Anita Denise Baker is a singer-songwriter from the United States. During the peak of current R&B's quiet storm period in the 1980s, she was one of the most prominent singers of soulful romantic ballads. Baker began her career with the funk band Chapter 8 in the late 1970s, and her debut solo album, The Songstress, was published in 1983. She became famous after the publication of her platinum-selling second album, Rapture, in 1986, which featured the Grammy-winning ballad "Sweet Love." ... Read more