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Joe Thomas or Joe is a popular United States r&b; singer and producer.
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Joe Thomas was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of two preachers. The Thomas family moved to Opelika, Alabama when he was two and he grew up as an active member of the church including singing in the choir, playing guitar and eventually directing the choir.
In the late 1980s, he started playing in local bands in Alabama after his graduation to high school. He travelled to New York, New York to pursue a musical career. While working in a gospel music store and singing in the church, Joe met producer Vincent Herbert and recorded a three track demo tape.
Having signed with Polygram Records, Joe released his debut album Everything in 1993. Everything performed creditably for a debut album reaching a peak of #105 on the Billboard 200 album charts and #16 on the Billboard r&b/hip hop charts. It spawned a number of hit singles including:
Joe signed to Jive Zomba and RCA Records for his 1997 album All That I Am. This proved to be his breakthrough album reaching #13 on the Billboard 200 album charts and number 4 on the r&b charts. The hit singles from this album included:
Early Career
Joe also had a track on the soundtrack to Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood.
Joe also sand on the Fat Joe hit remix ''Still Not a Player released shortly after.
"Don't Wanna Be a Player" also featured on the Booty Call soundtrack helping its success. All That I Am eventually went plantinum in the US. Joe remixed a duet by Barry White and Tina Turner called "Never in your Dreams" and wrote and produced debut albums by Ideal and Deja Groove in the late 1990s.
Joe appeared on the track "Thank God I Found You" with Mariah Carey which appeared on her Rainbow album. This song was released as the second single and achieved top 20 status. This track also became a hit internationally, helping to raise Joe's profile in other parts of the world.
Joe released his fourth album My Name is Joe in 2000 which, as of 2004, has been his most successful reaching the top of the r&b album charts and #2 on the Billboard 200 while eventually selling three million albums. This album was also his first album to make an impression outside the US. It featured a number of hit singles including:
My Name Is Joe - 2000 onwards
The Better Days album was released in 2001, reaching #32 on the Billboard 200 and #4 on the r&b chart. It featured a couple of hit singles in:
Joe recruited high profile guests for the And Then ... album released in late 2003. R. Kelly features on the track "More and More" while G-Unit features on "Ride Wit U". Joe has returned the favour to the G-Unit by appearing on their first album. As of July 2004, singles from the And Then ... album include:
- "More and More" reached #15 on the US r&b charts, top 20 on the world r&b charts and #48 of the Billboard Hot 100;
- "Ride Wit You" reached #22 on the r&b charts and #56 on the Hot 100;
- a double a/sided single "More and More" and "Ride Wit You" has made the Australian top 40 in July 2004; and
- "Priceless" has reached #72 on the r&b charts.
Discography
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Joe Thomas is also the name of a prominent middleweight boxer in the early twentieth century. He was considered by many as the unofficial middleweight champion of the world before two losses to Stanley Ketchel.
Joe Thomas is also a rock producer. He produced Brian Wilson's Imagination album in 1998 cowriting the first single "Your Imagination".
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