Brian McKnight

Brian McKnight: Biography in Details

Who is Brian McKnight?

Brian McKnight is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and musician.

As of November 1, 2019, his song Neva Get Enuf Of U, was released on his own youtube channel.

Brian McKnight: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Brian McKnight was born on June 5, 1969, in Buffalo, New York, the U.S., to Claude McKnight Sr., and Elaine McKnight. He is 52 years old.

He has two brothers, Claude V. McKnight III and Michael McKnight.

His grandfather was a priest of the church and his mother used to play piano and sang a song in Buffalo’s Emanuel Temple.

Education

Brian McKnight graduated from Maynard Evans High School, Orlando, FL, United States.

Brian McKnight: Professional life, Career

Early career

At an early age, Brian McKnight starts singing when he became a member of his church choir.

His career began in 1990 when his band, Take 6, signed a contract with Warner Brothers.

Mercury Records

He also signed a deal with Mercury Record and Wing Record for the record of his solo tracks.

In 1992, the first self-titled album was released. It reached the fifty-eight position on the Billboard 200 chart.

Furthermore, he released two more albums from Mercury in 1995, I Remember You, and 1997, Anytime.

His album Anytime sold over two million copies and was nominated for a Grammy award.

Motown Records

In 1998, Brian McKnight signed with Motown Records. His first released album from Motown Records is Bethlehem, which is not much successful and his second released album is Back at One.

His second album sold over three million copies and also was the album that reached the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Warner Bros Records, Television, Radio

In 2005, McKnight signed a contract with Warner Bros Records. As of December 2006, he released his eighth studio album, Ten.

In 2006, he provided a soundtrack for the movie called Used to Be My Girl and What’s My Name.

McKnight hosts a radio show, The Brian Mcknight Morning Show from 2006 to 2010.

From Sep 2009 to May 2010, he hosted The McKnight Show which is a late-night talk show.

On August 25, 2017,  Brian McKnight released the album Genesis and later in January 2018, Brian was nominated for the two NAACP Image Awards.

In 2018, Brian McKnight announced that his album titled, Bedtime Story will be released.

Is Brian McKnight involved in any rumors and controversies?

His religious fans were upset because of McKnight’s X-rated song titled ‘If You’re Ready to Learn’.

On Twitter, one of his fans asked him whether he is really raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church or not.

Brian McKnight replied that Religion was made by man. Later, he had to remove this music video from YouTube.

Interesting Facts

• Brian McKnight can rap and is good at his strong frequency range vocal style.
• His birth sign is Gemini.
• He loves to play guitar.
• He is a good friend of Steve Harvey.

Brian McKnight: Net worth, Salary

Brian McKnight has a net worth of approximately $10 million US as of 2022.

The Musician’s average salary is around $ 44k US.

Songwriters registered with Broadcast Music, Inc, receive royalty payments. The payment should be considered as 200 percent in total.

Then 100 percent share is received by the writer and another 100 percent is received by the publisher.

The songwriter’s average salary is around $43 k the US a year and the music producer’s average salary is $ 89k US.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Brian McKnight has a clean-shaved head and dark brown eyes. His height is 6 feet 3 inches and his weight is 95 kg.

His other body measurements are not available at the moment.

Social media

Brian McKnight has an Instagram with 264k followers on it. He has posted more than 1.3 k posts on his Instagram wall.

He has 121k followers on Twitter and joined Twitter in January 2009.

Brian is more active on Facebook as he has 1.4 million followers on his Facebook page.

Brian McKnight also has a self-titled YouTube channel with 567 k Subscribers. He joined YouTube on May 23, 2011, and has over 252 m views in total.

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