Kim Lorraine Appleby, is an English singer, songwriter, and actress.
Background
Appleby was born in Stoke Newington to a Jamaican father and white British mother. She grew up in Hackney where her childhood was spent in poverty, with her parents splitting when she was fifteen and she was a mother by the age of seventeen. She attributed her maturity to becoming a mother, stating that she "grew up overnight" and that she "changed and became a better person because of it".
Career
With the aid of her boyfriend, ex-Bros bassist Craig Logan, Kim launched a solo career with much of her debut solo album composed of songs co-written with Mel, for what was intended to be the next "Mel and Kim" album. The album, Kim Appleby, contained her debut solo single "Don"t Worry" which reached number two on the British charts in November 1990. A follow up single "G.L.A.D." was a United Kingdom #10 hit.
Subsequent singles from her debut album were "Mama" and "If You Cared".
Kim"s second album, Breakaway, was not a commercial success and had a limited release. She released three further singles, "Light Of The World, "Breakaway", and reunited with Stock and Aitken on "Free Spirit".
A download only single called "High" was released in 2007. Appleby has chaired the Best Contemporary Song category of the Ivor Novello Awards since 2003.
In December 2010, the single "Took a Minute" by Levthand featuring Kim Appleby was released in Europe.