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.[1]
Milira | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Milira Jones |
| Also known as | Milira |
| Born | September 27, 1969 Hollis, New York, U.S. |
| Origin | Manhattan, New York, US |
| Genres | R&B, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Motown Records |
Biography
editMilira 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.[2] Jones was influenced by jazz musician Sarah Vaughn.[2]
Music career
editPrior to signing with Motown, Jones released her debut album on June 15, 1990, Milira. Her debut album spent 42 weeks on the Billboard R&B albums chart, reaching number 29.[3] It scored two top 40 R&B singles, "Go Outside in the Rain" (#36) and a cover version of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" featuring Noel Pointer (#21).[1]
On June 9, 1992, Milira released her follow-up album, Back Again!!! and two songs from the album charted on Billboard's R&B singles chart, "One Man Woman" (#45) and "Three's a Crowd" (#94).[1] 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
editAlbums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US R&B [3] | ||
| Milira |
|
29 |
| Back Again |
|
81 |
| Solution |
|
— |
| No Mo Pain |
|
— |
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B [1] |
UK [4] | ||||
| "Waiting Here for You" | 1990 | ― | ― | Milira | |
| "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" | 21 | 87 | |||
| "Go Outside in the Rain" | 36 | ― | |||
| "One Man Woman" | 1992 | 45 | ― | Back Again!!! | |
| "Three's a Crowd" | 94 | ― | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Milira Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Carpenter, Bill. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1999). Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Albums, 1965–1998 (illustrated ed.). Record Research. p. 139. ISBN 9780898201345.
- ^ "MILIRA – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
