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Toni Michelle Braxton was born October 7, 1967 in Severn, Maryland. She grew up singing with her sisters and in the church choir. Her father, a preacher, had banned all pop music in the home but that didn't stop Toni and her sisters from watching Soul Train on TV when their parents were out of the house. As a result, Toni soon discovered her own music talent.

Along with her four sisters Toni signed with Arista Records in 1990 as the group "The Braxtons." They released one single called "The good life" which unfortunatley flopped. The Braxtons got a second chance when Arista let them audition for a new record label called LaFace Records. During the audition Toni was noticed by producer Kenneth "Babyface" Rogers who made it clear that he wanted to do a solo project with Toni alone. She was the first female artist signed to the label and two singles were recorded.

Toni's first appearance on the pop and R&B charts came with two singles, "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" and a duet with Babyface called "Give U My Heart". Her debut LP "Toni Braxton" was realeased in 1993. The next singles released were "Another Sad Love Song" and "Breathe Again" which ruled the charts. The success didn't slow down when the 1994 hits "Seven Whole Days," "You Mean The World To Me," "How Many Ways" and "I Belong To You" were realeased. She was a top selling artist when she went back in the studio to record her sophmore album.

Toni's second album, "Secrets", was released in 1996 and held her first number one pop hits; "You're Makin' Me High" and "Un-Break My Heart." For the first time Toni was also co-executive producer and co-wrote two of the songs.

In December 1997 her sweet success started to go sour when she made a lawsuit against Arista and LaFace Records. Toni claimed that she had fulfilled her original seven year contract and that she wanted to be released from it. Arista, however, did not want to let Toni go. It was reported that Toni had received far less per album than most artists of her status get. Toni said of the lawsuit: "I can't talk about the suit, but I love those guys very much. It's just business."

In January 1998, Toni filed for bankruptcy protection with liabilities totaling more than $1 million. The filing was result of recent disputes over her contract with Arista and LaFace Records. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey Toni said that she trusted the wrong people and that it was 100% her fault. In early 1999 the legal dispute with Toni's label had been settled and she was once again in the studio working on her third album. In addition to her third album, Toni took the lead role in the Broadway musical "Beauty and the Beast."

Toni's next album entitled "The Heat" was realesed in april, 2000. The first single from the album "He Wasn't Man Enough" topped the Billboard R&B/HipHop chart for four weeks.

In April of 2001 Toni got married to Keri Lewis and announced that she was pregnant. During her pregnancy, Toni released a holiday album called "Snowflakes." The album was produced by Toni and her husband. Shortly after the release Toni gave birth to a baby boy, Denim Cole Braxton Lewis on December 2, 2001.

Being a mother slowed Toni's career down, but not for long. In the summer of 2002 she starred in the VH1 movie "Play'd" and she started to record her fifth album entitled "More Than A Woman."

In 2003 Toni gave birth to her second son, Diezel Ky Braxton Lewis, born March 30, 2003. With deminishing record sales she decided to go back to Broadway to star as the title role in "Aida." She also released "Ultimate Toni Braxton" which is a compilation of hits with two new songs, "Whatchu Need" and "The Little Things."

Toni is currently living in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and two sons.

Discography:

Un-Break My Heart: The Remix Collection
2005
Unbreak My Heart (Remixes)
2005
Platinum & Gold Collection
2004
Ultimate Toni Braxton
2003
More Than A Woman
2002
Snowflakes
2001
The Heat
2000
He Wasn't Man Enough
2000
I Don't Want To
1997
You're Making Me High
1996
Secrets
1996
Unbreak My Heart
1996
Un-Break My Heart
1996
You Mean The World To Me
1994
I Belong To You
1994
Toni Braxton
1993
Breathe Again

Links: A CNN review of Toni Braxton

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