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[edit] Singles articles

I love Toni Braxton but even I don't think that there'll be an article on each single, or if there's any info on them, they might as well be mentioned only on the album's pages. Should we have them wikified into links? :) Alensha 14:13, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Age

According to http://www.birthdatabase.com/, if you type in "Toni Braxton," it says she was born October 7, 1966. 69.249.118.231 04:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

if you look at her official website and the georgia encyclopedia its 1968 . Any bonafide fan knows that —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.82.236.54 (talk • contribs)

Her official website doesn't say anything, you're referring to a fansite. Deciding on the correct year by battling "celebrity info site A" vs. "celebrity info site B" vs. "celebrity info site C" isn't very efficient. Anyway, the birthdate from People magazine is 1966[1], and they fact-check with the DMV.[2] --Fallout boy 03:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Yea, it's 1967 but people keep changing the date of it, I reverted one now. Jaranda wat's sup 18:34, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

since when is http://music.aol.com/artist/toni-braxton/37576/main people magazine /DMV . DMV records show various entries for toni braxton

But they used people magazine in the main profile, and I trust them that the date is 1967. Jaranda wat's sup 19:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I think Toni was born in 1967 also, because in a interview on HOT 97 with Miss Jones she stated that the sister closest to her in age is five years younger than her. According to www.birthdatabase.com, Traci Braxton was born in 1971.

I'm not going to argue, but I've heard more sources note her birthyear as 1967. This include several profile shows, such as Lifetime's Intimate Portrait. I don't know where all this 1966/1968 stuff comes from. DtownG 18:16, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
  • She was born in 1966. Not 1967 or 1968.72.94.46.100 00:29, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Toni was born in 1967. Not 1966 or 1968. It was stated in a Sister 2 Sister article that she was 39 and the article is from September 2007. The lady that interviewed her is an old and close friend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.119.3.63 (talk) 17:49, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Album sales

I would like to know the album sales for Libra. Somebody has been changing it to 420,000, yet it had only sold/scanned 380,000 by February of this year. I know the album has been certified/shipped Gold for 500,000 copies by Billboard/RIAA.

[edit] Sitcom

Does anybody know about the sitcom pilot Toni's supposedly filming for the WB?? and since the WB will be no more in fall 06 could somebody with the true information change it?? Fresh2death00851 22:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bad article

This article doesnt even has have a discography aka summary of singles and there peaks.

If you looked at the entire article, you would see a link to Toni Braxton discography. --Musicpvm 07:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion

Can I suggest merging the articles that go under the heading "Career troubles" into her biography; it removes any possible POV--17:35, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The reformat

I'm going to go on record saying that I do *NOT* like the way this article has been reformatted with the "1.3 1993-1998: Toni Braxton, Secrets and bankruptcy," "1.4 1999-2002: The Heat and More Than a Woman," etc.,etc. It looks like a mass of words piled together. —The Real One Returns 17:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Suggestions?--AshadeofgreyTalk 17:42, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
You may also want to look at Mariah Carey's article, it is a featured article and hence should be used as a guideline/template for similar articles--AshadeofgreyTalk 17:33, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't feel that the Mariah Carey article should be considered a template for *all* articles about recording artists. Personally, I think that the Toni Braxton article was fine the way it was...with the details of each album segmented and discussed, with her personal life, career troubles, and current status in their own sections. This current format looks horribly congested now. —The Real One Returns 23:40, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

May I ask why Mariah Carey's article is not a good template for this article?--AshadeofgreyTalk 23:44, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
May I ask why this article needs to be formatted identical to Carey's? Just because hers looks a certain way doesn't mean that they all have to follow suit. —The Real One Returns 18:56, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I never said identical, I said to use it as a template.--AshadeofgreyTalk 19:16, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
And *I* said that *I* don't think that it's necessary to follow the pattern of the Mariah Carey article, and that THIS article now looks like a overflowing fountain of words in its attempt to mimic that design. I can just as easily name of Wikipedia articles of recording artists that do NOT follow this template, and are equally as good. I'd love to know who appointed the Carey article as some kind of gold standard. Please. This article was fine BEFORE it was reformatted. The Real One Returns 09:08, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Heart Health

Toni was on Oprah awhile ago talking about her heart condition that she was diagnosed with during her last pregnancy. She is now an advocate or something. I think this should be listed on her page as well. I didn't know her last son is ASDS. Obadiaha 01:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Toni was diagnosed with heart disease about six months after she had her second child. She was diagnosed during the time she was doing the broadway musical Aida. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.119.3.63 (talk) 20:21, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tags

There are many statements in this article that are not neutral and do not belong in a Wikipedia article. I realise that someone has fact-tagged them, which is good, but this article is full of weasel words and compromised statements. Basically, much of the article blames other people and factors for the failure of Braxton's later albums. While this may or may not be true, it's quite non-neutral. "Although that is strong for an album with little to no promotion..." is an example. I'm not saying that the article is bad; I'm just saying that it needs a lot of cleanup, especially in the specific album areas. Her earlier albums and her latest troubles seem to be good, though. SKS2K6 09:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "citation needed"

putting the "citation needed" tag after every sentense is downright silly and makes the article unreadable. Somebody else agree to remove/clean up some of these notices? 62.178.193.144 23:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] hitsingles

the hit singles part on the page was not needed. we have that under discography.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Toni braxon libra.jpg

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[edit] www.Braxtonism.com

www.Braxtonism.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.107.0.73 (talk) 20:30, August 28, 2007 (UTC)


Girl !


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