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about|the singer|the pornographic actress|Angela StoneBLP sources|date=April 2008Infobox musical artist| name = Angie Stone| image = Angie Stone at Berns, Stockholm.jpg| caption = Angie Stone at Berns, Stockholm| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Angela Laverne Brown| birth_date = Birth date and age|1961|12|18Citation needed|date=June 2008| birth_place = Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia , South Carolina , United States| instrument = Singing , keyboard instrument|keyboards | genre = contemporary R& B|R& B , soul music|soul , neo soul | occupation = singer-songwriter , record producer , actress | years_active = 1979–present| label = Arista Records|Arista , J Records|J , Stax Records|Stax | associated_acts = The Sequence , Vertical Hold, Mantronix , Devox, Joss Stone , Anthony Hamilton (musician)|Anthony Hamilton | website = http://www.angiestoneonline.net www.angiestoneonline.net Angie Stone (born Angela Laverne Brown on December 18, 1961) is an American contemporary R& B|R& B and soul music|soul singer-songwriter , record producer , and occasional actress . She has been nominated for three Grammy Award s. She is more successful on the charts R& B charts, with four Top 10 albums, forms including a number one album and 10 singles on the R& B chart, including a Top 10. She sold over 1.4 millions albums in U.S. and sold over 5 millions albums worldwide.
Biography
Stone was born in Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia , South Carolina , where she began singing gospel music at First Nazareth Baptist Church, under the leadership of Reverend Blakely N. Scott.
She has a daughter and son. Her daughter Diamond (born 1984) is from her marriage to Rodney Stone (also known as Lil' Rodney C!, from the hip hop music|hip hop group Funky Four Plus One ). Diamond contributed background vocals to her 2007 song "Baby",Angie Stone Interview on Michael Baisden Radio show and gave birth to Stone's grandson in 2008. During the 1990s Stone dated neo soul singer D'Angelo . Their son Michael was born in 1998. Stone lives in Atlanta, Georgia with Michael and fiancé Ashanti, an airline auditor who has two children of his own. http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/13/angie_stone_planning_to_wed_in_the_baham Angie Stone Planning To Wed In The Bahamas
Musical career
In the early 1980s, Stone (then known as Angie B.) was a member of The Sequence , a female hip hop/ funk trio consisting of Cheryl The Pearl and Blondie. They were the second rap group signed to the Sugar Hill Record Label after auditioning for Sylvia Robinson backstage at a Sugar Hill Gang concert in South Carolina. They had a hit in 1980 with " Funk You Up ", which reached number fifteen on the U.S. Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|Top Black Singles chart, and a minor hit with "Monster Jam" featuring rapper Spoonie Gee . The Sequence enjoyed a series of rap hits as the first female rap group during the early years of Hip Hop. Such hits as "Funky Sound (Tear The Roof Off)" kept The Sequence touring with many of the Soul Bands of the day. She then worked with Mantronix , before singing background on Lenny Kravitz 's fifth studio album, 5 (Lenny Kravitz album)|5 . The Sequence faded into obscurity as Hip Hop changed from its original party sound to a more gritty street art form.
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 DeVeaux (Lenny Kravitz's cousin) and together with Charlie Mole they formed Devox. They recorded one album, Devox Featuring Angie B. Stone . Released in Japan by EMI Music Japan|Toshiba EMI and selected cuts featured on Gerry DeVeaux's Front Of The line via the UK Expansion Records , which also included Stone-penned material.
Stone shared songwriting credits on D'Angelo's first two studio albums, '' Brown Sugar (D'Angelo album)|Brown Sugar (1995) and Voodoo (D'Angelo album)|Voodoo (2000), as well as providing backing vocals on tour with him.
Her solo debut album, Black Diamond (Angie Stone album)|Black Diamond , was released on September 28, 1999 on Arista Records ; the album would eventually be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA . She has since also released, on Clive Davis ' J Records , Mahogany Soul on October 16, 2001 (which also went gold), and Stone Love on July 6, 2004.
Much of Stone's solo material has significant soul influences and features notable sampling (music)|samples . For example, her first solo single, "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" samples Gladys Knight & the Pips ' 1972 song " Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) ", while "Wish I Didn't Miss You" samples The O'Jays ' 1972 song " Back Stabbers (song)|Back Stabbers ".
Stone sings the theme song for the UPN / The CW Television Network|The CW 's sitcom Girlfriends .
During an interview to BBC 1Xtra on August 27, 2006, Stone announced that she had signed to the reworked Stax Records . Her fourth studio album |- The Art of Love & War was released on October 15, 2007. The lead single is "Baby" and features Betty Wright . Its music video features cameo appearances by comedian Mike Epps and '' America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 winner Eva Pigford . The song was nominated for Grammy Award for Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 50th Grammy Awards|2008 Grammy Awards .
Angie released her fifth studio album titled " Unexpected (Angie Stone album)|Unexpected " in the UK on February 8, 2010 on Stax Records . Speaking to noted UK R& B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul in January 2010, she explained her ideas behind 'Unexpected': "Being as I've delivered four decent albums already, I felt it was safe to switch up and do something different this time. And musically overall I just wanted to have FUN& #33; I wanted to do something that embodied a jam kinda feel, so that we could have some fun in concert and show people everything doesn't always have to be so serious." http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/500/hard_act_to_follow Angie Stone interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2010
Tours
Stone recently finished a stand-up theatre play tour entitled ''Issues: We've Got Them All'' in which she had a leading role. She appeared on the VH1 's reality television series Celebrity Fit Club (US TV 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.
Stone toured with Sisters in the Spirit in 2007; toured in Europe in May/June 2008; toured on various Summer Festivals in the U.S. in summer 2008 (including three headlining June shows); and two in the Netherlands in August 2008.
Discography
Main|Angie Stone discography ;Studio Albums
1999: Black Diamond (Angie Stone album)|Black Diamond
2001: Mahogany Soul
2004: Stone Love
2007: The Art of Love & War
2009: Unexpected (Angie Stone album)|Unexpected
Filmography
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Wins
2000 Soul Train Music Awards|Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards : Best R& B/Soul Single, Solo for "No More Rain (In This Cloud)"
2000 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards: Best R& B/Soul or Rap New Artist, Solo
2004 Edison Award for Stone Love
Nominations
45th Grammy Awards|2003 Grammy Awards : Grammy Award for Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "More Than a Woman" (with Joe (singer)|Joe )
46th Grammy Awards|2004 Grammy Awards : Grammy Award for Best Female R& B Vocal Performance|Best Female R& B Vocal Performance for "U-Haul"
50th Grammy Awards|2008 Grammy Awards : Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Baby" (with Betty Wright)
2008 BET Awards : BET J Award
2008 Centric|BET J Virtual Awards: Album of the Year for The Art of Love & War
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External links
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Official website| http://www.angiestoneonline.net
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