 # 87
Singles Artist of the Year
 September 6: Anita hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Sweet Love."
from the LP Rapture
ARC chart run: 39 - 33 - 31 - 26 - 21 - 16 - 10 - 9 - 7 - 18 - 28 - 39 - off
October 18: Anita hit the Top 10 with "Sweet Love."
 # 84
Singles Artist of the Year
  Anita was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(Rapture).
Anita won 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female (Rapture) and Best R&B Song (songwriter)
("Sweet Love" with Louis A. Johnson
and Gary Bias).
 Anita hit the Top 40 with "Same Ole Love (365 Days
A Year)."
 # 63
Singles Artist of the Year
Anita won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(Rapture).
 Anita hit the Top 40 with "Giving You The Best
That I Got."
from the LP Giving
You The Best That I Got
ARC chart run: 40 - 34 - 26 - 18 - 14 - 10 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 1 - 4 - 6 - 9 - 17 - 38 - off
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
Anita hit #1 for a week with
"Giving You The Best
That I Got."
 # 45
Singles Artist of the Year
Anita hit the Top 40 with "Just Because."
Anita won 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female and Best R&B Song (songwriter)
("Giving You The Best That I Got"
with Skip Scarborough and Randu Holland) and
was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year ("Giving You The
Best That I Got").
Anita hit the Top 10 with "Just Because."
Anita won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist
and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Just Because").
Anita won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female (Giving
You The Best That I Got).
Anita hit the Top 40 with "Talk To Me."
 Anita won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female (Compositions).
 # 120
Singles Artist of the Year
Anita hit the Top 40 with "Body And Soul."
 Anita won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
Anita hit the Top 40 with "I Apologize."
Anita was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("Body And Soul") and Best
R&B Album (Rhythm
Of Love).
Anita was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
Anita won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("I Apologize") and
was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("When You Love Someone" with James Ingram).
VH1: 100
Greatest Women of Rock & Roll included Anita at # 74.
# 212 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 The
Best Of Anita Baker was released.
Anita topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart for a week with My
Everything.
 Anita was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("You're My
Everything") and Best R&B Album (My
Everything).
Anita was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("Christmas Time Is
Here").
Anita was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B
Performance ("Lately").
The
Best Of Anita Baker was certified
platinum.
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