Toni Braxton

Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1968 in Severn, Maryland) is a six-time Grammy Award winning African American R&B singer. She is most notable for her dark, deep, thick contralto vocals, which are low even by contralto standards. On April 21, 2001, Braxton married Mint Condition keyboardist Keri Lewis. That same year, she had her first child, a son named Denim Cole Braxton-Lewis. Braxton's second son, Diezel Ky Braxton-Lewis, was born in 2003.

Toni reborn and in Heat

By Feburary of of 1999, Braxton had resolved her conflicts with her record label and began recording new material with the label. Babyface told MTV: "We're getting ready to head back in the studio with Toni and we've got everything worked out..." Braxton's new deal with Laface/Arista was worth a reported $25 million.

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1999 - MTV

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In January of 2000, Braxton released her first single since the bankcruptcy filing and since 1998. "He Wasn't Man Enough" was released to radio and peaked at #2 on Billboard Hot 100 in June.

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In April, Braxton released her long awaited album The Heat, and it debuted at #2 on Billboard 200 albums chart with first week sales of 205,000 and stayed in the top 20 of the chart for 15 consecutive weeks.

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Braxton's second single from the album, "Just Be A Man About It", peakead at #32 on the Hot 100, while "Spanish Guitar" was less successful and peaked at #98.

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Braxton's music video for "He Wasn't Man Enough" was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards including Best Female Video and Best R&B Video and a Billboard Music Video Award for Best R&B Clip of the Year. Braxton also topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Female, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist - Female, and Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Artist - Female. She also received the 2000 Aretha Franklin Award for Entertainer of the Year at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards.

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MTV Video Music Awards - 2000

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Braxton became engaged to keyboardist Keri Lewis of Mint Condition, and they married in April of 2001. In June, she gave birth to her first child, a son named Denim Cole Braxton-Lewis.

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Keri Lewis - Mint Condition - 2001

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