, including Keyshia & Daniel: Family First and Keyshia Cole: All In, and joined the main cast of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood during its fourth season in 2017. That same year, she released her seventh studio album, 11:11 Reset, via Epic Records. In the 2020s, Cole expanded her activities to include hosting the Fox Soul–syndicated talk show One on One with Keyshia Cole, launching her independent imprint Hearts and Stars in partnership with BMG, competing on The Masked Singer, and executive-producing and starring in the Lifetime biographical film Keyshia Cole: This Is My Story (2023).
Thank God
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11:11 Reset
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Woman To Woman
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A Different Me
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Just Like You
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Press Play
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The Way It Is
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