Toni Braxton Biography Facts
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Born 07 October, 1967 (56 years old).
What is the zodiac sign of Toni Braxton ?
According to the birthday of Toni Braxton the astrological sign is Libra .
Career of the Toni Braxton started in 2011 .
Toni Braxton Wiki
| Toni Braxton | |
|---|---|
| Braxton in 2015 | |
| Born | Toni Michele Braxton October 7, 1967 Severn, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Singer songwriter actress television personality |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse | Keri Lewis |
| Partner | Birdman |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Traci Braxton Trina Braxton Towanda Braxton Tamar Braxton |
| Awards | Full list |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | R&B soul pop dance-pop hip hop |
| Instruments | Vocals piano |
| Labels | Island Def Jam Universal Motown Atlantic Legacy LaFace Som Livre Blackground Sony BMG Arista |
| Associated acts | The Braxtons Babyface L.A. Reid |
| Website | ToniBraxton.com |
Toni Michele Braxton is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, actress, and television personality. She has sold over 70 million records worldwide as of 2020, including 41 million albums, and is one of the highest-selling female R&B artists in history. Braxton has won seven Grammy Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, and numerous other accolades. In 2011, Braxton was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. In 2017 she was honored with the Legend Award at the Soul Train Music Awards.
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. 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. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 10 million copies worldwide. In addition, the singles "Another Sad Love Song" and "Breathe Again" became international successes. The album brought Braxton three Grammy Awards, including the Grammy for Best New Artist.
Braxton experienced continued success with the albums Secrets , which included the U.S. #1 hit singles "You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow" and "Un-Break My Heart"; and The Heat , which opened at #2 on the Billboard 200 and included the U.S. #2 hit single "He Wasn't Man Enough". Braxton's subsequent studio albums, More Than a Woman , Libra and Pulse , were released amid contractual disputes and health issues. 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. Further label changes saw the release of Sex & Cigarettes under Def Jam/Universal and Spell My Name under Island.
Braxton is also a television executive producer and personality. She competed in the seventh season of the reality competition series Dancing with the Stars. She has executive produced and starred in Braxton Family Values, a reality television series that has aired on We TV since 2011. Braxton was also an executive producer of Tamar & Vince, a spinoff reality TV series starring her younger sister, Tamar.
Early life
Toni Michelle Braxton was born in Severn, Maryland on October 7, 1967. Her father, Michael Conrad Braxton Sr., was a Methodistclergyman 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. Braxton's maternal grandfather was also a pastor.
Braxton is the eldest of six siblings. She has a younger brother Michael Jr. and four younger sisters Traci Renee , Towanda Chloe , Trina Evette , and Tamar Estine . They were raised in a strict religious household, and Braxton's first performing experience was singing in her church choir.
Braxton attended Bowie State University to obtain a teaching degree, but decided to sing professionally after she was discovered by William E. Pettaway Jr., who reportedly heard her singing to herself while pumping gas.
On her appearance May 24, 2014 broadcast of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, she stated that she was not singing to herself at the gas station. Pettaway, working as an attendant at the Annapolis service station where she was refueling, recognized her from local performances and introduced himself, saying he wanted to produce her. Although skeptical, Braxton decided to, in her words, "take a chance" and accepted.
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