Angie Stone

Angie Stone
Stone in 2019.
Background information
Birth name	Angela Laverne Brown
Born	(1961-12-18) December 18, 1961 (age 62) Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Genres	R&B soul neo soul
Occupations	Singer-songwriter record producer actress
Instruments	Vocals keyboards
Years active	1979–present
Website	http://theangiestone.com/

Angela Laverne Brown (born December 18, 1961), known professionally as Angie Stone, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame in the late 1970s as member of the hip hop trio the Sequence. In the early 1990s, she became a member of the R&B trio Vertical Hold. Stone then signed with Arista Records to release her debut solo album Black Diamond (1999), which received gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and spawned the single "No More Rain (In This Cloud)".

After transitioning to J Records, she released her second album, Mahogany Soul (2001), which spawned the hit single "Wish I Didn't Miss You". It was followed by Stone Love (2004) and The Art of Love & War (2007), her first number-one album on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[1]

Stone ventured into acting in the 2000s, making her film debut in the 2002 comedy film The Hot Chick, and her stage debut in 2003, in the role of Big Mama Morton in the Broadway musical Chicago. She has since appeared in supporting roles in films and television series as well as several musical productions, including VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club and TV One's R&B Divas, and movies such as The Fighting Temptations (2003), Pastor Brown (2009) and School Gyrls (2010).^[1]

Stone has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, and has won two Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards.^[1] In 2021, she received the Soul Music Icon Award at the Black Music Honors.