Anita Baker has a net worth of $40 million as a jazz singer, soul singer, and songwriter in the United States. Anita Baker is a singer-songwriter from the United States who is best known for her romantic R&B ballads.<\/p>\n

She began her career as a member of the funk band Chapter 8 in the late 1970s, and her first solo album was released in 1983. Her second album, the Platinum-selling “Rapture,” catapulted her to popularity in 1986; she has since received a slew of Grammy Awards and released many Platinum- and Gold-certified albums.<\/p>\n

Early Life and Career Beginnings of Anita Baker<\/h2>\n

In the year 1958, Anita Denise Baker was born in Toledo, Ohio. She was raised by a foster family in Detroit, Michigan after her mother abandoned her when she was two years old. Her foster parents died when she was twelve, and she was placed in the care of her foster sister. Baker was already performing R&B at nightclubs in the city when she was sixteen years old.<\/p>\n

During this period, bandleader David Washington found her and offered her to audition for Chapter 8, which she joined in 1975. Baker traveled with the band until signing a contract with Ariola Records in 1979. The tune “Ready for Your Love,” a duet between Baker and Gerald Lyles, appeared on Chapter 8’s debut self-titled album.<\/p>\n

Ariola was purchased by Arista Records later that year, and Chapter 8 was booted from the label after the label claimed Baker lacked star potential. Baker returned to Detroit to work as a receptionist and waiter as a result of this. Then, in 1982, Baker was persuaded by old Ariola collaborator Otis Smith to start a solo career under his Beverly Glen label.<\/p>\n

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