Anita Baker

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Grammy Award winner human recording artist singer-songwriter

Anita Baker is an American singer-songwriter renowned for her smooth, soulful R&B ballads and multiple Grammy Award-winning career, especially prominent in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Label Occurrences
Anita Baker canonical 8
Anita Denise Baker 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Award winner ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
associatedAct Chapter 8 ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Soul/R&B Performance by a Duo or Group

Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
birthName Anita Baker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Anita Denise Baker
breakthroughAlbum "Rapture" ⓘ
breakthroughYear 1986 ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1958-01-26 ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ
smooth jazz ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasChildren 2 ⓘ
influenceOn contemporary R&B and neo-soul artists ⓘ
maritalStatus divorced ⓘ
name Anita Baker self-link ⓘ
notableFor smooth, soulful R&B ballads ⓘ
notablePeriod 1980s ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
notableSong "Body and Soul" ⓘ
"Caught Up in the Rapture" ⓘ
"Giving You the Best That I Got" ⓘ
"Just Because" ⓘ
"No One in the World" ⓘ
"Sweet Love" ⓘ
notableWork album "Compositions" ⓘ
album "Giving You the Best That I Got" ⓘ
album "Rapture" ⓘ
album "Rhythm of Love" ⓘ
album "The Songstress" ⓘ
numberOfGrammyAwards multiple ⓘ
occupation record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Toledo ⓘ
surface form: Toledo, Ohio, United States
raisedIn Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Beverly Glen Records ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic romantic, adult contemporary R&B ballads ⓘ
vocalType contralto ⓘ
wasMemberOf Chapter 8 ⓘ

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Baker → hasNotableBearer → Anita Baker ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance → notableWinner → Anita Baker ⓘ
Legend Award → hasAwarded → Anita Baker ⓘ
Anita Baker → name → Anita Baker self-link ⓘ
Anita Baker → birthName → Anita Baker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anita Denise Baker
Michael J. Powell → notableWorkWith → Anita Baker ⓘ
Michael J. Powell → associatedAct → Anita Baker ⓘ
Gordon Chambers → wroteSongsFor → Anita Baker ⓘ
31st Annual Grammy Awards → notableWinner → Anita Baker ⓘ