Lalah Hathaway
Lalah Hathaway (born December 16, 1968 in Chicago as Eulaulah Donyll Hathaway ) is an American jazz , R&B and gospel singer .
Life
Lalah Hathaway was born on December 16, 1968 to Donny Hathaway . In 1979 she became a half-orphan through her father's suicide . After graduating from high school, she studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston , Massachusetts . In 1989, while still a student, she got her first record deal with Virgin Records and released her first album in 1990, which reached number 191 on the Billboard Top 200 album charts. The albums Night & Day (1991) and A Moment (1994) followed. She then left Virgin Records and worked in the following years, for example, with Mary J. Blige and Marcus Miller . In 1999, Hathaway signed a new contract with GRP Records that brought her to work with Joe Sample . The joint album The Song Lives On rose to number 2 on the jazz charts and was awarded the Billboard Jazz Award in 1999. In 2004 the album Outrun the Sky followed , and in 2007 Lalah Hathaway moved to Stax Records . After further publications, Hathaway won a Grammy in the category Best R&B Performance in 2014 with Snarky Puppy for her interpretation of "Something" . She won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance three times in a row from 2015 to 2017 (2015 together with the Robert Glasper Experiment ).
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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 US
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R&B
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| 1990 | Lalah Hathaway |
US191 (2 weeks) US |
R&B18 (44 weeks) R&B |
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| 1994 | A moment | - |
R&B40 (11 weeks) R&B |
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| 1999 | The Song Lives On |
US196 (1 week) US |
R&B53 (25 weeks) R&B |
Joe Sample Feat. Lalah Hathaway
# 2 (76 weeks) on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart |
| 2004 | Outrun the sky | - |
R&B34 (32 weeks) R&B |
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| 2008 | Self portrait |
US63 (3 weeks) US |
R&B6 (36 weeks) R&B |
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| 2011 | Where It All Begins |
US32 (2 weeks) US |
R&B7 (6 weeks) R&B |
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| 2015 | live |
US33 (3 weeks) US |
R&B2 (12 weeks) R&B |
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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R&B
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 UK
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| 1990 | Heaven Knows Lalah Hathaway |
R&B3 (20 weeks) R&B |
UK66 (4 weeks) UK |
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| 1991 | Baby Don't Cry Lalah Hathaway |
R&B18 (18 weeks) R&B |
UK54 (4 weeks) UK |
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| It's somethin ' Lalah Hathaway |
R&B21 (13 weeks) R&B |
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| I'm coming back Lalah Hathaway |
R&B54 (7 weeks) R&B |
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| Family Affair A moment |
- |
UK37 (5 weeks) UK |
BEF feat. Lalah Hathaway
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| 1992 | Love Like This |
R&B31 (12 weeks) R&B |
- |
Grover Washington, Jr. feat. Lalah Hathaway
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| 1994 | Let Me Love You A Moment |
R&B37 (20 weeks) R&B |
- | |
| 2005 | Forever, For Always, For Love Outrun The Sky |
R&B37 (29 weeks) R&B |
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| 2008 | Let Go Self Portrait |
R&B51 (20 weeks) R&B |
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| 2011 | If You Want To Self Portrait |
R&B72 (17 weeks) R&B |
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| You Were Meant For Me Where It All Begins |
R&B84 (9 weeks) R&B |
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Awards
- 1999 Billboard Jazz Award, for the jazz album The Song Lives On
- 2014 Grammy Award Winner, for R&B Performance
- 2015 Grammy Award Winner, for Traditional R&B Performance
- 2016 Grammy Award winner, for Traditional R&B Performance
- 2017 Grammy Award Winner, for Traditional R&B Performance
- 2017 Grammy Award winner for Best R&B Album
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography
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↑ a b chart sources:
- Lalah Hathaway on the US Billboard 200 album chart
- Lalah Hathaway in the US top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums chart
- Lalah Hathaway in the US Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hathaway, Lalah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hathaway, Eulaulah Donyll (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz, R&B and gospel singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th December 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |