Milira

Milira
Birth nameMilira Jones
Also known asMilira
Born (1969-09-27) September 27, 1969 (age 55)
Hollis, New York, U.S.
OriginManhattan, New York, US
GenresR&B, soul
OccupationSinger
Years active1990–present
LabelsMotown Records

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]

Biography

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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.[2] Jones was influenced by jazz musician Sarah Vaughn.[2]

Music career

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Prior 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

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Albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
R&B

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Milira
  • Released: June 15, 1990
  • Label: Motown
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
29
Back Again
  • Released: June 9, 1992
  • Label: Motown
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
81
Solution
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Arilim
  • Format: CD, cassette
No Mo Pain
  • Released: March 14, 2019
  • Label: Arilim
  • Format: CD, digital download

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and parent album
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
R&B

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UK
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"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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Milira Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Carpenter, Bill. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1999). Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Albums, 1965–1998 (illustrated ed.). Record Research. p. 139. ISBN 9780898201345.
  4. ^ "MILIRA – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
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