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Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is celebrated as one of the most influential ...
"The Sweetest Thing" (performed by Refugee Camp All-Stars featuring Lauryn Hill) Lauryn Hill: Lauryn Hill; Wyclef Jean;
"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" is a country-pop song written by Otha Young for Juice Newton in the mid-1970s. Newton was known for charting hits on the Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Hot Country charts - and this song has the distinction of being the only single of hers to reach the top 10 on all three of those charts, peaking at #1 on two of them.
Released on August 25, 1998, Hill's debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill sold over 423,000 copies in its first week (boosted by advance radio play of two non-label-sanctioned singles, "Lost Ones" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You") [1] and topped the US Billboard 200 for four weeks and the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for six weeks.
MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 is a live album by American singer Lauryn Hill. The performance comes from her 2002 MTV Unplugged special recorded on July 21, 2001, at MTV Studios in Times Square, New York City. Hill abandoned the hip hop sounds of her debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) in favor of folk and soul songs.
Lauryn Hill’s “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Appetite For Destruction” and De La Soul’s “3 Feet High and Rising” will all be inducted at the inaugural ...
Hill was the most awarded artist at the 1999 Soul Train Music Awards as well, winning Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year and Best R&B/Soul Album – Female for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year – Female, and the Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video for "Doo Wop ...
Lauryn Hill performs onstage during day 1 of the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ on June 30, 2023, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)