Anita Baker is an American singer and songwriter who has had a long, glittering career and has eight Grammy Awards till date. Baker’s parents abandoned her at the age of two and she was raised by a foster family in Detroit. Her childhood was understandably a tough one but she got into music from a very early age and before long she started performing in nightclubs in the city. Her specialty was in Rhythm and Blues (R&B) and following a performance at one of those nightclubs, she was offered the chance to join a band named ‘Chapter 8’. However, it was as a solo performer that she really came into the limelight and her very first album titled ‘Rapture’ made her a household name across America. Baker is one of the few artists whose first four albums sold in excess of million copies and remains one of the icons of the R&B genre. Baker decided to take a break in order to bring up her sons and got back to work after a long hiatus, however her stature as an icon was cemented when her comeback album became a big hit.