![Joe](pix/joe_01.jpg) Joe was born Joe Lewis Thomas in
Georgia and raised in Alabama, the son of 2
preachers and influenced early by R&B and
gospel music. After moving to New Jersey,
Joe's music success began with recording a
demo and contributing a track to the
soundtrack for Don't
Be A Menace in 1996 - "All The Things (Your
Man Won't Do)." Joe ended the 20th
century rising to stardom and becoming a new
force in R&B.
After Joe signed a deal with
Jive Records, he helped out with writing and
producing many other major music artists such
as Toni
Braxton and TLC.
![August](../graphics/august.gif)
![Joe - Everything](pix/joe_lp02.jpg) Joe released his debut LP, Everything. The LP caused little
stir.
# 98
Singles Artist of the Year
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
Joe hit the Top
40 with "All The Things (Your
Man Won't Do)" from the Don't
Be A Menace soundtrack.
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
Joe topped the Billboard Hot
R&B Singles Airplay chart for 7 weeks
with "All The Things (Your
Man Won't Do)."
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
The single "All The Things (Your
Man Won't Do)" was certified gold.
# 148
Singles Artist of the Year
![June](../graphics/july.gif)
The single "Don't Wanna Be A Player" was certified
gold and hits the Top 40.
![August](../graphics/august.gif)
![Joe - All That I Am](pix/joe_lp01.jpg) Joe released All
That I Am.
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
All
That I Am was certified gold.
# 200
Singles Artist of the Year
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
All
That I Am was certified platinum.
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
Joe hit the Top 40 helping out Big
Punisher with "Still Not A Player" from Big
Punisher's LP Capital
Punishment.
# 150
Singles Artist of the Year
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Mariah Carey featuring Joe & 98 Degrees - Thank God I Found You (Single)](../artists-c/pix/mariahcarey_cds09.jpg) Joe hit the Top 40 by
helping out Mariah
Carey and 98
Degrees on "Thank God I Found You" from Mariah's LP
Rainbow.
# 23
Singles Artist of the Year
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
Joe hit the Top 10 with "Thank God I Found You."
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
"Thank
God I Found You" topped the Billboard Hot
100 for 1 week and the Billboard R&B/Hip
Hop chart for 1 week.
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
![Joe - My Name Is Joe](pix/joe_lp03.jpg) Joe released My
Name Is Joe.
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Joe hit the Top 40 with "I Wanna Know."
My
Name Is Joe was certified platinum and
topped the Billboard R&B Album chart for
a week.
![June](../graphics/july.gif)
![Joe - "I Wanna Know" (Single)](pix/joe_cds02.jpg) Joe hit the Top 10 with "I Wanna Know."
![August](../graphics/august.gif)
My
Name Is Joe was certified 2x platinum.
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
Joe topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart for Top Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Song ("I Wanna Know").
# 65
Singles Artist of the Year
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
![Joe featuring Mystikal - "Stutter" (Single)](pix/joe_cds01.jpg) Joe hit the Top
40 with "Stutter" (featuring Mystikal)
and the single was certified gold.
Joe was
nominated for 4 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Thank God I Found You" with Mariah
Carey and 98
Degrees), Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("I Wanna Know"), Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Coming Back
Home" with BeBe Winans
and Brian McKnight), and Best R&B Album (My
Name Is Joe).
"Stutter" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 4 weeks, the Hot
100 Singles Sales chart for 5 weeks, the
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 5 weeks, and the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
Sales chart for 4 weeks.
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
Joe won a Blockbuster
Entertainment Award for Favorite Male Artist
- R&B.
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Joe hit the Top 10 with "Stutter."
![June](../graphics/july.gif)
My
Name Is Joe was certified 3x platinum.
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Joe - Better Days](pix/joe_lp04.jpg) Joe released Better
Days.
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
Better
Days was certified gold.
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Drumline soundtrack](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007E8L6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Joe was heard on the Drumline soundtrack with
"I Want A Girl Like You."
Joe had hits on the R&B
charts with "What If A Woman" and
"More Than A Woman" (with Angie
Stone).
# 168
Singles Artist of the Year
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
Joe was
nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Let's Stay Home Tonight"), Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("More Than A
Woman" with Angie Stone),
and Best R&B Album (Better
Days).
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
![Joe - & Then](pix/joe_lp05.jpg) Joe could be heard on the
tribute compilation - Conceptions:
Musical Tribute To Stevie Wonder - with "That
Girl."
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
Joe could be heard helping out G-Unit
on the track "Beg For Mercy" from
their LP Beg
For Mercy.
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Joe - Ain't Nothing Like me](pix/joe_lp06.jpg) Joe released &
Then.
# 128
Singles Artist of the Year
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
&
Then was certified gold.
# 268 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
![2007..](../graphics/2007.gif)
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
![Joe - Joe Thomas, New Man](pix/joe_lp07.jpg) Joe released Ain't
Nothing Like Me.
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Joe topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Ain't
Nothing Like Me.
![2008..](../graphics/2008.gif)
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
![Joe - 'Signature'](pix/joe_lp09.jpg) Joe released Joe
Thomas, New Man.
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
Joe released Greatest
Hits.
![2009...](../graphics/2009.gif)
![June](../graphics/july.gif)
![Joe - 'Doubleback Evolution Of R&B'](pix/joe_lp11.jpg) Joe released Signature.
![2011...](../graphics/2011.gif)
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
Joe released The
Good The Bad The Sexy.
![2013...](../graphics/2013.gif)
![June](../graphics/july.gif)
![Joe - 'Bridges '](pix/joe_lp12.jpg) Joe released Doubleback
Evolution Of R&B.
![2014...](../graphics/2014.jpg)
![2016...](../graphics/2016.jpg)
![Joe - Everything](pix/joe_lp02.jpg) |
Everything
Released: August, 1993
Tracks: "The One For
Me" - "I'm In Luv" -
"All Or Nothing" - "It's
Alright" - "If Loving You Is
Wrong" - "What's On Your
Mind" - "Finally Back" -
"Get A Little Closer" - "I
Can Do It Right" -
"Everything" - "Baby Don't
Stop" |
![Joe - All That I Am](pix/joe_lp01.jpg) |
All That I Am
Released: August, 1997
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Tracks: "All The Things
(Your Man Won't Do)" - "Love
Scene" - "Don't Wanna Be A
Player" - "Good
Girls" - "How Soon" -
"Sanctified Girl (Can't Fight This
Feeling)" - "All That I
Am" - "No One Else Comes
Close" - "Come Around" -
"U Shoulda Told Me (U Had A
Man)" - "Love Don't Make No
Sense" - "No One Else Comes
Close" (unplugged version) |
![Joe - My Name Is Joe](pix/joe_lp03.jpg) |
My Name Is Joe
Released: April, 2000
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Tracks: "My Name Is
Joe" (Intro) - "Somebody Gotta
Be On Top" - "Stutter" -
"Table For Two" - "I Wanna Know" -
"Treat Her Like A Lady" -
"Get Crunk Tonight" - "5 6
3 (Joe)" - "Peep Show" -
"One Life Stand" - "Black
Hawk" - "I Believe In You"
(with 'N Sync) - "So Beautiful"
- "Thank God I Found You" (Make
It Last Remix Edit) (with Mariah Carey
& Nas) |
![Joe - Better Days](pix/joe_lp04.jpg) |
Better Days
Released: December, 2001
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 32
Tracks: "Let's Stay
Home Tonight" - "Better
Days" - "What If A Woman"
- "Alone" - "Isn't This
The World" - "Ghetto
Child" - "I Like Sexy
Girls" - "Here She Comes"
- "Lover's Prayer" -
"Changed Man" - "I
Understand" - "She Used 2 Luv
Me" - "World Of Girls" -
"Let's Stay Home Tonight"
(Remix) |
![Joe - & Then](pix/joe_lp05.jpg) |
& Then
Released: December, 2003
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 26
Tracks: "More &
More" - "Priceless" -
"And Then..." -
"Testify" - "Ride Wit
U" (with G-Unit) - "Another
Used To Be" - "Bedroom" -
"Make You My Baby" -
"Street Dreams" - "It
Ain't Like That" - "Jeep"
- "Never Whatever Forever" -
"I Remember" |
![Joe - Ain't Nothing Like me](pix/joe_lp06.jpg) |
Ain't Nothing Like Me
Released: April, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Tracks: "Get To Know
Me" (with Nas) - "If I Was Your
Man" - "If I Want Her" -
"Where You At" - "My
Love" - "Go Hard" -
"Ain't Nothin' Like Me" -
"It's Me" - "Let's Just Do
It" - "Feel For You" -
"Just Relax" - "Love Is
Just A Game" - "You Should Know
Me" - "Life Of The Party" |
![Joe - Joe Thomas, New Man](pix/joe_lp07.jpg)
![mp3 Available at Amazon.com](../graphics/amazonmp3.jpg) |
Joe Thomas, New Man
Released: September, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Tracks: "E.R."
- "By Any Means" - "Why
Just Be Friends" - "We Need To
Roll" - "Man In Your Life"
- "I Won't Let Him Hurt You" -
"New Man" - "Start Over
Again" - "Sorry" -
"Heart Behind My Eyes" -
"Chameleon" |
![Joe - Greatest Hits](pix/joe_lp08.jpg)
![mp3 Available at Amazon.com](../graphics/amazonmp3.jpg) |
Greatest Hits
Released: October, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 125
Tracks:
"Beautiful" - "Don't Wanna Be A
Player" - "All The Things
(Your Man Won't Do)" - "I Wanna Know" - "Good
Girls" - "Ride Wit U"
(featuring G-Unit) - "Still Not A
Player" (with Big Pun) - "Stutter" (Double Take
Remix) (featuring Mystikal) - "The
Love Scene" - "All That I
Am" - "More & More" -
"Priceless" - "If I Was
Your Man" - "Let's Stay Home
Tonight" |
![Joe - 'Signature'](pix/joe_lp09.jpg)
![mp3 Available at Amazon.com](../graphics/amazonmp3.jpg) |
Signature
Released: July, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Tracks: "Majic"
- "Sex Girl" - "Very
Special Friend" - "Friends
Don't Let Friends" - "Worst
Case Scenatio" - "Wanna Be You
Lover" - "Miss My Baby" -
"Come Get To This" -
"Metaphor" - "Love's
Greatest Episode" - "Sensitive
Lover" - "Change" |
![Joe - 'The Good The Bad The Sexy'](pix/joe_lp10.jpg) |
The Good The Bad The
Sexy
Released: October, 2011
Tracks:
"Losing" - "Time Of Your
Life" - "Almost There" -
"Circles" - "Pull My
Hair" - "Dear Joe" -
"Slow Kisses" - "Lose
Control" - "Tonight" -
"Impossible" - "Drink
Up" |
![Joe - 'Doubleback Evolution Of R&B'](pix/joe_lp11.jpg) |
Doubleback Evolution Of
R&B
Released: July 2, 2013
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Tracks: "Something
For You" - "Easy" -
"Baby" - "Magic City"
- "I'd Rather Have A Love" -
"Love And Sex" (featurig
Fantasia) - "Sexy" -
"More" - "Mary Jane"
- "1 To 1 Ratio" - "Double
Back" |
![Joe - 'Bridges '](pix/joe_lp12.jpg) |
Bridges
Released: June 23, 2014
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 17
Tracks: "Future
Teller" - "Dilemma" -
"Do A Little Dance" - "If
You Lose Her" - "Sex Ain't A
Weapon" - "Love & Sex, Pt.
2" (featuring Kelly Rowland) -
"Blame Her Broken Heart On Me"
- "First Lady" - "Take It
2 The House" - "Till The Rope
Gives Way" - "The Rest Will
Follow" - "Mary Jane"
(Remix) - "Bridges" -
"Love Sex Hollywood" -
"For Love" - "Love
Undefeated" |
![Joe - '#MYNAMEISJOETHOMAS'](pix/joe_lp13.jpg)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
#MYNAMEISJOETHOMAS
Released: November 11, 2016
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 17
Tracks: "Lean Into
It" - "Don't Lock Me Out"
- "Wear The Night" - "So I
Can Have You Back" - "No
Chance" - "Happy Hour"
(featuring Gucci Mane) -
"Hollow" -
"Hurricane" - "Can't Run
From Love" - "Tough Guy" -
"Lay You Down" - "I
Swear" - "Love Centric" -
"Celebrate You" - "Our
Anthem" - "Hello" |
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