Milira Jones (born September 27, 1969), better known as Milira, is an American R&B/soul singer born in Hollis, New York. She released two albums in the 1990s and had four charting singles on Billboard's R&B singles chart, with two peaking top 40.

Biography

Milira Jones was born in Hollis, New York. She won amateur night at the Apollo Theater in the late 1980s, which led to a recording contract with Apollo Records, a label distributed through Motown Records. Jones was influenced by jazz musician Sarah Vaughn.

Music career

Prior to signing with Motown, Jones released her debut album on June 15, 1990, ''

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(#21). On June 9, 1992, Milira released her follow-up album, ''

Back Again!!! ''Back Again!!!'' is the second studio album by American singer Milira, released in 1992 under ''Motown Records''. It peaked to number 81 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard ...

'' and two songs from the album charted on Billboard's R&B singles chart, " One Man Woman" (#45) and " Three's a Crowd" (#94). Jones released her third album titled, ''Solution'' which was Christian and gospel themed with a mixture of R&B and Soul and also it was released under her own personal record label, Arilim Records and the CD album was released on September 12, 2000.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

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