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Toni Braxton is an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. Born on October 7, 1967, in Severn, Maryland, she holds United States citizenship. Her musical work spans rhythm and blues, soul, contemporary R&B, and urban contemporary genres. She has recorded for Arista Records, Atlantic Records, and Universal Music Group. Braxton is a member of the group The Braxtons and is the sibling of Tamar Braxton and Traci Braxton.
She has received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Her notable works include "Sex & cigarettes" and "Unbreak my heart." Braxton plays the piano and possesses a contralto voice. She was educated at Bowie State University. Additionally, she has a medical condition known as systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Sex & cigarettes
- Unbreak my heart
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Film & TV
Acting · Severn, Maryland, USA
Toni Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actress and television personality.
Known for
- Toni Braxton’s Breathe Again — Jennifer2026
- He Wasn't Man Enough — Mel Montgomery2025
- Everybody Wants to Be Gen X — Self2025
- Diane Warren: Relentless — Self2025
- The Braxtons — Self2024
- Fallen Angels Murder Club: Friends to Die For — Hollis Morgan2022
- Fallen Angels Murder Club: Heroes and Felons — Hollis Morgan2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Sherri — Self - Guest2022
- The Masked Singer — Pufferfish2019
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1967
Discography
Member of
- The Braxtons1989–1991
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,389,868
- Total plays
- 18,108,020
Tags
Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. She has sold more than 70 million records worldwide and is regarded as one of the best-selling female artists. Over the course of her career, she has received seven Grammy Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, and seven American Music Awards, among other honors. In 2011, she was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and in 2017 she received the Legend Award at the Soul Train
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- trimAl: a tool for automated alignment trimming in large-scale phylogenetic analyses
· 2009 · cited 12,433x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,253x
- Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke
· 2008 · cited 5,860x
- Nivolumab versus Everolimus in Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma
· 2015 · cited 5,008x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,779x
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Quotes
- “So I try to relish in that moment and try to smile about it and just be grateful for the time you have and you have to always remember to be kind to one another.”
- “Holiday time makes me feel happy and festive and excited. I got a three-picture deal at Lifetime and I thought a Christmas movie would be the perfect way to come out and introduce it.”
- “I would say, ‘One day I’ll be really famous.'”
- “My skin as an African American tends to be a little drier, since I’m getting up there, just going outside in the sun, and all the years of the things that I’ve done to my body being in the entertainment business. For me, it was having hyperpigmentation or sometimes you get light spots. I wanted to do something that represented me. I wanted something that I knew really worked.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Toni Michele Braxton , ( 1967-10-07 ) October 7, 1967 (age 58) , Severn, Maryland , U.S.
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter actress television personality
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Spouse s
- Keri Lewis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2013 ) , Birdman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2024 )
- Relatives
- Traci Braxton (sister) Towanda Braxton (sister) Trina Braxton (sister) Tamar Braxton (sister)
- Awards
- Full list
- Genres
- R&B pop
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- LaFace Arista Blackground Atlantic Inot Motown Def Jam Island
- Member of
- The Braxtons
- Website
- tonibraxton .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. 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 the R&B group the Braxtons; the group was signed to Arista Records. After attracting the attention of producers Antonio "L.A." Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, she signed with their label LaFace Records as a solo artist to release her self-titled debut studio album (1993). The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart, sold 10 million copies worldwide, and spawned the international hit singles "Another Sad Love Song" and "Breathe Again". Also a critical success, the album yielded Braxton three Grammy Awards, including for Best New Artist. Her success continued with the album Secrets (1996), which included the Billboard Hot 100-number one singles "You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow" and "Un-Break My Heart".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toni Braxton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.