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Toni Michelle Braxton
(born October 7, 1968) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and
actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music
Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million
records worldwide. She has a contralto vocal type.
Braxton topped the Billboard 200 with her 1993 self-titled debut album
and continued that streak with her second studio album Secrets, which
spawned the number-one hits "You're Makin' Me High" and "Un-Break My
Heart". Although she had successful albums and singles, Braxton shortly
filed for bankruptcy, but then returned with her chart-topping third
album, The Heat. In 2009, she returned to the spotlight with
"Yesterday", a #12 R&B hit which serves as the first single off her
new album Pulse, released on May 4, 2010, which debuted at #1 on
Billboard R&B Album Chart. Braxton was involved in the 7th season
of the reality show Dancing with the Stars. Her professional partner
was Alec Mazo. She was voted off in week five of the competition. It
was announced on October 6, 2010 that Braxton once again had filed for
bankruptcy. A reality series entitled Braxton Family Values, starring
Toni and her sisters, debuted April 12, 2011 on WE tv. WE tv ordered a
13-episode second season of the show after the third episode of the
first season.
Official Site: www.tonibraxton.com