Michelle Williams

Tenitra Michelle Williams (lahir 23 Juli 1979) adalah seorang penyanyi, penulis lagu, dan aktris Amerika. Dia menjadi terkenal pada tahun 2000-an sebagai anggota girl grup R&B Destiny's Child, salah satu grup wanita terlaris sepanjang masa dengan lebih dari 60 juta rekaman, yang lebih dari 35 juta kopi terjual dengan lineup trio termasuk Williams. Selama dua tahun jeda grup, 2001–2003, Williams merilis album solo debutnya Heart to Yours (2002) yang menduduki puncak tangga album Injil AS dan menjadi rilisan Injil terlaris tahun ini. Juga pada tahun 2002, Billboard menobatkan Williams sebagai artis gospel terbaik kelima tahun ini dan dia menerima Penghargaan MOBO untuk "Best Gospel Act". Setelah itu, dia merilis Do You Know (2004) yang membuatnya mendapatkan nominasi "Best Gospel Act" di MOBO Awards 2004. Setelah Destiny's Child's dibubarkan pada tahun 2006, Williams merilis album pop pertamanya, Unexpected (2008), yang menghasilkan single charting internasional "We Break the Dawn" dan nomor satu US Dance "The Greatest". Album studio keempatnya, Journey to Freedom (2014), mendapat ulasan positif dan menjadi album dengan charting tertinggi di AS; itu didahului oleh single utama "If We Had Your Eyes" yang mencapai 20 besar R&B Dewasa AS dan "Say Yes" yang dinominasikan oleh Soul Train, yang menduduki tangga lagu internasional dan menduduki puncak tangga lagu Hot Gospel Songs AS selama tujuh minggu. Journey to Freedom dinominasikan untuk "Album Injil Luar Biasa (Tradisional atau Kontemporer)" di NAACP Image Awards ke-46 dan mendapatkan empat nominasi Williams di Stellar Awards tahunan ke-30, memenangkan Video Musik Terbaik Tahun Ini untuk "Say Yes". Williams telah meraih kesuksesan sebagai aktris televisi, teater Broadway dan West End, mendapatkan nominasi untuk "Wanita Utama Terbaik – Ekuitas" pada tahun 2008 di Penghargaan Teater NAACP Tahunan ke-18. Membuat debut aktingnya di Broadway pada tahun Aida (2003), ia telah membintangi serial sitkom Half & Half (2006) dan produksi musik The Color Purple (2007), Chicago (2009–10), What My Husband Doesn't Know (2011) dan Fela! (2013). Dia adalah juri unggulan di Grup Pop Teratas MTV, kontestan Strictly Come Dancing musim 8 di Inggris, dan ikut membintangi bersama musisi gospel Deitrick Haddon dalam serial televisi realitas Oxygen Fix My Choir. Dia juga muncul di The Masked Singer versi Amerika dan Inggris sebagai "Butterfly" dan "Rockhopper". Dia telah mendapatkan beberapa penghargaan dan penghargaan termasuk Grammy Award dan membintangi Hollywood Walk of Fame sebagai bagian dari Destiny's Child, serta MOBO Award solo dan Stellar Award. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Michelle Williams (penyanyi), berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

Tenitra Michelle Williams (born July 23, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in the 2000s as a member of R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling female groups of all time with over 60 million records, of which more than 35 million copies sold with the trio lineup that included Williams. During the group's two-year hiatus, 2001–2003, Williams released her debut solo album Heart to Yours (2002) which topped the US gospel album chart and became the best-selling gospel release of the year. Also in 2002, Billboard named Williams the fifth-best gospel artist of the year and she received a MOBO Award for "Best Gospel Act". Following this, she released Do You Know (2004) which gained her a nomination for "Best Gospel Act" at the 2004 MOBO Awards. After Destiny's Child's disbanded in 2006, Williams released her first pop album, Unexpected (2008), which spawned the internationally charting single "We Break the Dawn" and the US Dance number-one "The Greatest". Her fourth studio album, Journey to Freedom (2014), received positive reviews and became her highest-charting album in the US; it was preceded by lead single "If We Had Your Eyes" which reached the US Adult R&B top 20 and the Soul Train-nominated "Say Yes", which charted internationally and topped the US Hot Gospel Songs chart for seven weeks. Journey to Freedom was nominated for "Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)" at the 46th NAACP Image Awards and earned Williams four nominations at the 30th annual Stellar Awards, winning Music Video of the Year for "Say Yes". Williams has found success as a television, Broadway and West End theatre actress, gaining a nomination for "Best Lead Female – Equity" in 2008 at the 18th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards. Making her acting debut on Broadway in Aida (2003), she has since starred in the sitcom series Half & Half (2006) and the musical productions The Color Purple (2007), Chicago (2009–10), What My Husband Doesn't Know (2011) and Fela! (2013). She was a featured judge on MTV's Top Pop Group, a contestant in season 8 of Strictly Come Dancing in the United Kingdom and co-starred alongside gospel musician Deitrick Haddon in the Oxygen reality television series Fix My Choir. She has also appeared on both the American and British versions of The Masked Singer as "Butterfly" and "Rockhopper" respectively. She has earned several awards and accolades including a Grammy Award and star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as part of Destiny's Child, as well as a solo MOBO Award and Stellar Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Williams (singer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.