Taura Stinson

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Taura Stinson

Taura Stinson is an American songwriter, producer, musician,[1] composer and author.[2] Stinson has co-written songs for artists including Deborah Cox, Cynthia Erivo, Kelly Rowland, Destiny's Child, Kelis and Jennifer Hudson. She has also written songs for films such as Step, Mudbound and Black Nativity and for TV programs including Underground, Twin Peaks, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur|Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur]],and Insecure.

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Together with Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq she has won Critics' Choice Movie Awards and Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

Stinson has written and self-published two books, 100 Things Every Black Girl Should Know and 100 Ways to Love Yourself Inside and Out.

Life and career

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Taura Stinson was born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Oakland, California.[1]

In the early 1990s, she co-founded an R&B trio called Emage with Kimbrely Evans and Mykah Montgomery. The trio signed a deal with One Love/Mercury Records and released one album, Soul Deep.[3][1][4]

Discography

Stinson has written various songs with long time co-writer, Rapheal Saadiq,[5] including the Grammy Award nominated songs "Good Man" (2012)[6] by Saadiq,[7] and "Show me the Way" (2005)[6]) by Earth, Wind & Fire.[8]

She has also written for artists including:[1]

Filmography

Taura has written songs for various films including:

Television

Stinson has also written songs for television, such as

Vocalist and arranger

Stinson has worked (recorded, arranged songs) for artists, including

Awards and nominations

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90th Academy Awards Best Original Song Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq Nominated [31]
18th Black Reel Awards Best Original or Adapted Song Won [32]
75th Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song Nominated [33]
2017 Georgia Film Critics Association Awards Best Original Song Nominated [34]
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Best Song/Recording Created for a Film Nominated [35]
2017 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Original Song — Documentary Raphael Saadiq & Laura Karpman Won [36][17]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2017 Best Song in a Documentary Raphael Saadiq & Laura Karpman Won [37]
Soul Train Music Award for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award Record of the Year, 2011 Raphael Saadiq Nominated [38]
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Publications

  • 100 Things Every Black Girl Should Know (2016)[2][39]
  • 100 Ways to Love Yourself Inside and Out (2020)[40]

Other names

Stinson has worked under a variety of names, including Taura "Aura" Jackson, Stinson, Stinson-Jackson, T. Stinson, T. Stinson-Jackson, T. S. Jackson, Tara Stinson, Taura Latrice Stinson, Taura Stinson Jackson and Taura Stinson-Jackson.[41]

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