Latest Release
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- MAY 26, 2023
- 1 Song
- Faith · 1995
- Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary- The Hits · 1997
- Keep the Faith · 1998
- Faithfully · 2001
- Keep the Faith · 1998
- Faith · 1995
- The First Lady · 2005
- Faith · 1995
- The First Lady · 2005
- Faithfully · 2001
Essential Albums
- 1995
Albums
- 2017
- 2014
- 2005
- 2005
- 2001
- 2021
- 2021
- 2018
Artist Playlists
- Her lilting R&B voice is bracing like autumn rain.
- Faith Evans & Bobby Jones
- Little Dragon
- Tommy Trash & Henry Fong
More To Hear
- DJ S.WHiT spins a mix in honor of Faith Evans' birthday.
- Kehlani and Reyna recap 2018 and discuss their future plans.
- Live from Houston, Texas with Lowkey, Austin Millz, and Bun B.
- Live from Houston, Texas with Lowkey, Austin Millz, and Bun B.
- A tribute to DeBarge's 1983 album, In a Special Way.
- SZA shares details about her new album and working with Rihanna.
About Faith Evans
Faith Evans became the glamorous first lady of pop-infused R&B before she was 23 years old, thanks to a meteoric rise in the charts—and her brief, troubled marriage to The Notorious B.I.G. Born in Lakeland, FL, in 1973 and raised in New Jersey, Evans was a preternaturally talented singer/songwriter blessed with a buttery soprano and natural elegance. As a teen, she sang in a gospel group and was a straight-A student who won a scholarship to Fordham University. But music’s pull was too strong: She dropped out within a year and moved to Los Angeles, where she started writing songs and singing backup for Mary J. Blige, Usher, and Al B. Sure!, co-writing six songs on Usher’s stellar 1994 debut. That year, Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs signed her to Bad Boy Records—as its first female signee—and she co-wrote many of the label’s early hits. Soon after, Evans met Christopher Wallace; they were married just eight days later. In 1995 she stepped into the limelight with her debut album, Faith, which effortlessly straddled pop, hip-hop, and R&B with hit singles including the sinuous “You Used to Love Me.” After Biggie’s murder in 1997, she co-penned the chart-topping anthem to him “I’ll Be Missing You.” Evans soared again the next year with Keep the Faith and the rapturous “Love Like This,” which curls around a funky, repeating sample from Chic’s “Chic Cheer.” She has maintained a steady presence on the charts since, releasing gorgeous, timeless R&B. In 2017, she took a gamble by duetting with recordings of her late husband’s rhymes on the album The King & I, which included a guest spot by onetime rival (and former Biggie lover) Lil’ Kim—a classy move from an enduring diva.
- HOMETOWN
- Lakeland, FL, United States
- BORN
- June 10, 1973
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul