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Toni
Braxton
appears on:
2019 Grammy Nominees
Waiting To Exhale soundtrack
Boomerang soundtrack
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- Toni Braxton was born
October 7, 1968, in Maryland and grew up singing
with her sisters and winning talent contests. A
daughter of a minister, Toni was brought up
without the influences of pop culture. Toni's
exposure to music occurred when her parents were
out of the house, and Toni and her sisters could
sneak a look at Soul Train. The
combination of watching Soul Train and
admiring her mother's opera background led Toni
to attend to her own musical feelings. Since
arriving on the radio as a solo singer in 1993,
Toni has been able to claim critical acclaim and
diva status at the same time, while maintaining a
sense of elegance and seductiveness.
- Toni began a
recording career with her sisters, The
Braxtons, who signed with Arista
Records.
- Toni was preparing herself for a
career of music teaching while attending Bowie
State University (since 1989) when she signed
with LaFace Records, headed by producers Babyface and L.A. Reid, who had
been looking for their first female solo artist.
- November 14: While readying herself
for the all-important sophomore release, Toni
recorded a track for the hit movie, Waiting
To Exhale called "Let It Flow." The
soundtrack was a tour-de-force of premium R&B
singers under the production of Babyface.
- December: Toni accompanied Kenny G on tour.
- December 7: Toni topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart for 11 weeks, Rhythmic Top 40 chart
for 9 weeks and Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
for 11 weeks with "Un-Break My Heart."
- December 21: Toni topped the Billboard
Singles Sales chart for 1 week and Dance Music
Club Play chart for 4 weeks with "Un-Break My Heart."
- December 5: Toni filed a lawsuit
against her label, Arista and LaFace Records.
Toni claimed that she has fulfilled what her
original 7-year contract with her label had
required and she wished to be released from her
contract. Arista, however, has not agreed to let
Toni go. It was reported that Toni has received
far less per LP than most artists of her status
and record-selling abilities. With only 2 LP
releases, Toni has sold over 15 million LPs so
far. Her original contract is said to have
expired this past August. Toni has said of the
lawsuit: "I can't talk about the suit, but I
love those guys very much. It's just
business."
- December 31: Toni topped the Billboard Year-End
Charts as the Top Hot 100 Singles Artist -
Female, Top R&B Artist - Female (singles
& albums), Top Hot R&B Singles Artist -
Female, Top Hot Dance Club Play Artist, Top Hot
Adult Contemporary Artist, and with the Top Hot
Dance Club Play Single and Top Hot Adult
Contemporary Track ("Un-Break My Heart").
- May: A bankruptcy judge ruled
in Toni's favor by denying the dismissal of the
claim (as filed by Arista and LaFace Records).
- September 9: Braxton headed to
Broadway to appear as Belle in Beauty And The
Beast - a role that 80s pop star Debbie
Gibson once occupied.
- February: Word came that Toni had
resolved her conflicts with LaFace Records and
was recording new material with the label
planned. Babyface told MTV: "We're
getting ready to head back in the studio with
Toni and we've got everything worked out with
Toni..."
- April 21: Toni married Keri Lewis
of Mint Condition.
- October 23: Toni released a holiday
LP - Snowflakes. The LP was produced by
Braxton and her husband.
- June 30: Toni was back on Broadway
in the title role of Aida and took on
the role for 5 months.
- August 3: Braxton began headlining
in Las Vegas at the Flamingo resort.
- January: Braxton appeared on The
View and talked about the struggles she's
facing with raising a child with autism.
- April: Toni had to cancel a
month's worth of performances at The Falmingo in
Las Vegas for medical tests after being
hospitalized for chest pains.
- May 4: Toni released Pulse.
- May 22: Toni topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1 week with Pulse.
- June 30: Toni topped the Billboard
Dance Club Play Songs chart for 1 week with
"I Heart You."
- January 4: Toni topped the Billboard
Adult R&B Songs chart with Babyface with "Hurt You."
- February 10: Toni topped the Billboard
Dance Club Play Songs chart for 1 week with
"Coping."
- June 9: Toni topped the Billboard
Adult R&B Songs chart for 5 weeks with
"Long As I Live."
- January 21: Toni topped the Billboard
Adult R&B Songs chart for 2 weeks helping out
Kem with "Live Out Your
Love."
- February 20: Toni topped the Billboard
Adult R&B Songs chart for 2 weeks helping out
H.E.R. with "Gotta Move
On."
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Toni
Braxton
Released: July 13, 1993
US: 8x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 2
weeks)
Billboard #1: Top R&B Albums
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks: "Another Sad Love Song" - "Breathe Again" - "Seven Whole Days" - "Love
Affair" - "Candlelight" -
"Spending My Time With You" -
"Love Shoulda Brought
You Home" - "I Belong To You" - "How Many Ways" - "You Mean The World To
Me"
- "Best Friend" - "Breathe Again" (Reprise)
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Secrets
Released: June 18, 1996
US: 8x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2
Billboard #1: Top R&B Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Album
Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Come On Over
Here" - "You're Makin' Me High" - "There's
No Me Without You" - "Un-Break My Heart" - "Talking
In His Sleep" - "How Could An Angel
Break My Heart" - "Find Me A
Man" - "Let It Flow" -
"Why Should I Care" - "I
Don't Want To" - "I Love Me Some
Him" - "In The Late Of Night /
Toni's Secrets"
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The
Heat
Released: April 25, 2000
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2
Billboard #1: Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best R&B Album
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "He
Wasn't Man Enough" - "The Heat" -
"Spanish
Guitar"
- "Just
Be A Man About It" - "Gimme Some"
- "I'm Still Breathing" -
"Fairy Tale" - "The Art Of
Love" - "Speaking In Tongues"
- "Maybe" - "You've Been
Wrong" - "Never Just For A
Ring"
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Snowflakes
Released: October 23, 2001
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 119
Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Holiday
Celebrate" - "Christmas In
Jamaica" - "Snowflakes Of
Love" - "Christmas Time Is
Here" - "Santa Please..." -
"...Pretty Please" (Interlude) -
"Have Yourself A Merry Little
Christmas" - "This Time Next
Year" - "The Christmas Song" -
"Snowflakes Of Love" -
"Christmas In Jamaica" (Remix)
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More
Than A Woman
Released: November 19, 2002
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 13
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Let Me Show You
The Way (Out)" - "Give It
Back" - "A Better Man" -
"Hit The Freeway" - "Lies,
Lies, Lies" - "Rock Me, Roll
Me" - "Selfish" - "Do You
Remember When" - "Me And My
Boyfriend" - "Tell Me" -
"And I Love You" -
"Always"
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Ultimate
Toni Braxton
Released: November 4, 2003
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 119
Tracks: "Give U My
Heart" (with Babyface) - "Love Shoulda Brought
You Home" - "Another Sad Love Song" - "Breathe Again" - "Seven Whole Days" (live) - "You Mean The World To
Me"
- "How Many Ways" - "You're Makin' Me High" - "Let It
Flow" - "Un-Break My Heart" - "I Love
Me Some Him" - "I
Don't Want To" - "He
Wasn't Man Enough" - "Just
Be A Man About It" - "Hit The Freeway" (with Loon) -
"Whatchu Need" - "The Little
Things" - "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem
Radio Edit)
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Un-Break
My Heart: The Remix Collection
Released: April 12, 2005
Tracks: "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul Hex Anthem
Vocal) - "Spanish
Guitar"
(HQ2 Club Mix) - "You're Makin' Me High" (David Morales
Classic Mix) - "I
Don't Want To" (Frankie Knuckles
Franktified Club Mix) - "Hit The Freeway" (HQ2 Club Mix) -
"He
Wasn't Man Enough" (Peter Rauhofer NYC Club
Mix) - "He
Wasn't Man Enough" (Junior Vasquez Marathon
Mix) - "Maybe" (HQ2/Dynamix NYC
Club Mix) - "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie
Knuckles Franktidrama Club Mix) - "Spanish
Guitar"
(Joe Claussell Main Mix)
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Libra
Released: September 27, 2005
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 4
Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Please" -
"Trippin' (That's The Way Love
Works)" - "What's Good" -
"Take This Ring" -
"Midnite" - "I Wanna Be (Your
Baby)" - "Sposed To Be" -
"Stupid" - "Finally" -
"Shadowless" - "Suddenly"
- "Long Way Home"
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The
Essential Toni Braxton
Released: February 20, 2007
Tracks: "Love Shoulda Brought
You Home" - "I Love Me Some
Him" - "Tell Me" - "You're Makin' Me High" - "He
Wasn't Man Enough" - "Just
Be A Man About It" - "How Many Ways" - "Breathe Again" - "You Mean The World To
Me"
- ""I Belong To You" - "How Could An Angel
Break My Heart" - "Un-Break My Heart" - "Another Sad Love Song" - "Seven Whole Days" - "I
Don't Want To" - "Give U
My Heart" -
"The Heat" - "Gimme Some"
- "There's No Me Without You" -
"Why Should I Care" - "Spanish Guitar"
(Royal Garden Flamenco Mix) - "I'm Still
Breathing" - "Me & My Boyfriend" -
"Give It Back" - "The Time Of
Our Lives" - "He
Wasn't Man Enough" (Junior Vasquez Marathon
Mix) - "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie
Knuckles' Franktidrama Club Mix Edit) -
"Hit The Freeway" - "Come On
Over Here" - "Let It Flow" -
"The Little Things" - "Good
Life" (A Capella Single Mix)
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Pulse
Released: May 4, 2010
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 9
Billboard #1: Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums
Tracks: "Yesterday"
- "Make My Heart" - "Hands
Tied" - "Woman" - "If I
Have To Wait" - "Lookin' At
Me" - "Wardrobe" -
"Hero" - "No Way" -
"Pulse" - "Why Won't you Love
Me"
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Love,
Marriage & Divorce (with
Babyface)
Released: February 4, 2014
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 4
Billboard #1: Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums, R&B Albums
Grammy Winner: Best R&B Album
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Roller
Coaster" - "Sweat" -
"Hurt You" - "Where Did We Go
Wrong?" - "I Hope That You're
Okay" - "I Wish" - "Take
It Back" - "Reunited" -
"I'd Rather Be Broke" - "Heart
Attack" - "The D Word"
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Sex
& Cigarettes
Released: March 23, 2018
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 22
Grammy Nominee: Best R&B Album
Tracks: "Deadwood"
- "Sex & Cigarettes" -
"Long As I Live" - "FOH"
- "Sorry" - "My Heart"
(featuring Colbie Caillat) -
"Coping" - "Missin'"
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Spell
My Name
Released: August 28, 2020
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 163
Tracks: "Dance" -
"Do It" - "Gotta Move On"
(featuring H.E.R.) - "Fallin'" -
"Spell My Name" -
"O.V.E.R." - "Happy Without
Me" - "Saturday Night" -
"Do It" - "Nothin''"
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1 |
"Un-Break My Heart"
Secrets
ARC chart run: 34 - 19 - 10 - 7 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 8 - 10 - 16 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 8
RIAA
Certification: Platinum
Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay,
Rhythmic Top 40, Dance Music Club Play, Dance
Music Maxi-Single Sales, Singles Sales, Adult
Contemporary
Grammy Winner: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Female Video, Best R&B Video |
1(3) |
20 |
1996 |
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You Mean The World To Me
from the LP Toni
Braxton
ARC chart run: 39 - 29 - 20 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 10 - 18 - 21 - 24 - 30 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 22
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
3 |
19 |
1994 |
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3 |
You're Makin' Me High
from the LP Secrets
ARC chart run: 26 - 10 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 6 - 9 - 13 - 18 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 26
RIAA
Certification: Platinum
Billboard # 1: Hot 100, R&B Singles,
R&B Airplay, Dance Music Club Play
Grammy Nominee: Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Female
MTV VMA Nominee: Best R&B Video |
1(1) |
14 |
1996 |
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4 |
Breathe Again
from the LP Toni
Braxton
ARC chart run: 35 - 29 - 18 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 12 - 20 - 37 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 33
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Billboard # 1: Hot 100 Airplay
Grammy Winner: Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Female
MTV VMA Nominee: Best R&B Video |
3 |
18 |
1993 |
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5 |
Another Sad Love Song
from the LP Toni
Braxton
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 30 - 24 - 20 - 15 - 12 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 13 - 16 - 23 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 38
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Grammy Winner: Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Female |
3 |
15 |
1993 |
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6 |
I Don't Want To
from the LP Secrets
ARC chart run: 40 - 36 - 31 - 27 - 23 - 21 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 12 - 10 - 8 - 7 - 12 - 21 - 24 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 42
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Billboard # 1: Dance Music Club Play |
7 |
17 |
1997 |
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7 |
He Wasn't Man
Enough
from the LP The
Heat
ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 25 - 18 - 16 - 13 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 14 - 22 - 27 - 33 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 81
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Billboard # 1: Singles Sales,
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks,
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales
Grammy Winner: Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Female
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Female Video, Best R&B Video |
7 |
14 |
2000 |
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8 |
I Belong To You
from the LP Toni
Braxton
ARC chart run: 34 - 28 - 24 - 22 - 18 - 14 - 12 - 12 - 19 - 34 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 85
Grammy Nominee: Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Female |
12 |
11 |
1995 |
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9 |
How Many Ways
from the LP Toni
Braxton
ARC chart run: 39 - 30 - 24 - 21 - 17 - 15 - 13 - 12 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 103 |
12 |
9 |
1994 |
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10 |
Just Be A Man About
It
from the LP The
Heat
ARC chart run: 38 - 32 - 30 - 27 - 23 - 21 - 19 - 23 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 115
Billboard # 1: R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
Airplay |
19 |
8 |
2000 |
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11 |
Spanish Guitar
from the LP The
Heat
ARC chart run: 37 - 32 - 30 - 25 - 22 - 21 - 19 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 119
Billboard
# 1: Dance Music Clup Play |
19 |
8 |
2001 |
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12 |
Give
U My Heart
[Babyface
featuring Toni Braxton]
from the Boomerang soundtrack
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 30 - 25 - 23 - 22 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 144 |
22 |
7 |
1992 |
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13 |
Love Shoulda Brought You
Home
from the LP Toni
Braxton
ARC chart run: 38 - 34 - 31 - 29 - 25 - 21 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 154 |
21 |
6 |
1993 |
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14 |
How Could An Angel Break My
Heart
from the LP Secrets
ARC chart run: 37 - 32 - 28 - 25 - 23 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 144 |
23 |
6 |
1997 |
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15 |
Seven Whole Days
from the LP Toni
Braxton
ARC chart run: 38 - 30 - 26 - 23 - 20 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 157
Billboard
# 1: R&B Airplay |
20 |
6 |
1994 |
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16 |
Hit The Freeway
from the LP More
Than A Woman
ARC chart run: 40 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 179 |
38 |
2 |
2003 |
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Maybe
from the LP The
Heat |
** |
** |
2001 |
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Snowflakes Of Love
from the LP Snowflakes |
** |
** |
2001 |
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Christmas In Jamaica
[Toni Braxton featuring Shaggy]
from the LP Snowflakes |
** |
** |
2001 |
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Please
from
the LP Libra |
** |
** |
2005 |
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Trippin' (That's The Way
Love Works)
from
the LP Libra |
** |
** |
2005 |
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Take This Ring
from
the LP Libra |
** |
** |
2005 |
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Suddenly
from
the LP Libra |
** |
** |
2005 |
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The Time Of Our Lives
[Il Divo with Toni Braxton]
from the Voices
From The FIFA World Cup compilation |
** |
** |
2006 |
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Yesterday
from the LP Pulse |
** |
** |
2009 |
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Hands Tied
from the LP Pulse |
** |
** |
2010 |
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Make My Heart
from the LP Pulse |
** |
** |
2010 |
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I Heart You
from the digital
download
Billboard # 1: Dance Club Play Songs |
** |
** |
2012 |
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Hurt You
[Toni Braxton & Babyface]
from the LP Love,
Marriage & Divorce
Billboard # 1: Adult R&B Songs |
** |
** |
2013 |
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Deadwood
from the LP Sex
& Cigarettes |
** |
** |
2017 |
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Long As I Live
from the LP Sex
& Cigarettes
Billboard # 1: Adult R&B Songs
Grammy Nominee:
Best R&B Performance, Best R&B Song |
** |
** |
2018 |
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Do It
from the LP Spell
My Name
Billboard # 1: Adult R&B Songs |
** |
** |
2020 |
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