Toni Braxton

Artiestinformatie

Geboortedatum	07-10-1967
Land	Verenigde Staten

Toni Braxton is geboren als Toni Michele Braxton op 7 oktober 1967 in Severn, Maryland, VS.

Ze groeide op in een streng religieus gezin met 1 jongere broer en 4 jongere zussen.

Toni studeerde voor lerares maar besloot zangeres te worden toen ze ontdekt werd door William E. Pettaway Jr. die haar hoorde zingen terwijl ze aan het tanken was.

Eind jaren 80 begon Toni met haar zussen op te treden als The Braxtons. In 1990 kwam hun eerste single uit “Good Life”. Geen hit maar het trok de aandacht van Antonio Reid en Babyface (Kenneth Edmonds).

In 1992 werd Anita Baker door Reid en Babyface gevraagd de soundtrack te zingen voor de film Boomerang, met Eddie Murphy in de hoofdrol, maar vanwege haar zwangerschap stelde zij voor dat Toni dit zou doen. Dit bleek voor Toni geweldig uit te pakken. Het leidde tot haar eerste soloalbum met haar eigen naam als titel. Het bereikte in Amerika de 1e plek in de Billboard 200 en verkocht wereldwijd meer dan 10 miljoen exemplaren. Het leverde haar drie Grammy Awards op waaronder die van Best New Artist.
In 1996 bracht ze haar album “Secrets” uit welke ook geweldig aansloeg. Het leverde twee nummer 1 hits op in Amerika. Andere albums waren onder andere “The Heat” (2000) en “More Than a Woman” (2002).
Toni is een van de best verkopende R&B-artiesten in de geschiedenis. Tot op heden won ze onder andere zeven Grammy Awards, negen Billboard Music Awards, zeven America Music Awards.
In 2011 werd ze opgenomen in de Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

Songtekst

Darkchild, oh yeah
Toni Braxton, oh
Ha-ha, uh-huh
Yeah, uh, uh
Darkchild yeah

Listen girl
Who do you think I am?
Don't you know that he was my man?
But I chose to let him go
So why do you act like I still care about him?
Looking at me like I'm hurt
When I'm the one who said I didn't want it to work
Don't you forget I had him first?

Chorus:
What you thinkin'?
Stop blaming me
He wasn't man enough for me
If you don't know now here's chance
I've already had your man
Do you wonder just where he's been, yeah?
I'll be worried about him
Now it's time you know the truth
I think he's just the man for you

Bridge:
What are you thinking?
Do you know about us back then?
Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?
I'm not thinking 'bout him
But you married him
Do you know I made him leave?
Do you know he begged to stay with me?
He wasn't man enough for me

Listen girl
Didn't he tell you the truth?
If not then why don't you ask him?
And maybe you were be more into him
Instead of worrying about me
And hopefully you won't find
All of the reasons why his love didn't count
And why we couldn't work it out

Chorus:
What you thinkin'?
Stop blaming me
He wasn't man enough for me
If you don't know now here's chance
see I've already had your man
Do you wonder just where he's been, yeah?
I'll be worried about him
Now it's time you know the truth
I think he's just the man for you

Bridge:
What are you thinking?
Do you know about us back then?
Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?
I'm not thinking 'bout him
But you married him
Do you know I made him leave?
Do you know he begged to stay with me?
He wasn't man enough for me
Repeat 2x

Oh yeah
So many reasons why are love is through, yeah
What makes you think he'll be good to you, no
It makes no sense cause he will never change
Girl you better recognize the game, oh yeah

What are you thinking?
Do you know about us back then?
Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?
I'm not thinking 'bout him
But you married him
You know I made him leave
Do you know he begged to stay with me
He wasn't man enough for me

Bridge:
What are you thinking?
Do you know about us back then?
Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?
I'm not thinking 'bout him
But you married him
Do you know I made him leave?
Do you know he begged to stay with me?
He wasn't man enough for me
Repeat until fade