In New Jersey, while working at a gospel record store and continuing his music education through a local church, he met producer Vincent Herbert and recorded a three-song demo tape. Career 1990s Īfter his graduation from Opelika High School, Joe continued to sing and write music while working at occasional temporary jobs. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia during his formative years and graduated from Tri-Cities High School in 1990. Joe was born July 5, 1973, in Columbus, Georgia and was the child of evangelist preachers.

An ASCAP Award recipient for his song 'I Wanna Know', Joe is a seven-time Grammy Award nominee and has been nominated for numerous other awards and accolades, including a BET Award, a NAACP Image Award, and four Soul Train Music Awards. In 2010, Billboard listed Joe at 48th on its list of the Top 50 R&B and Hip Hop Artists of the past 25 years.

In 2016, his twelfth album My Name Is Joe Thomas became his eleventh album to score a top five-placing on Billboard 's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while lead single ' So I Can Have You Back' became his fourth number-one hit on the Adult R&B Songs chart over the span of three consecutive decades (1990s, 2000s, and 2010s). Since his departure from Jive, Joe has released most of his projects independently through ventures with Kedar Massenburg and Plaid Takeover Entertainment. Several songs from these albums became hit singles on the pop and R&B record charts, including the number-one hit ' Stutter', the top ten entries ' All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)', ' Don't Wanna Be a Player', and ' I Wanna Know' as well as his collaborations 'Faded Pictures', ' Thank God I Found You' and ' Still Not a Player'. He followed it with a series of successful albums under Jive Records, including All That I Am (1997), the international bestseller My Name Is Joe (2000) as well as the multi-certified albums Better Days (2001) and And Then. He rose to prominence after releasing his debut album Everything the following year. Born and raised in Columbus, Georgia, he later relocated to Atlanta, Georgia and he signed a record deal with Polygram Records in 1992. Joseph Lewis Thomas (born July 5, 1973), known mononymously as Joe, is an American R&B singer.

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