Toni Braxton discography

American singer Toni Braxton has released ten studio albums, five extended plays, six compilation albums, two remix albums, thirty-four singles (including three featured singles), two video albums and twenty-two music videos in a career spanning over 30 years. Braxton was born in Severn, Maryland, on October 7, 1967.[1] Her mother, an opera vocalist, encouraged Braxton and her four sisters to sing in church at a young age.[1] In 1990, songwriter Bill Pettaway discovered the sisters and helped them obtain a record deal with Arista Records, as the group titled The Braxtons; the group's debut single, "Good Life", was released the same year.[1] Although the song failed to chart, Braxton's voice caught the attention of producers, L.A. Reid and Babyface,[2] who signed her to their newly formed LaFace Records.[1] In 1991, Braxton recorded songs for the soundtrack to the 1992 film Boomerang. Her solo debut single, "Love Shoulda Brought You Home", reached the top forty of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the top five of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Two years later, her self-titled debut album was issued through LaFace. The album topped the US Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and was certified eight-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It spawned four singles, including "Breathe Again", which peaked within the top ten in the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The album has sold over ten million copies worldwide.

Toni Braxton discography
Braxton in 2015
Studio albums10
Compilation albums8
Video albums2
Music videos90
EPs5
Singles34
Box sets2

Braxton's second studio album, Secrets, was released in 1996. Featuring songwriting and production by Reid, Babyface, Diane Warren, R. Kelly and David Foster, the album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified eight-times platinum by the RIAA. It also made the top ten in many other countries including Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The album features four singles, including two double A-sides. The first single, "You're Makin' Me High", became Braxton's first number one single in the United States, where it topped the Hot 100 and R&B charts.[1] "Un-Break My Heart", the album's second single, topped the charts in the United States, Sweden, and Switzerland and peaked within the top five in Canada, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom; it became the second biggest-selling single by a female artist in the United States.[2] Secrets has sold about fifteen million copies worldwide. The following year, Braxton filed a lawsuit against LaFace, which asked for a release from her record contract.[1] However, LaFace countersued, a move which prompted Braxton to file for bankruptcy. She spent the next year in a state of oblivion, but reached an agreement with LaFace the year after.[1] Her third studio album, The Heat, was released in April 2000. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and topped the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It also reached number one in Canada and charted within the top ten in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The lead single, "He Wasn't Man Enough", became another top-five Hot 100 entry in the United States for Braxton and the second single, "Just Be a Man About It", became a top-10 R&B entry. The Heat was certified double platinum by the RIAA and has sold four million copies worldwide. Braxton released her first Christmas album, Snowflakes, the next year. Her fifth studio album More Than a Woman was released in 2002. In the United States, the album charted within the top 20 and also received a gold certification.

In April 2003, Braxton parted ways with LaFace and Arista and signed a record deal with Blackground Records.[3] Libra, the first album release through them, debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified gold by the RIAA. Braxton spent the next three years as the main performer at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas and later participated on the television series Dancing with the Stars.[1] In October 2008, she signed a record deal with Atlantic Records. Pulse, her seventh studio album, was released in May 2010. The album became another R&B chart-topper for Braxton and cracked the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart. The lead single from the album, "Yesterday", peaked at number twelve on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In a career now spanning over two decades, Braxton has accumulated sales of 70 million records worldwide.[2][4][5][6][7]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US
[8]
AUS
[9]
CAN
[10]
FRA
[11]
GER
[12]
JPN
[13]
NLD
[14]
SWE
[15]
SWI
[16]
UK
[17]
Toni Braxton16477911244
Secrets
  • Released: June 18, 1996
  • Label: LaFace, Arista (73008-26020-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
21142226512110
The Heat
  • Released: April 25, 2000
  • Label: LaFace (73008-26069-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
214193253623
Snowflakes
  • Released: October 23, 2001
  • Label: Arista (07822-14723-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
11992
More Than a Woman
  • Released: November 19, 2002
  • Label: Arista (07822-14749-2)
  • Formats: CD, LP
136690371148823123
Libra46025
Pulse
  • Released: May 4, 2010
  • Label: Atlantic (520269-2)
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download
9731811583928
Love, Marriage & Divorce
(with Babyface)
  • Released: February 4, 2014
  • Label: Motown
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4734575
Sex & Cigarettes
  • Released: March 23, 2018
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2217033
Spell My Name
  • Released: August 28, 2020
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
163[C]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[8]
US
R&B

[42]
BRA
[43]
JPN
[13]
SWI
[16]
UK
[17]
Ultimate Toni Braxton
  • Released: November 4, 2003
  • Label: Arista, Sony BMG (82876 56783 2)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
119431728623
Artist Collection: Toni Braxton
  • Released: October 12, 2004[44]
  • Label: Sony BMG (82876 63640-2)
  • Format: CD
Platinum & Gold
  • Released: October 12, 2004
  • Label: LaFace (SBMK 788312)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
78
Un-Break My Heart: The Remix Collection
  • Released: April 12, 2005[45]
  • Label: LaFace (PID 897644)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Breathe Again: Toni Braxton at Her Best
  • Released: April 26, 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG (JKCD 1457)
  • Format: CD
96
The Essential Toni Braxton
  • Released: February 20, 2007
  • Label: LaFace (88697 05536 2)
  • Format: CD
48
The Best So Far
  • Released: April 2007
  • Label: Som Livre (0709-2)
  • Format: CD
2
Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton
  • Released: October 28, 2008[47]
  • Label: Sony Music (PLLT 727451)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Breathe Again: The Best of Toni Braxton
  • Released: June 5, 2009[48]
  • Label: Sony Music (PLLT 727451)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Essential Mixes
  • Released: September 20, 2010[49]
  • Label: Sony Music (88697-76788-2)
  • Formats: CD, LP
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleDetailsNotes
The Collection
  • Released: June 13, 2006
  • Label: LaFace, Legacy
  • Format: CD
  • Three-disc compilation containing Secrets, The Heat and More Than a Woman.[50]
  • Contains separate CD case for each album.[50]
Secrets/More Than a Woman
  • Released: October 4, 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD
  • Two-disc compilation containing Secrets and More Than a Woman.[51][52]

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Discover Toni Braxton
  • Released: November 30, 2007
  • Label: LaFace, Legacy
  • Format: Digital download
Discover More
  • Released: November 9, 2010
  • Label: LaFace, Legacy
  • Format: Digital download
Discover Beyond
  • Released: November 9, 2010
  • Label: LaFace, Legacy
  • Format: Digital download
Soul Pack: Toni Braxton
  • Released: June 7, 2011
  • Label: 360 Music, X5 Music Group
  • Format: Digital download
Coping (Remixes)
  • Released: November 10, 2017
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Format: Digital download
Home All Alone
  • Released: August 14, 2020
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

1990s

List of singles released in the 1990s decade, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[53]
US
R&B
/HH

[54]
AUS
[9]
CAN
[55]
GER
[12]
IRE
[56]
NLD
[14]
SWE
[15]
SWI
[57]
UK
[17]
"Love Shoulda Brought You Home"199233433Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album and Toni Braxton
"Another Sad Love Song"1993725716604315Toni Braxton
"Breathe Again"342752107252
"Seven Whole Days"[D]
"You Mean the World to Me"1994734966930
"I Belong to You"[E]28680
"How Many Ways"[E]
"You're Makin' Me High"[E]19961128472118117Secrets
"Let It Flow"[E]Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album and Secrets
"Un-Break My Heart"1262222112Secrets
"I Don't Want To"[E]19971997113371041159
"I Love Me Some Him"[E]
"How Could an Angel Break My Heart"
(with Kenny G)
163422
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2000s

List of singles released in the 2000s decade, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[53]
US
R&B
/HH

[54]
AUS
[9]
CAN
[55]
GER
[12]
IRE
[56]
NLD
[14]
SWE
[15]
SWI
[57]
UK
[17]
"He Wasn't Man Enough"20002151201251075The Heat
"Just Be a Man About It"32634
"Spanish Guitar"9875442245194936
"Maybe"200174
"Snowflakes of Love"[F]Snowflakes
"Christmas in Jamaica"
(featuring Shaggy)
[G]
"Hit the Freeway"
(featuring Loon)
200286324656403829More Than a Woman
"Please"[63]2005[H]36Libra
"Trippin' (That's the Way Love Works)"[65]67
"Take This Ring"[66][I]
"Suddenly"[67]2006
"The Time of Our Lives"
(with Il Divo)
178Voices from the FIFA World Cup
"Yesterday"[68]2009[J]12201750Pulse
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2010s–2020s

List of singles released in the 2010s and 2020s decades, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[53]
US
R&B
/HH

[54]
US
R&B

[69]
US
R&B
/HH
Airplay

[58]
US
Adult
R&B

[70]
"Hands Tied"[71][72]201029296Pulse
"Make My Heart"[71][73][K]
"I Heart You"[74]2012[L]Non-album single
"Hurt You"
(with Babyface)
2013[M]15161Love, Marriage & Divorce
"Where Did We Go Wrong"
(with Babyface)
3911
"Deadwood"[76]2017347Sex & Cigarettes
"Long as I Live"[77]20185615151
"Do It"
(solo or remix featuring Missy Elliott)
202013111Spell My Name
"Dance"17
"Gotta Move On"
(featuring H.E.R.)
17121
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[53]
US
R&B
/HH

[54]
US
R&B

[69]
US
R&B
/HH
Airplay

[58]
AUS
[9]
CAN
[55]
SWE
[15]
UK
[17]
"Give U My Heart"
(Babyface featuring Toni Braxton)
1992292Boomerang
"Baby You Can Do It"[78]
(with Birdman)
200373Birdman
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
(as part of Artists for Haiti)
20102187550Non-album single
"Live Out Your Love"
(Kem featuring Toni Braxton)
20202314Love Always Wins
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Reversal of a Dog"[79]1992The LaFace Cartel, Damian Dame, Highland Place Mobsters, TLCBoomerang
"The Christmas Song"[80]1993NoneA LaFace Family Christmas
"Brown Baby"[81]1996For Our Children Too!
"That Somebody Was You"[82]Kenny GThe Moment
"Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)"[83]2004Michael McDonaldMotown Two
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"[84]2005None40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas
"Suddenly"2008Richard MarxSundown
"If You Dream"[85]2009Tank, Tyrese, Jordin Sparks, Omarion, Faith Evans, JoJo, Charlie Wilson, Tamar Braxton, Steve RussellMore than a Game
"Happily Unhappy"2021Jam & LewisJam & Lewis: Volume One

Videography

Video albums

TitleDetailsNotes
Toni Braxton: The Hit Video Collection[86][87]
  • Released: May 24, 1994
  • Label: LaFace
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
  • A 35-minute-long video longform containing music videos for "Breathe Again", "Another Sad Love Song", "Seven Whole Days", "Love Shoulda Brought You Home", and "You Mean the World to Me".[86]
  • Peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Top Music Videos chart and number forty on the Billboard Top Video Sales chart.[88][89]
  • The compilation was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in July 1994.[22]
From Toni with Love... The Video Collection[90][91]
  • Released: November 20, 2001
  • Label: Arista
  • Format: DVD
  • A DVD compilation containing Braxton's fourteen music videos including "Breathe Again", "Another Sad Love Song", and "You're Makin' Me High".[90]
  • Separate commentary track, by Braxton, on each music video also included.[90]
  • Peaked at number twenty-nine on the US Billboard Top Music Videos chart.[92]

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
TitleYearDirector(s)Ref.
As lead artist
"Love Shoulda Brought You Home"1992Ralph Ziman[93]
"Another Sad Love Song"1993[94]
"Breathe Again" / "Respira Otra Vez"Randee St. Nicholas[93]
"Seven Whole Days"Lionel C. Martin
"You Mean the World to Me"1994
"How Many Ways"[95]
"Let It Flow"1995Herb Ritts[93]
"You're Makin Me High"1996Bille Woodruff
"Un-Break My Heart" / "Regresa a Mi"
"I Don't Want To"1997
"How Could an Angel Break My Heart"Iain Softley
"He Wasn't Man Enough"2000Bille Woodruff
"Just Be a Man About It"
"Spanish Guitar"
"Hit the Freeway"Dave Meyers and Charles Infante[96]
"Please"2005Chris Robinson[93]
"Yesterday"2009Bille Woodruff
"Make My Heart"2010[97]
"Hands Tied"[98]
"Woman"Unknown[99]
"I Heart You"2012Bille Woodruff[100]
"Deadwood"2017[101]
"Long as I Live"2018Mike Ho[102]
"Dance"2020[103]
"Gotta Move On"
(featuring H.E.R.)
As featured artist
"Give U My Heart"
(with Babyface)
1992Unknown[104]
"Baby You Can Do It"
(Birdman featuring Toni Braxton)
2002David Palmer[105]
"The Time of Our Lives"
(with Il Divo)
2006Nigel Dick[106]
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
(as part of Artists for Haiti)
2010Paul Haggis[107]
"Hurt You"
(with Babyface)
2013Ray Kay[108]

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances in music videos, showing year released, artist, and directors
TitleYearArtistDirectorRef.
"Miss You"2002AaliyahDarren Grant[93]

See also

Notes

References

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