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Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. She has sold over 70 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling female artists in history. Braxton has won seven Grammy Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, and
1 hour ago · Toni Braxton is opening up about her decade-long journey to receiving a lupus diagnosis. During an episode of the SHE MD Podcast, Toni, who was diagnosed with lupus in 2008, joined co-host Mary ...
2 hours ago · Toni Braxton is opening up about how her lupus diagnosis affected her career. The Grammy-winning singer and actress, 56, said she was told by her management to hide her diagnosis in the latest ...
Feb 7, 2024 · The Braxtons will share their lives, love, success, heartbreak and more on The Braxtons, a new reality series. The show will also honor the late Traci Braxton and feature Toni's Las Vegas residency with Cedric the Entertainer.
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- Who Is Toni Braxton?
- Early Life & Family
- Albums and Songs
- 'Boomerang' Hit
- 'Toni Braxton'
- 'Secrets'
- 'The Heat' and 'Pulse'
- Broadway's 'Beauty' and 'Braxton Family Values'
- Health Issues and Bankruptcy
- Retirement
Toni Braxton began her professional career singing alongside her sisters, until emerging as a solo artist with a song on the soundtrack for Boomerang (1992). The following year, she released her debut self-titled album, garnering wide acclaim for singles like "You Mean the World to Me" and "Breathe Again." She later scored a megahit with "Un-Break ...
Toni Michelle Braxton was born on October 7, 1967, in Severn, Maryland, to parents Michael Braxton, a minister, and his wife, Evelyn. Brought up in a strict, religious household that prohibited any sort of engagement with popular culture, Braxton and her four younger sisters — Traci, Towanda, Trina and Tamar — began singing at an early age at their...
The Braxtons, as the sisters called themselves, released the single "The Good Life" in 1990. While not a huge hit, it did manage to catch the ear of producers Antonio "L.A." Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, who signed Braxton to a new deal to the Arista subsidiary, LaFace Records.
In 1992, Braxton caught her first big break when she was asked to fill in for Anita Baker and sing for the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy movie Boomerang. The album gave Braxton significant exposure and led to her first big hit: the single "Love Shoulda Brought You Home."
A year after the Boomerangsoundtrack, Braxton released her eponymous debut album. The record more than met the enthusiasm that had built up around it prior to its release. With hits like "Breathe Again," "You Mean the World to Me" and "Another Love Song," the record went on to sell more than 8 million copies. It also earned Braxton a pair of Grammy...
In 1996, Braxton released her second studio album, Secrets, which included the monster single "Un-Break My Heart" and the hit "You Make Me High." At the 1997 Grammy Awards, Braxton won two Grammys: one for Best Female R&B vocal performance and one for Best Female R&B Pop Vocal Performance. However, instead of getting the chance to dig into the hard...
The two sides eventually returned to the negotiating table, and following an agreement in 1999, the singer-songwriter released her third album, The Heat. Largely stripped of the "lost love" themes that had greatly shaped her two previous studio releases, Braxton's new album gave the singer's fans a fresher, more confident Braxton. It also featured ...
In September 1998, Braxton made history by becoming the first Black actress to play Belle in a Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. The musical, which featured a song written specifically for Braxton, was a huge success. She went on to pursue other types of performance work, including a Las Vegas residency, Toni Braxton: Revealed, from 2006...
Braxton accomplished all of these successes while also battling health issues. She's been treated for hypertension as well as pericarditis, a viral infection of the sac surrounding the heart. More significantly, in November 2010, the singer told the world she was battling Lupus. The announcement shook her fellow recording artists, most notably Lady...
In early 2012, Braxton announced that she had begun working on a new album. That spring, she released the single "I Heart You" — thought to be the first single off the singer's new project at the time. But fans' excitement over what would be Braxton's eighth studio project soon fizzled out when, on February 8, 2013, Braxton announced plans to retir...
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