charts, and spawned a host of Top 10 singles including “Another Sad Love Song” and “You Mean the World to Me”.
Braxton’s highly-anticipated debut album was issued in 1993, the self-titled release shot to No. Braxton became the duo first signing on the duo's LaFace label in 1991, which led to the singer appearing on the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film “Boomerang” in 1992. The group’s debut single, “The Good Life”, arrived in 1990, though despite failing to chart, introduced Toni Braxton to the songwriting and production gurus L.A. After being discovered singing to herself in a gas station by songwriter Bill Pittaway, the Braxton siblings, known as the Braxtons, signed with Arista Records in 1990. After her parents changed faith, Braxton was afforded a wider set of musical influences and allowed to explore her vocal talents. Born into a strict Apostolic faith, Braxton’s earliest musical influences came from gospel singing in the local church with her four sisters and operatically trained mother.
