The First Lady was RIAA certified Gold selling over 600,000 copies to date. with Jools Holland and MTV the album entered the Billboard 200 at number two with 160,000 copies sold in its first week, marking the largest first-week total of her career. With the help of "Again" reaching the top ten of Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and appearances on David Letterman, BET, Later.
The First Lady came out commemorating her tenth anniversary in the industry and her first record on Capitol Records after leaving Bad Boy in 2003. Faith recorded "Say A Prayer" with gospel music star Donald Lawrence on his "I Speak Life" album in 2004. After finding success with her Twista collaboration, "Hope", Evans released her first song of new material in three years with "Again", a biographical account of her life struggles. The album was certified platinum in January 2002, with over 1 million units sold.Įvans rebounded with a record that many of her fans have proclaimed as her strongest record to date, The First Lady (released on April 5, 2005) her Capitol record debut album. Although the album wasn't as largely promoted as her first two, it was a moderate success. Fatman Scoop also sampled her vocals on the song "Be Faithful" in 2003, which reached number one in the UK.
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Always a slightly full figured woman, Evans shed over fifty pounds and presented a sexier image that was present for the videos to "I Love You" and "Burnin' Up". For the album's promotion, Evans went through a transformation in her physical appearance. Outside of her own albums, Evans found another hit that year with Whitney Houston and Kelly Price on the song "Heartbreak Hotel".Įvans released her third album, 2001's Faithfully, which included the hit singles "You Gets No Love" (#8 R&B) and "I Love You" (#2 R&B). Diddy helmed "All Night Long" (#9 US), and Babyface lent her a number-one R&B hit song with "Never Gonna Let You Go". Among its biggest hits include the Chic-sampled track "Love Like This" (#7 US), the P. Unlike the solemn approach to her first album, this album spoke of optimism, good times, and love. A 1997 tribute single featuring Puff Daddy and 112, entitled "I'll Be Missing You," became Evans' biggest-selling hit to date and won her a Grammy Award in 1998.Īfter marrying Todd Russaw and having a third child, named Joshua, Evans released her long-awaited follow-up, Keep the Faith in 1998. The turbulent marriage led to Evans' involvement in the East Coast-West Coast hip hop feud, dominating the rap scene at the time, and ended with Wallace's murder in a yet-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in March 1997. Next to her recording career, Evans is widely known as the widow of New York rapper Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, whom she married in 1994 two months after meeting at a photoshoot. In 2003, she left the label to sign with Capitol Records. Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records label in 1994, on which she released three platinum-certified studio albums between the years of 19. Sure, she became the first female artist to be signed to Sean "P. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B. Born in Coral Gables, Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Evans moved to Los Angeles in 1993 for a career in music business. Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and author.
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