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• Faith Evans is a Grammy award nominated R&B singer whose late husband was rapper Notorious B.I.G.. Her most successful album thus far has been The First Lady which popped up on the Billboard 200 chart at number two. The record sold 160,000 in the first week. Just four weeks later it had sold more than 500,000 copies, making it a gold certified record.

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Faith Renee Evans
  2. Born: June 10, 1973
  3. Hometown: Newark, New Jersey
  4. Years active: 1992 - Present
  5. Record label: Capitol Records, Bad Boy Entertainment
  6. Often called 'The First Lady of Hip-Hop and R&B;'
  7. First women ever signed to Bad Boy Entertainment
  8. Sang backup on Usher's self titled debut album

• Awards

  • 2003: Grammy Award nomination for Faithfully as Best Contemporary R&B; Album
  • 2002: BET Award nomination for Best Female R&B; Artist
  • MTV Video Music Awards

  1. 2000: Best Rap Video nomination for "Love is Blind"
  2. 1999: Best R&B; Video win for "Heartbreak Hotel"
  3. 1997: Best R&B; Video nomination for "I'll Be Missing You"

• Albums

  • 1995: Faith
  • 1998: Keep the Faith
  • 2001: Faithfully
  • 2005: The First Lady
  • 2005: A Faithful Christmas

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