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Braxton performing at Howard University, 2014.
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Birth name | Traci Renee Braxton |
Born |
Severn, Maryland, U.S. |
April 2, 1971
Genres | R&B, soul, pop |
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Years active | 1989–present |
Labels | eOne Music (2013–present) |
Associated acts | The Braxtons, Toni Braxton, Tamar Braxton, Trina Braxton, Raheem DeVaughn |
Website | tracibraxton |
Traci Renee Braxton (born April 2, 1971), is an American singer, reality television personality and Radio personality. She is the younger sister of iconic American R&B singer Toni Braxton. In 2011, Braxton reunited with her sisters for the WE tv reality show Braxton Family Values. The first season was the #1 rated reality show on WE tv, and the network ordered a 13-episode second season of the show after the third episode.
In 2013, she got her own radio show called The Traci Braxton Show on the BLIS.F.M. radio. The show is a success.
Her solo debut album, Crash & Burn, was released on October 7, 2014, preceded by the single "Last Call". "Last Call" peaked at number 16 on the US R&B Adult. "Crash & Burn" debuted at #108 on the Billboard Hot 200 with sales of 4,000 in its first week and reached #11 on the relaunched Billboard R&B Albums chart and at #1 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.
She was born in Severn, Maryland. Her father, Michael Conrad Braxton, Sr., was a Methodist clergyman and power company worker, and her mother, Evelyn Jackson, a native of South Carolina, was a former opera singer and cosmetologist, as well as a pastor. Braxton's maternal grandfather was also a pastor.
Braxton has an older brother Michael, Jr. (born in 1968) and four sisters, Toni (born in 1967), Towanda (born in 1973), Trina (born in 1974), and Tamar (born in 1977).