Angie Stone Biography

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Angie Stone


Angie Stone (born Angela Laverne Brown on January 30 1961) is an American R&B, soul, and neo soul singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, and occasional actress. She has just recently been nominated for the Best R&B Peformance By A Duo/Group W/Vocals Grammy for her duet with Betty Wright for the hit single "Baby".

Biography

Early years

Stone was born in Columbia, South Carolina, where she began singing gospel music at First Nazareth Baptist Church, under the leadership of Reverend Blakely N. Scott. In the early 1980s, Stone (then known as Angie B.) was a member of The Sequence, a major female hip hop/funk trio. They had a hit in 1980 with "Funk You Up", which reached number fifteen on the U.S. Top Black Singles chart. She then worked with Mantronix, before singing background for Lenny Kravitz's fifth studio album 5.

Stone emerged during the 1990s as part of the R&B trio Vertical Hold which released the popular single "Seems You're Much Too Busy" as well as two albums: A Matter of Time (1993) and Head First (1995).

In 1996, she teamed up with Gerry DeVaux (Lenny Kravitz's cousin) and together with Charlie Mole they formed Devox. They recorded one album, Devox Featuring Angie B. Stone, released in Japan only on Toshiba-EMI, including Stone-penned material.

Stone shared songwriting credits on D'Angelo's first two studio albums, Brown Sugar (1995) and Voodoo (2000), as well as providing backing vocals on tour with him.

Her solo debut album, Black Diamond, was released on September 28, 1999 on Arista Records, the album would eventually go platinum. She has since also released, on Clive Davis' J Records, Mahogany Soul on October 16, 2001 it also went platinum and Stone Love on July 6, 2004.

Much of Stone's solo material has significant hip hop and soul influences and features notable samples. For example, her first solo single, "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" samples Gladys Knight & the Pips' 1972 "Neither One of Us (Want to Be the First to Say Goodbye)", and "Wish I Didn't Miss You" samples The O'Jays' 1972 "Back Stabbers".

Stone sings the theme song for the CW's sitcom Girlfriends. She has two children, a daughter and a son. The son is the child of neo soul singer D'Angelo, whom Stone dated during the 1990s.

2006?current

Stone recently finished a stand-up theatre play tour entitled Issues: We've Got Them All in which she had a leading role. She is now appearing on the VH1's reality television series Celebrity Fit Club for the fourth season, which began on August 6, 2006. While on the show, Stone lost eighteen pounds, the second lowest loss in the history of the show.

Stone has had various Summer Festival dates lined up across America and also three headlining American shows in June and another two in the Netherlands in August.

During an interview to BBC 1Xtra on August 27, 2006, Stone announced that she had signed to the reworked Stax Records. She is currently working on her fourth studio album entitled The Art of Love & War, which is due out on October 16 2007. A video for the lead single "Baby" (featuring Betty Wright) was recently released and can been seen on BET, YouTube, and Eye Music Network.

Stone has also been touring with Sisters in the Spirit 2007.

On the October 16th show of Ellen DeGeneres Angie Stone made an appearance and did a performance.

Discography

Albums

  • 1999: Black Diamond
  • 2001: Mahogany Soul
  • 2004: Stone Love
  • 2005: The Very Best of Angie Stone
  • 2007: The Art of Love & War


Singles



Album appearances



Other collaborations



Soundtracks



Filmography

Films



Television



Theatre



Awards and nominations

Wins

  • 2000 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards: "Best R&B/Soul Single, Solo" for "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" and "Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist, Solo"
  • 2004 Dutch Edison Award for Stone Love


Nominations

  • 2003 Grammy Awards: "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" for "More Than a Woman" (with Joe)
  • 2004 Grammy Awards: "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" for "U-Haul"


References

External links



1961 birthsAfrican-American actorsAfrican-American singer-songwritersAmerican actor-singersAmerican female singersAmerican film actorsAmerican keyboardistsAmerican musical theatre actorsAmerican record producersAmerican rhythm and blues singer-songwritersAmerican soul musiciansAmerican television actorsEnglish-language singersLiving peopleNeo soul singersPeople from Columbia, South CarolinaReality television participantsSouth Carolina actorsSouth Carolina musiciansCelebrity Fit Club participants

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