Grammy Nominated, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist and Actress Miki Howard

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Alicia Michelle"Miki" Howard was the daughter of two well-known gospel singers. She is the offspring of Josephine Howard, of the gospel group the Caravans, and Clay Graham of the Pilgrim Jubilees. 

Miki Howard’s towering vocals are a testament to growing up in a musical household. When Howard was in her early teens, her mother moved the family to Los Angeles. Already aiming at a career in music, the 15-year-old Howard received her first break when she participated in a teen beauty contest. Augie Johnson, leader of the group Side Effect, happened to be in the audience; impressed with Howard's singing talent, Howard also joined the lineup of Side Effect in 1978 when another singer departed. She sang with Side Effect until 1982.

The one and only Miki Howard is a Grammy nominated, Soul Train Award winning and critically acclaimed Jazz and Rhythm and Blues songstress. Miki has had two #1 singles (“Ain’t Nobody Like You” and “Ain’t Nothin’ In The World”), five Top 10 singles (“Baby Be Mine, That’s What Love Is, Come Share My Love, Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)” and her signature hit “Love Under New Management”), one Top 20 single (“Imagination”) and four Top 100 singles (“Come Back Lover, Crazy, Come Home To Me” and “Release Me”) on the Billboard R&B Singles Charts. Miki has also had two Top 10 albums (“Miki Howard” and “Femme Fatale”), two Top 20 albums (“Come Share My Love” and “Love Confessions”) and three Top 100 albums (“Miki Sings Billie, Three Wishes” and “Pillow Talk”) on the Billboard R&B Album Charts so far in her career.

Miki even played the role of one of her idols, the great Billie Holiday in Spike Lee’s film “Malcolm X” alongside Denzel Washington. 

Miki has collaborated and toured with music greats like: Al Jarreau, Roy Ayers, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Jermaine Jackson, Hiroshima, Wayne Henderson, Ronnie Laws, Augie Johnson and Side Effect, Tom Browne, Chucki Booker and Norman Brown.

Miki released her latest CD, “Live In Concert” in 2015 and in 2016, her incredible career and journey was turned into a movie “Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story” for TV One debuting on June 12, 2016.  The Miki Howard Story" candidly explores the complicated history of Howard’s romantic relationship with R&B singer Gerald Levert, the tumultuous relationship with her mother, and her battles to overcome spousal abuse and drug addiction. 

  

Miki's incredible story made her episode one of the highest rated in the shows history.

Miki triumphant is a true story of a woman who refused to let anything rob her of what she felt she deserved and impair her ability to go after it. Hats off to Miki Howard!
Miki Howard is now touring the US and abroad, combining her chart topping hit songs with a mixture of Jazz, modern standards and good old blues to create a musical feast for the heart and soul.

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Albums:

Come Share My Love (Atlantic 1986)

Love Confessions (Atlantic 1987)

Miki Howard (Atlantic 1989)

Femme Fatale (Giant 1992)

Miki Sings Billie (Giant 1993)

Live Plus (Warlock 1996)

Can't Count Me Out (Hush 1997)

Three Wishes (Peak Records 2001)

The Very Best Of Miki Howard (Atlantic / Rhino 2001)

Pillow Talk: Miki Sings The Classics (Shanachie Records 2006)

Private Collection (Branicka Records 2008)