Angie Stone (Angela Laverne Brown) was born on January 30, 1961 in Columbia, South Carolina is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B and neo soul singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, and actress.

Stone's music possesses a clear old school soul music influence, and her singing vocals recall those of Aretha Franklin.

Her solo debut album, Black Diamond, was released on September 28, 1999 on Arista Records. She has since also released, on Clive Davis' J Records, Mahogany Soul on October 16, 2001 and Stone Love on July 6, 2004.

Stone recently finished a stand-up theatre play tour entitled Issues: We've Got Them All in which she had a leading role. She is now appearing on the VH1's reality television series Celebrity Fit Club for the fourth season, which began on August 6, 2006. While on the show, Stone lost eighteen pounds, the second lowest loss in the history of the show.

Stone has had various Summer Festival dates lined up across America and also three headlining American shows in June and another two in the Netherlands in August.

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