UToni Braxton wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 7, 1967 eSevern, eMaryland. Ubaba wenkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo wayengumpristi. Wakha isimo esiqinile endlini, lapho, ngaphezu kukaTony, kwakuhlala abanye odade abayisithupha.
Ikhono likaBraxton lokucula lathuthukiswa ngumama wakhe, owayekade engumculi okhokhelwayo. Iqembu lomndeni wakwaBraxtons laduma ngisho nalapho uTony esesikoleni.
Iqembu laqala ukuhlanganyela emiqhudelwaneni ehlukahlukene futhi njalo lithola imiklomelo yokuqala. Ubaba wayengakuthandi ngempela, kodwa wabona ukuthi amantombazane anethalente okwakudingeka athuthukiswe.
Izinyathelo zokuqala kanye nempumelelo ka-Toni Braxton
Umculi uthole udumo lwakhe lokuqala lwangempela njengengxenye yeqembu lomndeni ngemuva kokusayina inkontileka ne-Arista Records. Usize amantombazane ukuthi athole ithuba lokuqopha izingoma enkampanini edumile ethi Bill Pattouy.
Umculi odumile wahlangana nodade baseBraxton egalaji likaphethiloli futhi waqaphela ngokushesha ukuthi leli qembu lalinethuba lokugqekeza abantu.
Esebenzela izingoma zerekhodi, u-Toni Braxton wayethemba abakhiqizi uKenneth Edmonds no-Antonio Reed. Futhi ngangingaphazami.
Ochwepheshe abaziwayo abasize uWhitney Houston noStevie Wonder bakwazi ukwenza inkanyezi entsha ngeBraxton. Izwi likaTony eliyingqayizivele (i-velvet contralto) lavumela intombazane ukuba ibe inkanyezi yangempela.
U-Toni Braxton waqamba i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ngegama lakhe. Icwecwe selidayise amakhophi angu-11 million. Izingoma ezinhlanu ezivela kudiski zithathe phezulu emashadini. Ngenxa ye-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, umculi wathola imiklomelo emithathu ye-Grammy.
UBraxton uqophe ingoma yakhe enkulu kunazo zonke ngo-1996. Ingoma ethi Un-Break My Heart ingene kuwo wonke amashadi omculo odumile emhlabeni futhi yahlala phezulu isikhathi eside. Lo mculi uqophe ama-disc akhe okuqala eyedwa kulebula ye-La Face.
Ukunqanyulwa kwenkontileka enelebula ethi La Face
U-Braxton waba nomuzwa wokuthi inkampani yokuqopha yayidlulisela imali encane kakhulu ekuthengisweni iye ku-akhawunti yakhe futhi yanquma ukunqamula inkontileka nelebula. Kodwa abameli ababeqashiwe bakwazi ukuphika zonke izinsolo zabaculi.
Imali esetshenziswe ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwamacala amaningi ezinkantolo yaholela ekuqotheni. Kodwa-ke, le ntombazane yakwazi ukufeza ukuxoxisana kabusha kwenkontileka ngemibandela engcono kakhulu yayo.
Ukumboza isikweletu esingu-$3,9 million, uBraxton kwadingeka athengise izindlu nezakhiwo. Kubandakanya imiklomelo eminingi ngomsebenzi wakhe.
I-albhamu yesithathu kaToni Braxton yaba yimpumelelo kakhulu. Umdidiyeli uRodney Jerkins ubambe iqhaza ekurekhodeni kwayo. Kuze kube manje, ochwepheshe basebenze ngempumelelo no-Britney Spears kanye neqembu le-Spice Girls.
Isiqeshana sevidiyo sengoma eyodwa erekhodiwe sasidume kakhulu ku-MTV. Futhi ingoma ethi "Hawaiian Guitar" ithole imiklomelo eminingi yomculo ethandwayo.
Umdlalo wesine omude awuzange unikeze umculi impumelelo efanele, futhi waphinde waxabana nabakhiqizi, ehambisa "ukwehluleka" kwediski emahlombe abo.
Ekhathele umsebenzi wakhe womculo, uBraxton wanquma ukuzinikela ebhayisikobho futhi waba nenkanyezi efilimini ethi Kevin Hill. Indima ayizange ibe "impumelelo", kodwa abagxeki baqaphele ukuthi u-Toni wayeziphethe kahle ekhamera.
Ngemva konyaka eqophe ifilimu, uToni wabuyela emsebenzini wakhe wokucula futhi wakhulula i-albhamu ethi Libra. Iphumelele kakhulu kwezohwebo kunerekhodi langaphambilini.
Noma kunjalo, umuntu angakwazi kakade ukukhohlwa mayelana nokuthandwa kwangaphambili. Akuzange kusize ukubuyisela uthando lomphakathi kanye ne-albhamu yesikhombisa ethi "Pulse".
Umrepha uTrey Songz usize ukukhumbula u-Toni Braxton. Ku-duet nomculi, uhlabelele ingoma ethi Izolo, isiqeshana sevidiyo okwavela ukuthi savusa inkanuko futhi sathola inani elikhulu lokubukwa kumasayithi afanele.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaToni Braxton
Ngo-2001, uBraxton washada nomculi uKeri Lewis. Umshado wazala amadodana amabili uDenim-Kai noDiesel-Kai. Ngeshwa, ingane encane yomculi kwatholakala ukuthi ine-autism.
Intombazane ikholelwa ukuthi ukugula kwendodana yakhe kuwukubuyisela kwayo ngokuhushula isisu, eyakhishwa ngesikhathi isanda kuqala umsebenzi wayo.
impilo
U-Toni Braxton akekho empilweni enhle kakhulu. Odokotela bathola isimila kuye, bakwazi ukusikhipha kusenesikhathi. Intombazane nayo ihlushwa ukwanda kwe-capillary fragility kanye ne-lupus erythematosus.
Ngenxa yalokhu, uTony kufanele achithe isikhathi esiningi e-rehab. Kodwa izinkinga azimesabi uBraxton.
Uyaqhubeka nokwenza akuthandayo. Esikhathini esingengakanani esidlule, le ntombazane yamemezela ukuthi ifuna ukubopha ifindo likasofa silahlane nomrepha uBrian Williams.
Bebengabangani kusukela ngo-2003, kodwa baqala ukuthandana ngo-2016.
Lo mculi umemezele ukuthi useshonile kabili, kodwa usaqhubeka nokwenza umsebenzi wokupha. Wasungula izisekelo ze-Autism Speaks kanye ne-American Heart Association. Namuhla, umculi uchitha isikhathi esiningi nomndeni.
Amaqiniso anentshisekelo
- Ingqikithi yamarekhodi athengiswe umculi yaba amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-60. Waklonyeliswa kasikhombisa ngendondo yeGrammy. Ngo-2017, u-Toni Braxton uphinde wathatha ithuba lokudlala ku-movie.
- Idrama ethi Faith Under Fire ikhuluma ngezenzakalo ezenzeka ngo-2013 esikoleni saseGeorgia. Indoda yathumba abafundi futhi i-heroine kuphela eyadlalwa uBraxton yakwazi ukuncenga umhlaseli ukuthi azinikele.
- Ngo-2018, uBraxton uphinde wanquma ukubuyela emsebenzini wakhe wokucula futhi wakhipha i-albhamu evusa inkanuko ethi Ucansi Nogwayi. Ingoma yesihloko yale albhamu ithole ukuduma okukhulu.
- Umculi wabuyela emfanekisweni wakhe, owadalwa ngawo-1990 ekhulwini elidlule.
- Ezingxoxweni eziningi uBraxton azinikeze ekusekeleni i-albhamu entsha, ukhulume ngokuthi wakhula kanjani futhi manje usengakwazi ukukhuluma ngemizwa yakhe ngaphandle kokuhlolwa.
