Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1968) is an American R&B (Contemporary R&B) singer-songwriter. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards in her career. She has a contralto vocal range.

Braxton topped the Billboard 200 (Billboard 200) with her 1993 self-titled debut album and continued that streak with her second studio album Secrets (Secrets (Toni Braxton album)), which spawned the number-one smash hits "Youre Makin Me High" and "Un-Break My Heart". Although she had successful albums and singles, Braxton shortly filed for bankruptcy, but then returned with her chart-topping third album, The Heat (The Heat (Toni Braxton album)). Her most recent albums were More Than a Woman (More Than a Woman (album)), her last release under the Arista label, and Libra (Libra (album)), her first and only release on Blackground. Recently, she returned to the spotlight with "Yesterday (Yesterday (Toni Braxton song))", a #12 R&B hit which serves as the first single off her new album Pulse (Pulse (Toni Braxton album)), released on May 4, 2010. Braxton was involved in the 7th season (Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 7)) of the reality show Dancing with the Stars. Her professional partner was Alec Mazo. She was voted off in week five of the competition.