Milira Jones (born September 27, 1969), better known as Milira, is an American R&B/soul singer born in Hollis, New York. She released two albums in the 1990s and had four charting singles on Billboard's R&B singles chart, with two peaking top 40.[1]
Milira | |
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Birth name | Milira Jones |
Also known as | Milira |
Born | Hollis, New York, U.S. | September 27, 1969
Origin | Manhattan, New York, US |
Genres | R&B, soul |
Occupation | Singer |
Years active | 1990–present |
Labels | Motown Records |
Biography
Milira Jones was born in Hollis, New York. She won amateur night at the Apollo Theater in the late 1980s, which led to a recording contract with Apollo Records, a label distributed through Motown Records.[2] Jones was influenced by jazz musician Sarah Vaughn.[2]
Music career
Prior to signing with Motown, Jones released her debut album on June 15, 1990, Milira. Her debut album spent 42 weeks on the Billboard R&B albums chart, reaching number 29.[3] It scored two top 40 R&B singles, "Go Outside in the Rain" (#36) and a cover version of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" featuring Noel Pointer (#21).[1]
On June 9, 1992, Milira released her follow-up album, Back Again!!! and two songs from the album charted on Billboard's R&B singles chart, "One Man Woman" (#45) and "Three's a Crowd" (#94).[1] Jones released her third album titled, Solution which was Christian and gospel themed with a mixture of R&B and Soul and also it was released under her own personal record label, Arilim Records and the CD album was released on September 12, 2000.
Discography
Albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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US R&B [3] | ||
Milira |
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29 |
Back Again |
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81 |
Solution |
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— |
No Mo Pain |
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— |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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US R&B [1] |
UK [4] | ||||
"Waiting Here for You" | 1990 | ― | ― | Milira | |
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" | 21 | 87 | |||
"Go Outside in the Rain" | 36 | ― | |||
"One Man Woman" | 1992 | 45 | ― | Back Again!!! | |
"Three's a Crowd" | 94 | ― | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
References
External links
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