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Braxton's eponymous 1993 debut album went on to sell over eight million copies, and earned her the 1994 Grammy Award Best New Artist. Three of the label's early artists TLC, Usher, and Toni Braxton were successful, the former becoming one of the best selling female groups in music history. In 1989, Edmonds co-founded LaFace Records with Reid. In the late 1980s, he contributed to the creation of new jack swing, writing and producing music for the likes of Bobby Brown, Karyn White, Pebbles, Paula Abdul and Sheena Easton. On February 4, 2014, he released a duets album with Toni Braxton titled Love, Marriage & Divorce on Motown Records after numerous release date changes. It was the first album on the newly re-launched Mercury Records label. His album Playlist consists of eight cover songs and two original works. Babyface remained in The Deele until 1988, when both he and Reid left the group. The tune was on Midnight Star's double-platinum No Parking on the Dance Floor album, and while it never hit the charts, the song is still played on quiet storm radio stations. One of his first major credits as a songwriter for outside artists came when he wrote the tune 'Slow-Jam' for the R&B band Midnight Star in 1983. Then, as a keyboardist in the light-funk and R&B group The Deele (which also included drummer Antonio 'L.A.' Reid, with whom he would later form a successful writing and producing partnership). He also performed in the group Manchild (which had a 1976 hit 'Especially for You' with band member Daryl Simmons), as he was a guitarist for the band. Music careerĮdmonds later played with funk performer Bootsy Collins, who tagged him 'Babyface' because of his cute face while he was still a teen. At this stage, Edmonds became determined to have a career in music. When he was in eighth grade, Edmonds' father died of lung cancer, leaving his mother to raise her sons alone. Edmonds, who is the fifth of six brothers (including future After 7 band members Melvin and Kevon Edmonds, the latter of whom went on to have a modestly successful solo career), attended North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and as a shy youth, wrote songs to express his emotions.

Barbara was a pharmaceutical plant manager. Kenneth Edmonds was born on April 10, 1959, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Marvin and Barbara Edmonds. Kenneth ' Babyface' Edmonds (born April 10, 1959) is an American R&B musician, singersongwriter and record producer.

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