BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T012328CEST-5338IrcsVx@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20120516T230528Z DESCRIPTION:\nKeith Sweat\, is a Harlem\, N.Y born songwriter/ record produ cer/ vocalist / actor/ radio personality\, with a career that spans 24 yea rs of record breaking and trail blazing contributions to the Pop and R& \;B genre. He is coined the genius behind the New Jack Swing phenomenon of the late 1980&rsquo\;s. Keith Sweat&rsquo\;s timely transition to the R&a mp\;B mecca of Atlanta in 1992 added &ldquo\;label impresario&rdquo\; to h is roster of talents. Keith has dominated the Pop and R&\;B worlds with an indefinable presence. His debut and now classic album Make It Last For ever sold more than three million copies\, producing four R&\;B hit sin gles\, including &ldquo\;I Want Her\,&rdquo\; which also landed at #5 on t he Pop charts. The album stats also include a nomination for the 1989 Soul Train Best R&\;B/Urban Contemporary Song of the Year award. Keith Swea t has delivered five straight #1 albums\, selling a worldwide total of 25 million records. His selfâ\;&euro\;titled 1996 effort\, Keith Sweat\, gained quadruple platinum status. His critically acclaimed collaboration with fellow superstars Gerald Levert and Johnny Gill on the double platinu m LSG\, was launched a decade after he first landed in the music business. \nHe has thrived as one of Atlanta&rsquo\;s first record industry moguls\, building his own recording studio and discovering new artists such as Sil k and Kut Klose &ndash\; signing both multiâ\;&euro\;platinum groups to his Keia Record label. Sweat has become one of Atlanta&rsquo\;s leading mentors for young talent\, its principle purveyor of R&\;B music. The unflappable Sweat points to his consistency as the key to his success and achievement of a dozen top ten R&\;B singles including seven #1&rsquo\; s\, four top five Pop singles and frequenting Billboards Top Charts.\n\nAf ter being named Favorite Male R&\;B/Soul Artist by the American Music A wards in 1997\, Sweat celebrated his longevity with his 1998&rsquo\;s aptl y titled album\, Still in the Game. His 2008 album Just Me made waves on r adio and at cash registers and endorsed his claims to remain &ldquo\;in th e game&rdquo\;. Keith released his tenth studio album Ridin Solo in 2010. This multiâ\;&euro\;talented artist masters his craft and expounds up on various interests that keep him fresh in the public&rsquo\;s eye.\n\nHe has appeared on both the Martin show and the Wayans Brothers show\, among others\, and has starred in a handful of independent movies. Keith Sweat& rsquo\;s initiation into the realty show craze\, Keith Sweat&rsquo\;s Plat inum House\, yielded #1 ranking on the Centric network &ndash\; of which\, he was Creator and Executive Producer.\n\nOn the cusp of his third decade in the spotlight\, Sweat has almost become a genre unto himself\, his ple ading ballads a mainstay of radio&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Quiet Storm&rdquo\; for mat. As if in acknowledgement of that\, Sweat hosts the #1 night time nati onally syndicated radio show\, &ldquo\;The Sweat Hotel&rdquo\;. The live c allâ\;&euro\;in program boasts 3 million listeners exchanging dialogu e with Keith about matters of the heart. Like the steady beat of his up-te mpo hits and polarizing ballads\, Keith Sweat\, remains relevant &ndash\; recently voted #11 on the list of the 20 Greatest R&\;B/Soul cd&rsquo\; s of all time for his epic album Make It Last Forever by the Georgia Infor mer magazine. Keith Sweat garners an impressive fan base in the fickle gen re of Pop R&\;B and continues to redefine boundaries.\nKeith Sweat's we bsite DTSTART:20120220T200000 DTEND:20120222T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:KEITH SWEAT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR