Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry. LaBelle spent 16 years as lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, who changed their name to Labelle in the early 1970s and released the iconic disco song, "Lady Marmalade". She has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Apollo Hall of Fame as well as the World Music Awards presented her with the prestigious Legend Award.

LaBelle started her solo career shortly after the group disbanded in 1977 with her self-titled album which included the singles, "Joy To Have Your Love", "Dan Swit Me" and "You Are My Friend". Her subsequent follow-ups were 1978's Tasty, 1979's It's Alright with Me and 1980s Released. In 1981, she issued the album, The Spirit's In It.

In 1982, she recorded the Grover Washington ballad, "The Best Is Yet To Come", which led to her first top 20 R&B hit and her first Grammy nomination in the spring of 1983. In October 1983, "If Only You Knew", was released along with the album, I'm In Love Again, the following month. In January 1984, "If Only You Knew" reached number-one on the Hot R&B Singles chart, where it stayed for four weeks. The song became LaBelle's first charted hit on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist.

In the fall of 1984, LaBelle recorded the songs, "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up", which were included on the soundtrack of Beverly Hills Cop. "New Attitude" reached as high as number seventeen on the Hot 100 and was number-one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the spring of 1985.

LaBelle's eighth album, Winner in You, was released in 1986 and peaked at number-one on the Billboard 200 with the hit, "On My Own", a duet with Michael McDonald. The song became LaBelle's first number-one hit since "Lady Marmalade" and her highest selling album. In 1989, LaBelle released Be Yourself, in 1989, which included "If You Asked Me To" which also was the song for the final credits in the James Bond film License to Kill. In 1989, LaBelle also sang the role of "the Acid Queen" in The Who's star-studded performance of TOMMY in Los Angeles.

Her 1991 album, Burnin', gave LaBelle's first Grammy win for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and spawned three top ten hits on Billboard's R&B chart also selling half a million copies becoming her third gold album. Her 1994 album, Gems and 1997 follow-up, Flame, also were certified gold and LaBelle's 1990s singles, "The Right Kinda Lover" and "When You Talk About Love" hit number-one on the dance charts. She won a second Grammy in 1998 for her live album, One Night Only!

LaBelle released the When A Woman Loves album in 2000 and Timeless Journey, in 2004, which became her highest-charted album in eighteen years. In 2005, Classic Moments, was released.

She released her first gospel album, The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle, peaking at number-one on Billboard's gospel album chart. In 2007, she released her second holiday album, Miss Patti's Christmas.

As of 2011, LaBelle has yet to release a new solo album.