Regina Belle

Regina Belle in January 2008

Regina Edna Belle (* 17th July 1963 in Englewood ) is an American Soul - and Gospel - singer . For the biggest hit of her career, the US number one hit A Whole New World in a duet with Peabo Bryson , she received a Grammy in 1993 .

biography

Belle gained singing experience with gospel music at a very young age, but soon afterwards began to become enthusiastic about rhythm and blues . At the age of twelve she won a singing competition at her school with a cover of the Emotions song Don't Ask My Neighbors . She also took lessons in trombone , tuba and steel drums . She later attended Rutger's University, where she studied jazz and opera .

The New York radio DJ Vaughn Harper became aware of Regina Belle and put them to Manhattan before, after which began the singer to play the opening act of the band. In 1986 Bobby Womack produced the single Where Did We Go Wrong , a duet by Belle and the Manhattans.

In 1987 Belle got a record deal with Columbia Records and in the same year her debut album All by Myself was released . Show Me the Way was initially released as a single , which made it to number 2 on the R&B charts. So Many Tears narrowly failed to make it into the Top 10. In 1989, Belle's second album Stay with Me was released, which contained the hit singles Baby Come to Me , Make It Like It Was , This Is Love and What Goes Around .

In 1993 A Whole New World , a duet by Belle and Peabo Bryson from the Walt Disney film Aladdin , received a Grammy in the category "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" and in the same year Passion , Belle's third album, was released . Later followed Reachin 'Back , Believe in Me , This Is Regina! and Lazy Afternoon . Belle has been nominated for a Grammy five times.

Since her 2008 album Love Forever Shines , Belle has devoted herself increasingly to gospel music. Since then, two more albums in this style have been created, the last one in 2016, The Day Life Began .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	R&B
1987	All by myself	UK53 (4 weeks) UK	US85 (15 weeks) US	R&B14 (38 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1, 1987
1989	Stay with Me	UK62 (1 week) UK	US63 gold (44 weeks)US	R&B1 (55 weeks) R&B	First published: August 7, 1989
1993	passion	-	US63 gold (23 weeks)US	R&B13 (37 weeks) R&B	First published: February 16, 1993
1995	Reachin 'back	-	US115 (9 weeks) US	R&B18 (16 weeks) R&B	First published: September 5, 1995
1998	Believe in Me	-	-	R&B42 (6 weeks) R&B	First published: June 9, 1998
2001	This is Regina!	-	-	R&B61 (7 weeks) R&B	First published: October 23, 2001
2004	Lazy afternoon	-	-	R&B58 (8 weeks) R&B	First published: July 13, 2004
2008	Love Forever Shines	-	US119 (2 weeks) US	R&B15 (30 weeks) R&B	First published: May 13, 2008
2012	Higher	-	-	R&B44 (2 weeks) R&B	First published: June 5, 2012

more publishments

• 2016: The Day Life Began

Compilations

• 1997: Baby Come to Me: The Best of
• 2001: great hits
• 2006: Love Songs

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B
1987	Show Me the Way All by Myself	-	UK97 (3 weeks) UK	US68 (9 weeks) US	R&B2 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1987
	So Many Tears All by Myself	-	-	-	R&B11 (14 weeks) R&B
	Without You All by Myself / Positive	-	UK85 (2 weeks) UK	US89 (3 weeks) US	R&B14 (14 weeks) R&B	First published: December 1987 with Peabo Bryson
1988	How Could You Do it to Me All by Myself	-	-	-	R&B21 (11 weeks) R&B
1989	All I Want is Forever Stay with Me	-	-	-	R&B2 (20 weeks) R&B	with James "JT" Taylor
	Baby come to me stay with me	-	-	US60 (9 weeks) US	R&B1 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1989
	Good Lovin ' Stay with Me	-	UK73 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: September 1989
1990	Make It Like It Was Stay with Me	-	-	US43 (11 weeks) US	R&B1 (21 weeks) R&B	First published: February 1990
	What Goes Around Stay with Me	-	-	-	R&B3 (14 weeks) R&B
	This is Love Stay with Me	-	-	-	R&B7 (15 weeks) R&B
1992	Better Together	-	-	-	R&B68 (5 weeks) R&B	with Johnny Mathis
	A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) Aladdin (OST)	DE70 (6 weeks) DE	UK12 (12 weeks) UK	US1 gold (23 weeks)US	R&B21 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: November 5th, 1992 with Peabo Bryson
1993	If I Could Passion	-	-	US52 (17 weeks) US	R&B9 (21 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1993
	Dream in Color Passion	-	-	-	R&B63 (9 weeks) R&B
1995	Love TKO reachin 'back	-	-	-	R&B29 (16 weeks) R&B
2001	Oooh Boy This Is Regina!	-	-	-	R&B63 (15 weeks) R&B
2008	God is Good Love Forever Shines	-	-	-	R&B83 (4 weeks) R&B

More singles

• 1988: After the Love Has Lost its Shine
• 1988: You Got the Love
• 1993: The Deeper I Love
• 1993: Quiet Time
• 1994: Far Longer than Forever (with Jeffrey Osborne )
• 1998: Don't Let Go
• 1998: I've Had Enough
• 2004: For the Love of You
• 2008: I Call on Jesus
• 2012: Make an Example Out of Me

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B
1986	Where Did We Go Wrong? Back to basics	-	-	-	R&B42 (13 weeks) R&B	with The Manhattans

Web links

• Official homepage of The Emotions ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
• Regina Belle at Allmusic.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regina Belle's Grammy Page
2. ↑ http://hookedoneverything.com/regina-belle-a-soulful-and-spiritual-rb-superstar/
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE UK US
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Music Sales Awards: US