Her father, Michael Conrad Braxton Sr., was a Methodist clergyman and power company worker, and her mother, Evelyn Jackson, a native of South Carolina, was a former opera singer and cosmetologist, as well as a pastor. Toni Michele Braxton was born in Severn, Maryland on October 7, 1967. 2.8 2020–present: New record label and Spell My Name.2.7 2017–2019: Sex & Cigarettes, touring, and other ventures.2.6 2013–2014: Love, Marriage and Divorce, Broadway return, and biographical film.2.4 2003–2007: Libra and Las Vegas residency.2.3 2000–2002: The Heat, More Than a Woman, and acting debut.2.2 1996–1999: Secrets and financial issues.2.1 1989–1995: The Braxtons, Toni Braxton and breakthrough.Braxton was also an executive producer of Tamar & Vince, a spinoff reality TV series starring her younger sister, Tamar. She has executive produced and starred in Braxton Family Values, a reality television series that has aired on We TV since 2011. She competed in the seventh season of the reality competition series Dancing with the Stars. Further label changes saw the release of Sex & Cigarettes (2018) under Def Jam/ Universal and Spell My Name (2020) under Island.īraxton is also a television executive producer and personality. In 2014, Braxton and longtime collaborator Babyface released a duet album entitled Love, Marriage & Divorce that earned the duo a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album in 2015. Braxton's subsequent studio albums, More Than a Woman (2002), Libra (2005) and Pulse (2010), were released amid contractual disputes and health issues. #1 hit singles ' You're Makin' Me High/ Let It Flow' and ' Un-Break My Heart' and The Heat (2000), which opened at #2 on the Billboard 200 and included the U.S. The album brought Braxton three Grammy Awards, including the Grammy for Best New Artist.īraxton experienced continued success with the albums Secrets (1996), which included the U.S. In addition, the singles ' Another Sad Love Song' and ' Breathe Again' became international successes. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 10 million copies worldwide. After attracting the attention of producers Antonio 'L.A.' Reid and Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and being signed to LaFace Records, Braxton released her self-titled debut studio album in 1993. In the late 1980s, Braxton began performing with her sisters in a music group known as The Braxtons the group was signed to Arista Records. In 2017 she was honored with the Legend Award at the Soul Train Music Awards. In 2011, Braxton was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

Braxton has won seven Grammy Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, and numerous other accolades. She has sold over 70 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling female R&B artists in history. Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, actress, and television personality.

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