Braxton, Toni Albums for song lyrics and biography.

Toni Michelle Braxton is an African American RandB singer. She is the oldest of six children. Her father was a clergyman, and the Braxton children were raised in a strict religious household. Braxton's first performing experience was singing with a church choir. She is most notable for her dark, deep, and husky contralto voice that is low even by contralto standards. Toni Braxton attended Bowie State University to obtain a teaching degree but decided to pursue a musical career. She and her sisters Traci, Trina, Towanda and Tamar performed as The Braxtons, and released their single The Good Life. This single attracted the attention of producer Antonio L.A. Reid which led to Braxton recording demos of songs written for Anita Baker for a new Eddie Murphy movie. Pregnant, Baker passed and suggested the girl in the demos. That was the break Toni needed, and she ended up performing for the soundtrack of the movie Boomerang and releasing her first album, Toni Braxton. The album was a critical and popular success and Braxton won a Grammy as Best New Artist. Braxton's second album, Secrets, including her ballad Un-Break My Heart (Diane Warren), was another major success, leading to Braxton winning the 1997 Billboard Award for Female RandB Artist of the Year.

Braxton's career suffered a major downturn when she declared bankruptcy following a legal dispute with her record company. Her recent albums The Heat in 2000, Snowflakes, a 2001 Christmas themed album, and More Than A Woman in 2002, while successful, have not matched the phenomenal sales of her earlier work. On April 21, 2001, Toni married Mint Condition keyboardist Keri Lewis. In 2001, Braxton made her acting debut in the film Kingdom Come. Braxton has also appeared on Broadway in two Disney shows, "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aida". She had her first child, a son Denim Cole Braxton-Lewis, that same year. Their second son Diezel Ky Braxton-Lewis was born in 2003.