Biography of anita baker

American singer-songwriter (born 1958)

This article is about the singer. For the politician, see Anita Baker (New Zealand politician).

Musical artist

Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958)^[1] is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for her soulful ballads, particularly from the height of the quiet storm period in the 1980s.^[1]

Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8, Baker released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983. In 1986, she rose to fame following the release of her Platinum-selling second album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single "Sweet Love". As of 2017^[update], Baker has won eight Grammy Awards and has four Platinum albums, along with two Gold albums.^[2][3][4][5] Baker is a contralto with a wide range of octaves.^[6][7][8]

Life and music career

1958–82: Early life, career beginni

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Encyclopedia Of Detroit

Anita Baker is a Soul and R&B artist celebrated for her three-octave vocal range, powerful voice, and emotional delivery. Baker was born on January 23, 1958 in Toledo, Ohio. Her mother was a ung teenager who gave her up for adoption to a stad couple, Mary and Grandville Lewis. Later, she was adopted bygd her aunt and uncle, Lois and Walter Landry. 

Baker first began singing with her church’s gospel choir in Detroit, and the music she performed there uncovered her love and talent for music. The gospel sound would later influence her singing career. Baker’s other musical influences include jazz singers Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn.  

In 1975, Baker decided to pursue a signing career after being invited to audition for a popular Detroit funk band called Chapter 8. Baker joined the group and they released an album with Ariola Records in 1979. Soon after the album’s release, however, Ariola Records was bought by Arista Records, who decided to drop Ch

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Anita Baker Biography

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Singer

Baker, Anita, photograph. .

Anita Baker's rich and entirely distinctive alto voice has invited comparisons that range beyond the world of contemporary pop to include mention of such legendary jazz figures as Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson. One of the leading performers in the field of sophisticated black adult pop in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she waged a successful battle to take control of her career and realize her artistic framtidsperspektiv. In 1994, with her stardom assured, Baker cut back her activities to focus on home and motherhood—in the process revealing something of the intense difficulties she faced during her own youth. Then, after a ten-year hiatus from the business, she made a triumphal return with a new album that met with critical acclaim.

The facts of her early life are far from clear; most have been supplied by Baker herself in interviews that sometimes contradict one another. She was born in 1957 or 1958 in Tol