American singer-songwriter Anita Baker has won eight Grammy Awards thus far in her long, illustrious career. Baker’s parents abandoned her when she was two years old, and a Detroit foster family took care of her ever since. Despite having a difficult upbringing, she developed a love for music early on, and soon she was giving performances in the city’s nightclubs. Her area of expertise was Rhythm and Blues (R&B), and after a performance in one of those nightclubs, she was given the opportunity to join a group called “Chapter 8.”
Baker began her musical career in the funk group Chapter 8 in the late 1970s. In 1983, “The Songstress”, her debut solo album, was published.
She originally gained popularity, though, as a solo singer, and her debut album, “Rapture,” helped to establish her as a household name in America.
One of the few musicians, Baker is still regarded as an important figure in the R&B genre despite having four albums that collectively sold more than a million copies.
In spite of the fact that Baker took a long leave from her career to raise her sons, she eventually returned to it, but it wasn’t until her comeback record became a great hit that her status as an icon was solidified.
