Platnium-selling R&B and neo-soul artist Kim Owens, better known as KEM was born on July 23, 1969, in Nashville, Tennessee, but moved to Detroit when he was young.
KEM didn’t always have it easy, dropping out of high school in the 80s, was homeless, addicted to drugs and alcohol from over 10 years and didn’t get help until he was 23 at a Salvation Army shelter in Detroit.
At 34, KEM self-released his first album “Kemistry,” where he then was signed by Motown Records.
He has released seven albums and an EP over his 20-plus-year career.
He has been nominated for three Grammys and two Billboard awards, winning one in 2005 for Top Adult R&B Single of the Year for his single “I Can’t Stop Loving You.”
Albums
Kemistry – 2001 (Rereleased 2003)
Album II – 2005
Intimacy: Album III – 2010
What Christmas Means – 2012
Promise to Love – 2014
Love Always Wins – 2020
Full Circle EP – 2022
Anniversary – The Live Album – 2023