| Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton | ||||
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| Released | October 28, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–2002 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 64:22 | |||
| Label | Legacy, LaFace | |||
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| Toni Braxton chronology | ||||
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 2013 edition | ||||
Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton is the fourth greatest hits compilation album by R&B singer Toni Braxton. It is a part of Sony BMG's Playlist series. It was released in the United States on October 28, 2008. [1]
Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton is the fourth compilation released by Braxton, following The Essential Toni Braxton , in 2007. The album was released on October 28, 2008, by Legacy Recordings, being part of Sony BMG's Playlist series. [2] The track list contains Braxton most successful singles, with a few different tracks, such as "A Better Man" from her fourth studio album, "More Than a Woman" (2002), "Maybe", a single from "The Heat" and a Hex Hector remix for "Spanish Guitar". [1]
In 2013, a new version of the compilation was released, with a different cover art and track list. The new edition contains the singles "Another Sad Love Song", "I Don't Want To" and "Just Be a Man About It", who were scrapped from the first edition, as well as Braxton's latest singles, "Yesterday" and "Hands Tied".
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "He Wasn't Man Enough" (from The Heat , 2000) | Darkchild | 4:22 | |
| 2. | "Hit the Freeway" (from More Than a Woman , 2002) | The Neptunes | 3:48 | |
| 3. | "You Mean the World to Me" (from Toni Braxton , 1993) |
| 4:57 | |
| 4. | "Un-Break My Heart" (from Secrets , 1996) | Diane Warren | David Foster | 4:31 |
| 5. | "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" (from Secrets, 1996) |
| Babyface | 4:21 |
| 6. | "Maybe" (from The Heat, 2000) |
| Crouch | 3:08 |
| 7. | "You're Makin' Me High" (from Secrets, 1996) |
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| 4:28 |
| 8. | "How Many Ways" (from Toni Braxton, 1993) |
| Herbert | 4:49 |
| 9. | "Seven Whole Days" (from Toni Braxton, 1993) |
|
| 6:20 |
| 10. | "A Better Man" (from More Than a Woman, 2002) |
|
| 3:58 |
| 11. | "Breathe Again" (from Toni Braxton, 1993) | Babyface |
| 4:30 |
| 12. | "I Belong to You" (from Toni Braxton, 1993) |
| Benford | 3:54 |
| 13. | "Let It Flow" (from Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack , 1996) | Babyface | Babyface | 4:09 |
| 14. | "Spanish Guitar" (HQ2 radio edit)" (from Platinum & Gold Collection , 2004) | Warren | Hex Hector | 6:42 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "How Could an Angel Break My Heart (with Kenny G)" |
| Babyface | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Let It Flow" | Babyface | Babyface | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Breathe Again" | Babyface |
| 4:15 |
| 4. | "You Mean the World to Me" |
|
| 3:59 |
| 5. | "How Many Ways" |
| Herbert | 4:26 |
| 6. | "You're Making Me High" |
|
| 4:06 |
| 7. | "Another Sad Love Song" |
|
| 3:50 |
| 8. | "Hands Tied" |
|
| 3:54 |
| 9. | "Spanish Guitar" | Warren | Foster | 4:49 |
| 10. | "Un-Break My Heart" | Warren | Foster | 4:28 |
| 11. | "I Don't Want To" | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 4:17 |
| 12. | "Just Be a Man About It" |
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| 4:49 |
| 13. | "Yesterday" |
| DJ Frank E | 3:48 |
| 14. | "He Wasn't Man Enough" |
| Darkchild | 4:22 |
Now That's What I Call Music! is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Sony Music and Universal Music which began in 1983. Spinoff series began for other countries the following year, starting with South Africa, and many other countries worldwide soon followed, expanding into Asia in 1995, then the United States in 1998.
Ultimate Toni Braxton, released in 2003, is the first greatest hits collection by R&B singer Toni Braxton. It features many of her greatest hits, and includes all the singles from her debut Toni Braxton and all but one of the singles from her second album Secrets. Her albums The Heat and More Than a Woman are fairly underrepresented, as only two and one songs are included from each album, respectively. The songs on Ultimate are not the actual album versions but radio edits, and the version of "Seven Whole Days" is live.
Platinum & Gold Collection, released in 2004, is the second greatest hits compilation by Toni Braxton, following Ultimate Toni Braxton released in 2003. It is a budget CD with fewer songs than Ultimate, but it has the remix versions of some songs. Although the album was not given a proper release in the United States and is considered an international release, it has sold 281,518 copies in the US as of February 2012.
Un-Break My Heart: The Remix Collection is the first remix album by American R&B singer Toni Braxton, released on April 12, 2005, by Sony BMG Music Entertainment in association with La Face Records and Legacy Recordings, while on iTunes, it was released a month later, on March 31, 2005. It takes its name from Braxton's signature ballad, "Un-Break My Heart".
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"Hit the Freeway" is a song by American recording artist Toni Braxton, released as the lead single from her fourth studio album, More Than a Woman (2002). The song, which features American rapper Loon, was written by Pharrell Williams and Loon himself, while production was handled by Pharrell's production duo The Neptunes. It is a hip hop and R&B song, with lyrics about an ex trying to rekindle with Braxton, but Braxton claims she's not interested in him anymore.
"He Wasn't Man Enough" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Toni Braxton. It was written by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, and Harvey Mason, Jr. for her third studio album, The Heat (2000), while production was helmed by the former. "He Wasn't Man Enough" is an uptempo R&B song that differs from Braxton's previous ballads. The song was released by LaFace Records on February 29, 2000, as the lead single from the album.
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American singer Toni Braxton has released ten studio albums, five extended plays, six compilation albums, two remix albums, thirty-four 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. Her mother, an opera vocalist, encouraged Braxton and her four sisters to sing in church at a young age. 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. Although the song failed to chart, Braxton's voice caught the attention of producers, L.A. Reid and Babyface, who signed her to their newly formed LaFace Records. 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.
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"Seven Whole Days" is a song performed by American singer Toni Braxton. It serves as the third single from her self-titled debut album (1993). It was released on October 8, 1993 by LaFace and Arista Records. Written and produced by Kenneth Edmonds, Antonio Reid and Daryl Simmons, the track describes a romance that was fading. As the single was not commercially released in the United States, it was ineligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and only managed to chart on the Hot 100 Airplay at number forty-eight in early March 1994. Nevertheless, it successfully topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay in late January 1994.
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