KEM is an internationally renowned R&B singer and songwriter with accolades including a Platinum-selling album (KEM: Album II), two Gold-selling albums (Kemistry and Intimacy), three GRAMMY Award® nominations, and five No. 1 hit singles (“Love Calls,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Why Would You Stay,” “It’s You,” and “Nobody”).

Motown Records signed KEM to a five-record deal in November 2001 and re-released his debut album, Kemistry, on the label in 2002. His second release, KEM: Album II, debuted as certified Gold with 500,000 in sales and was certified Platinum in 2014. His No. 1 single “I Can’t Stop Loving You” was Billboard’s Top Adult R&B Single of the Year. The album’s second single, “Find Your Way (Back In My Life),” peaked at No. 3 on the Urban Adult Contemporary (UAC) Charts.

KEM’s popularity soared as his third project, Intimacy, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart in August 2010 and hit No. 1 on the iTunes Top R&B Albums Chart. The first single, “Why Would You Stay,” spent seven weeks at No. 1 on UAC Radio charts, and the album’s second, third, and fourth singles, “Share My Life,” “If It’s Love” and “You’re On My Mind,” climbed into the chart’s top five.

KEM’s fourth studio album, Promise to Love, was released in August 2014, debuting at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart and at No. 1 on the R&B Albums Chart. Promise to Love produced two No. 1 hit singles (“It’s You” and “Nobody”), marking the first time KEM had two No. 1 songs from the same album. KEM received his third career GRAMMY Award® nomination for “Nobody,” which topped the chart for a total of 10 weeks. The album also includes guest appearances from Snoop Dogg on “Downtown” and Ronald Isley on “My Favorite Thing.”

The Platinum-selling and three-time GRAMMY Award®-nominated artist was crowned as the Mediabase 2015 Urban Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year. Mediabase also named KEM’s hit single, “Nobody,” as the 2015 Urban Adult Contemporary Song of the Year. KEM also served as a Board Trustee for the Chicago GRAMMY® Chapter (2016-18).

KEM is also the founder of Mack & Third, Inc., a Michigan-based nonprofit organization whose mission is built on the premise that no basic human need should go unmet due to lack of funding. Mack & Third provides funding to humanitarian aid organizations related to homelessness, hunger, substance abuse, domestic violence, natural disasters, and education.