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Toni Braxton is a singer of R' B American born the October 7th 1967 with Servern, in the Maryland (the United States). She especially was success during the Années 1990.

Biography

Toni Braxton is high within a family made up of five girls and a boy. She starts to sing with the church. Then it founds with her sisters a group: The Braxtons . Toni Braxton will be detached from the group while being located by the producers Kenneth Edmonds (known under the pseudonym of Babyface) and Antonio Reid. She signs at the label LaFace Records.

Business success 1993-1997

Toni Braxton leaves its first album in 1993. This one gains three Grammy Awards and becomes nine times disc of platinum. Under the direction of Babyface, Toni Braxton will prove its immense potential in its two albums. Beginning with the #1 from the sales to the billboard 200 American, it will be only and single album of Toni to reach this position.

During the years 1994-1995, the songs of Toni rise at the top of the American prize lists. Songs as Another Sad Coils Song , You mean the world to me are classified both #7 and Breathe Again goes to signal 5 to the 3rd place.

If the first album is a raving success in the world and brings to Toni the international repute, it is its following album which will do of it one of the largest saleswomen and sizes of the R&B of the Nineties. Work does not cease until 1996, year where Toni finds finally the time of concocter its second effort, supported by largest, being now a star. In 1996, Braxton leaves its second opus “Secret” which begins the part with the #2 American charts. The first individual You' Re making me high becomes the first #1 of Toni Braxton in the USA. It will be followed by Let it flow which will be entitled to him also to the #1, keeping the album at the top of the hits parades. But if the first two songs are hits, they will be eclipsed quickly by the third. Indeed, Unbreak my heart becomes the largest success of the album and in parallel, the largest success of the career of Braxton. Sentimental ballade written by Diane Warren, the senior of the kind, the song remains incredible 11 weeks with the #1 in the United States and remains, even nowadays, one of the more great classics of the song. Another Grammy Award and a long string of price and Toni is found in top of the head of poster at the sides of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Another bluckbuster in the USA where the album reaches even more than 8 million sold specimens and in the world where it reaches the 25 million sold specimens. Braxton leaves in world tour, but its label does not delay to take it along to deepest of the hells.

DESCENT INTO HELL, BANKRUPTCY AND REBIRTH 1998-2001

In 1998, the singer must face serious financial problems. Collapsing under success and the rewards, Toni Braxton could have stopped its career if it had not had courage to fight. Its label carried it in the drift. In 1998, after one year of legal proceedings, it is finally obliged to declare bankruptcy, gesture which shocks several fans, because of famous and of the sales figure impressing of Braxton. Toni, Reid and Babyface will have finally an arrangement and Braxton will be entitled to a compensation like with protection of its goods.

Decided to set out again to zero, the young singer separated from Babyface. She takes again taste with the life of artist by playing the part of Beautiful in the production the Beautiful one and the Animal: the Musical comedy of Disney but more still, by recording its third album The Heat which contains the hit He wasn' T man enough . Beginning with the #2 American sales like “Secrecies”, “The Heat” is with success at its beginnings thanks to this first hit resulting from the album, which will be unfortunately the last song of Toni Braxton in career to have success. Indeed, if He wasn' T man enough rises with the #2 billboard hot 100 in the USA, the following songs are not hits and do not support the sales of the album which will finish finally to 2 million specimens in the United States, quite disappointing sales for an artist of re-elected of Toni Braxton.

BRAXTON PASSES IN the LAPSE OF MEMORY 2002 to today

Persevering, it returns in 2002 with More than has woman , hoping to join again with success, but the opposite effect occurs. The album is more cooking failure of its career and does not even reach the Or statute in the USA (500 000 specimens), selling only 450.000 specimens. In spite of the exit into individual of the excellent song Hit the Freeway , this one reaches only the #86 billboard hot 100 and passes completely unperceived, as well by the radios as by television. In front of this failure, the company of disc of Braxton decides not to finance the exploitation of the other individual ones, leaving the album in freefall and the career of Braxton consequently occasion.

Decided well not to remain in a black hole like some of his colleagues, Braxton however takes a pause of a few years to found a family. She returns to us in 2005 with a more mature album like Libra . Greater success than More than has woman , Libra is the fourth album of Toni to be classified with signal 5 of the sales of the billboard 200 American at exit. Even if the success of the years records is not with go, the album is a success of regard which makes it possible Toni to be professionally maintained in life. The songs resulting from the album are however not successes, but its beginning with the #4 of the sales indicates that Toni Braxton is still appreciated, since that it still has the favors of the public. At all events, all the specialists in the music and criticism as well as the fans await the true return of Toni Braxton impatiently. But one should not despair. After doesn't all, have you it already not sold more than fifty million albums in career?

CURRENTLY

Toni Braxton gives a series in concerts to Las Vegas where it obtains one big hit, as well criticizes as public. The nearest exit of an album is not envisaged yet but that could not delay…

Sources: Billboard, RAM Prejudice, Toni Braxton Web site, RIAA

SA VOICE

Toni Braxton with the one of the most recognizable voices of the industry of the music according to the experts. Its stamp of voice low, hot, powerful and sensual resembles that of the singer Anita Baker, but nobody confuses them. With a feverish and powerful voice, it makes us vibrate of all its forces in the songs “Unbreak my heart”, “He wasn' T man enough” or “Please”.

Discography

Toni Braxton (1993)
Secret (1996)
The Heat (2001)
Snowflakes (2001)
More Than has Woman (2002)
A-Station-wagon My Heart/The Remix Collection (2005)
Libra (2005)

Positions Billboard 200 and sales in the USA

1993 - Toni Braxton (#1) 8x platinum (8 million sold specimens and +)
1996 - Secrecies (#2) 8x platinum (8 million sold specimens and +)
2000 - The Heat (#2) 2x platinum (2 million sold specimens and +)
2001 - Snowflakes (#113)
2002 - More than has woman (#13) 450.000 sold specimens and +
2005 - Libra (#4) platinum (1 million sold specimens and +)

Positions of the songs of Toni Braxton in Billboard hot 100

1993 - Coils shoulda brought you home (#33)
1993 - Another Sad Love Song (#7)
1994 - You mean the world to me (#7)
1994 - Breathe Again (#3)
1994 - I belong to you (how many ways) (#28)
1996 - You' Re making me high (#1)
1996 - Let it Flow (#1)
1996 - Unbreak my heart (#1) (11 weeks with the #1)
1996 - I don' T want to (I summons me him coils) (#19)
2000 - Spanish Guitar (#98)
2000 - Just Be has man butt it (#32)
2000 - He wasn' T man enough (#2)
2002 - Hit the Freeway (#86)

In career, Toni Braxton classified more than 8 songs to signal 10 of the billboard hot 100. On the prize lists especially R&B, Toni Braxton also classified several songs with signal 10…

Prize list Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

1993 - Coils shoulda brought you home (#4)
1993 - Breathe Again (#4)
1993 - Another Sad Love Song (#2)
1994 - You mean the world to me (#3)
1994 - I belong to you (how many ways) (#6)
1996 - You' Re making me hight (#1)
1996 - Let it flow (#1)
1996 - Unbreak my heart (#1)
1996 - I don' T want to (I coils summons me him) (#9)
2000 - Spanish Guitar (#75)
2000 - Just Be has man butt it (#6)
2000 - He wasn' T man enough (#1)
2002 - Hit the Freeway (#32)
2005 - Tripin' (That' S the way coils works) (#67)
2005 - Please (#36)

Toni Braxton is thus an important figure of the R&B, having classified more than 11 songs to signal 10 of American prize lists R&B.

Source: billboard

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