Monifah

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Monifah Carter (born January 28, 1969) is an American female R&B singer-songwriter. She is best known for her hits "I Miss You (Come Back Home)," "You," and "Touch It."

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[edit] Career

Monifah was raised in the Spanish Harlem section of Manhattan, she was signed to Uptown/MCA Records, under the direction of Heavy D. (who at the time was the head of Uptown, and to whom she was romantically linked). In 1996, her debut album, Moods…Moments was released. The album featured the hits: "I Miss You (Come Back Home)," "You," and "You Don't Have to Love Me," all of which received heavy rotation on BET, The album was RIAA certified gold selling an impressive 526,000 copies to date . In 1997, she contributed the Heavy D.-produced "I Still Love You" to the soundtrack of the film Sprung.

Monifah's second album was the mild to moderately sexually explicit Mo'Hogany. Released in the last quarter of 1998, it featured "Touch It" (which included samples of Laid Back's hit "White Horse"), which became a dance floor staple and peaked at #9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It was also a crossover hit, peaking at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, eventually selling 778,000 copies the album was RIAA certified platinum in May of 2000 based on album shipments. Ironically the album sold more than the previous release in spite of debuting at #93 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and having only one hit single compared to 4 like the previous release.

Monifah's third album Home, released in 2000, was executive produced by Teddy Riley and contained the moderate hit "I Can Tell" and "Brown Eyes" and the minor hit, "Fairytales." the album was not as successful as Monifah's previous efforts, selling a disapointing 201,100 copies. Since then, Monifah has not released any new singles. In 2003 she played a supporting role in Michael Baisden's "Men Cry In the Dark" stage play (also on available on DVD).

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • 1996: Moods…Moments,-Gold Uptown/MCA Records
  • 1998: Mo'hogany,- Platinum Universal Records
  • 2000: Home, Universal Records

[edit] Singles

  • 1996: "I Miss You (Come Back Home)"
  • 1996: "I Miss You (Come Back Home) remix featuring AZ"
  • 1996: "You"-gold
  • 1996: "You Don't Have to Love Me"
  • 1997: "I Still Love You"
  • 1998: "Touch It" -gold
  • 1998: "Suga Suga"
  • 2000: "I Can Tell"
  • 2000: "Brown Eyes"
  • 2000: "Fairytales"