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Anita Baker Biography
1957—
Singer
Baker, Anita, photograph. .
Anita baker biography discography wikipedia
Anita Baker's rich and entirely distinctive alto voice has invited comparisons that range beyond the world of contemporary pop to include mention of such legendary jazz figures as Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson. One of the leading performers in the field of sophisticated black adult pop in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she waged a successful battle to take control of her career and realize her artistic vision.
In 1994, with her stardom assured, Baker cut back her activities to focus on home and motherhood—in the process revealing something of the intense difficulties she faced during her own youth. Then, after a ten-year hiatus from the business, she made a triumphal return with a new album that met with critical acclaim.
The facts of her early life are far from clear; most have been supplied by Baker herself in interviews that sometimes contradict one another.
She was born in 1957 or 1958 in Tol