Brian McKnight

Brian Kainoa Makoa McKnight Sr born Brian Kelly McKnight June 5 1969 is an American singersongwriter actor record producer radio personality and multiinstrumentalist An RB performer he is recognized for his strong head voice high belting range and Melissa His work has earned him 16 Grammy Award nominations third only to Zubin Mehta and Snoop Dogg for the record of most nominations for the award without a win His first hit song Love Is with Vanessa Williams was recorded for the Beverly Hills 90210 soundtrack in 1993 and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 That same year his single One Last Cry peaked at number 13 on the chart and spawned from his eponymous debut studio album 1992 which was released by Mercury Records the year prior and received platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA His 1997 single You Should Be Mine Dont Waste Your Time featuring Mase peaked within the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and led his third album Anytime 1997his final release with Mercury before he signed with Motown His 1999 single Back at One peaked at number two on the chart and remains his highestcharting song it preceded the album of the same name 1999 which was the first of four of his albumsSuperhero 2001 U Turn 2003 and Gemini 2005to consecutively debut within the top ten of the Billboard 200 His ninth album Ten 2006 marked his final major label release He was married from 19902003 to singersongwriter Julie McKnight and they have two sons together He also has a daughter he fathered from a previous relationship In 2014 he began dating Dr Leilani Malia Mendoza a pediatric neurophysiologist and they announced their engagement in May 2017 and on December 29 2017 they were married Mendoza has two children from a previous relationship McKnight and Mendoza had a son who died in infancy In December 2022 they had another son Brian Kainoa Makoa Jr McKnight legally changed his name to Brian Kainoa Makoa McKnight Sr to match his new sons name From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia