Kimberly Michelle Pate (born March 4, 1982) is an American Country, R&B singer, and television personality. She was a regular cast member on the

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reality television series '' Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta'' during its first two seasons, later returning to the show during its fifth season. She subsequently signed with

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. Her debut studio album, ''

Rebellious Soul ''Rebellious Soul'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter K. Michelle. The album was released on August 13, 2013, by Atlantic Records. Its songs were mostly co-written and co-composed by Michelle and Bianca Atterberry. Other art ...

'', debuted at number two on the US

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, and number one on the US

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charts. Her second studio album ''

Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter K. Michelle. It was released on December 9, 2014, by Atlantic Records. Background Following the release of her debut album ''Rebellious Soul'' (2013) and her ...

'' was released in 2014, debuting at number six on the US Billboard 200 and number one on th
US Top R&B Albums
chart selling 87,000 copies in its first week. It spawned three singles, the Platinum selling "

Love 'Em All "Love 'Em All" is a song recorded by American singer K. Michelle from the second studio album '' Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' (2014). It was released as the lead single from the record on September 16, 2014, through Atlantic. "Love 'Em All" was w ...

", Gold selling "

Maybe I Should Call "Maybe I Should Call" is a song by American R&B singer K. Michelle released on November 4, 2014. It was the second single from the singer's second album, '' Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?''. Background The song's lyrics talk about Michelle's past rel ...

" and Gold selling "

Hard to Do "Hard to Do" is a song by American singer K. Michelle from her second studio album '' Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' (2014). The song was released in 2015 as the fourth single from the album. It was written by K. Michelle, Bianca Atterberry, Maur ...

". In 2016, Michelle's third studio album, ''

More Issues Than Vogue ''More Issues Than Vogue'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter K. Michelle. It was released on March 25, 2016, by Atlantic Records. The album was preceded by the release of the singles " Not a Little Bit" and " Ain't You". '' ...

'', was released to positive reviews. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and number one on th
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
chart. Singles from the album included "

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" and "

Ain't You "Ain't You" is a song by American R&B singer K. Michelle. It was released on February 12, 2016, as the second single from her third studio album, ''More Issues Than Vogue'' (2016). Critical reception The song received positive reviews from music ...

". Her fourth album, '' Kimberly: The People I Used to Know'', was released in 2017, and debuted at the top ten of the ''

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''s

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chart. Her fifth studio album, ''

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'', was released in 2020. The album was preceded by two singles, "Supahood" and " The Rain". Michelle has also starred in reality series '' Love & Hip Hop: New York'', '' K. Michelle: My Life'' and '' Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood'' (under the name Kimberly), as well as in her own special, ''The Rebellious Soul Musical'', directed by

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winner

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. Throughout her career, she has received four

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nominations. She won a

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and an

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in 2013 and 2014. She was also honored with an ASCAP Women Behind the Music award in 2015.

Early life

Kimberly Michelle Pate was born on March 4, 1982, in

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. As a child, Michelle learned to play piano and guitar, and took voice lessons from Bob Westbrook, who also trained pop singers

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and

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. She graduated from Overton High School in Memphis in 2000. She earned a music scholarship to

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(FAMU) by yodeling at her audition. She was crowned the Freshman Attendant of the Homecoming Court at the age of 18. She is a member of

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sorority, pledging Beta Alpha chapter Fall of 2001. She reports that she stopped attending classes for a short time to have a son born in September 2004, then returned to finish college. She graduated from FAMU with honors and was accepted into several

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but did not attend, opting to pursue music full-time. Michelle's age was reported in her college yearbook as 18 in late 2000, which would put her birth year at 1982. Her age was reported as 31 in 2015 by ''The Source'' magazine, which would put her birth year at 1984.

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's biography of her initially gave a birth year of 1986, then in 2022 reported only "1980s", but in 2023 the year was changed to 1982. Michelle gave 1986 in a 2013 interview. The editor of "GossipWeLove.com" commented on the discrepancies in reported birth year, registering disbelief that Michelle could have entered college, and won her class's prom beauty contest, at age 14. Michelle formed a college friendship with ''

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'' actress Royce Reed who was born in 1981.

Career

2009–2011: Beginnings

In 2009, Michelle signed a deal with

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and released her first R&B-charting single, " Fakin' It", featuring

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. The song peaked at number 100 on the U.S.

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. During 2010, Michelle released three follow-up singles, " Fallin'", " I Just Can't Do This" and "How Many Times", which charted at numbers 56, 53, and 53 respectively on the U.S.

chart. At the time, Michelle was in the process of recording her debut album, originally titled ''Pain Medicine'', which was slated to have features from artists such as

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, Usher, and

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, who she would credit as her mentor during this period. However, her album was scrapped when

folded in 2011.

2012–2014: ''Love & Hip Hop'', ''Rebellious Soul'', ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?''

In 2012, Michelle joined the cast of

's docu-

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'' Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta''. The first season chronicles her return to the music industry after several personal struggles, including an

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with a music executive. K was dubbed the show's

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, signing a multi-album record deal with

shortly after filming. She returned to the show for a

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season, which chronicled the recording of her debut studio album, ''

''. On May 20, 2013, she released the album's lead single, titled " V.S.O.P". The track was produced by Pop & Oak, and samples "Very Special", performed by

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, as well as "That's How Long" performed by

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. "V.S.O.P." reached at number 89 on the US Hot 100 Singles and number 27 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. Its music video, directed by

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, was released on June 29, 2013. ''Rebellious Soul'' was released on August 13, 2013, debuting at number 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and number one on the U.S.

charts, with first-week sales of 72,000 copies in the United States. As of December 2014, ''Rebellious Soul'' has sold over 260,000 copies. On November 4, 2013, K. Michelle headlined her first tour, ''The Rebellious Soul Tour'', presented by BET Music Matters. The 19 city tour kicked off in San Francisco and ended December 3, 2013 in Boston. It included stops in Los Angeles,

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, Chicago, and

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. Opening acts featured Chris Brown protégé

Sevyn Streeter Amber Denise "Sevyn" Streeter (born July 7, 1986)

and

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. On January 14, 2014, the album's second single " Can't Raise a Man" was released, which peaked at number 94 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 23 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. During ''Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta''s reunion special, K. Michelle announced that she was leaving the show to join the cast of '' Love & Hip Hop: New York'' in season four. During this time, Michelle joined

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on the North American leg of his Blurred Lines Tour, which began on February 21, 2014, in

, Georgia. On February 14, 2014, she released a mixtape project titled ''Still No Fucks Given''. K's purpose on ''Love & Hop: New York'' was mainly served to set up her own spin-off series, '' K. Michelle: My Life'', which premiered November 3, 2014. On September 16, 2014, Michelle released "

" on iTunes as the first single from her second album ''

''. Kevin, editor-in-chief of Spin Media website ''Direct Lyrics'', described "Love 'Em All" as a "powerful and gritty" song and a "heartbreaker anthem". On November 17, 2014, Michelle released "How Do You Know?" as her third single from ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'', which shot to number one on the

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R&B chart. Michelle announced that she would go on a joint tour with

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beginning in January 2015. ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' was released through Atlantic Records on December 9, 2014. The album debuted at number four on the

chart, number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop chart and number one on the R&B chart, selling 87,000 copies in the first week of its release. Although ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' charted lower than ''

'', it topped ''Rebellious Souls first-week sales. In its second week, the album sold 30,000 copies, bringing its sales to around 120,000 copies. As of June 2015, ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' has sold over 230,000 copies. ''Rebellious Soul'' and ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' have sold 500,000 copies worldwide.

2015–2017: ''More Issues Than Vogue'', ''Kimberly: The People I Used to Know''

On January 21, 2016, K. Michelle released the single "Not a Little Bit" from her third studio album ''

''. From February 11, 2016, Michelle released several promo singles from the album, including "Ain't You", "Mindful" and "Time". On February 12, 2016, ''

'' was made available for pre-order before its official release on March 25, 2016. After making guest appearances in seasons

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and four of ''Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta'', K. Michelle would rejoin the main cast in season

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, which chronicled her return to Atlanta and the release of her third album, ''

''. Michelle toured for a month from July 14, 2016, to August 14, 2016 for her ''Hello Kimberly Tour''. On September 30, 2016, Michelle released "Forward", from the soundtrack to the film "

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". On February 3, 2017, Michelle released the single "Got Me Crazy", alongside DJ Feezy, Rick Ross and Fabolous. On February 6, 2017, '' K. Michelle: My Life'' ended after three seasons. On September 8, 2017, Michelle released two singles from her fourth album '' Kimberly: The People I Used to Know'', "Birthday" and " Either Way", featuring

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. On December 7, 2017, Michelle released '' Kimberly: The People I Used to Know'', which would be her final album with

2018–2023: ''All Monsters Are Human'' and ''I'm the Problem''

In 2018, K. Michelle joined the cast of '' Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood'' in season five, making her the only person in the franchise's history to appear in three incarnations of ''Love & Hip Hop'' as a main cast member. Michelle announced that her next project will be titled ''FAB'', an

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for "''Fuck All U Bitches''". On November 19, 2018, Michelle released the song "Save Me". It was later announced that she had signed a new record deal with

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. In 2019, K. Michelle also appeared in the ''Love & Hip Hop''

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specials ''Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified'' (where she won the ''Clapback Queens'' category) and ''40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments: The Reboot''. In November 2019, during one of her O.S.D. Tour stops, Michelle announced the title of her fifth album, ''All Monsters Are Human'', set to be released in January 2020. On January 1, 2020, Michelle released her sixth mixtape ''Not 1 Fuck Given'' (which also marks her third body of work from her ''0 Fucks Given'' series). On the same day, she shared a lengthy message to her supporters on

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where she called her fifth album a "masterpiece." She wrote, "Where do I begin? Well first I just want to say thank you for loving on me. The last two years have been a real journey and growing experience for me. I literally was fighting for my life. I know I've had you guys waiting for my album so I wanted to give you something to vibe to until then. You know for years now we've had fun together remixing my favorite songs." On January 10, she revealed cover art and tracklist for ''All Monsters Are Human'' and made the album available for pre-order on digital retailers

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and

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. ''

'' was released to positive critical reviews on January 31, 2020, along with a music video for one of the songs from the album, "Just Like Jay". The album debuted and peaked at number 51 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with first week sales of 8,200 copies. In 2022, K. Michelle announced her sixth studio album, '' I'm the Problem'', would be her final R&B album. The album was released on September 22, 2023, through MNRK. Its lead single, "

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", was released on February 11, 2022, and reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Adult R&B Songs chart.

2023–present: Move to country music

K. Michelle, who has long expressed her desire to record a

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album, began teasing the project which expected to drop after her final R&B album, ''I'm the Problem''. She released a country song titled "Tennessee" as a bonus track on the album, debuting it under her

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, Puddin'. She also featured on the track "Country Love Song" with Justin Champagne and appeared on

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tribute album, ''A Tribute to the Judds'', which was released on October 27, 2023, on a cover of "

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" alongside Jelly Roll and

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. K. Michelle and Jelly Roll performed the song together on the

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on November 8, 2023. It was announced on July 29, 2024, that K. Michelle had signed a recording contract with

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and BMG Nashville, to release her debut country record. K. Michelle, who had initially wanted to be a country music singer before beginning her R&B career, moved to Nashville and became "fully engulfed" in the process, making connections with creatives, playing with musicians, and recording in her in-home studio. She performed in June 2024 at CMA Fest for the second time in her career, and is finalizing her first headlining tour as a country act.

Discography

;Studio albums * ''

'' (2013) * ''

'' (2014) * ''

'' (2016) * '' Kimberly: The People I Used to Know'' (2017) * ''

'' (2020) * '' I'm the Problem'' (2023)

Tours

Headlining * Rebellious Soul Tour (2013) * My Twisted Mind Tour (2015) * Hello Kimberly Tour (2016) * The People I Used to Know Tour (2018) * O.S.D. Tour (2019) * I'm the Problem Tour (2023) Supporting * Ladies Make Some Noise Tour (supporting

) (2009) * Blurred Lines Tour (supporting

) (2014)

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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