Alexander O'Neal is an R&B singer who had a string of top 10 hits in the second half of the 1980s in the
US, UK and also in Ireland. He was born in 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi but moved to Minneapolis when he was 20. He is best known for his 1987
hit "Criticize" which climbed to number 4 both in the UK Singles Chart and the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. His songs are produced by the successful R&B producers Jimmy Jam &
Terry Lewis.