Chanté Moore

During a decades-spanning career that began during the tail end of the new jack swing era, sophisticated vocalist Chanté Moore has placed over a dozen songs on Billboard's R&B chart. The daughter of a minister, Moore grew up on gospel music and albums by <a href="spotify:artist:3EB0uKE2lGw6BB1UFJrONl">George Duke</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1nDqTUspmq8IXhcEZT93iq">Lee Ritenour</a>, and sometimes applied her lyrics to their music. Moore decided as a teenager that she wanted to become a singer after an inspirational performance in a high-school rendition of The Wiz. At the age of 22, she was discovered by producer and executive Louil Silas, who signed her to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Silas+Records%22">Silas Records</a>, his <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22MCA%22">MCA</a> subsidiary. In 1992, Moore was featured on <a href="spotify:artist:5xO4f5QyPMYnCPRyRveBSD">El DeBarge</a>'s Top 15 R&B single "You Know What I Like," and she released Precious, her debut album. Propelled by the singles "Love's Taken Over" and "It's Alright," it went gold. Three more albums for Silas/<a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22MCA%22">MCA</a>, all of which either dented or flirted with the Top Ten of the R&B Albums chart, followed through 2000.

Though Moore didn't release any solo material for several years, she continued to have success with collaborative work. She and <a href="spotify:artist:2mxe0TnaNL039ysAj51xPQ">R. Kelly</a> were featured on <a href="spotify:artist:53QzNeFpzAaXYnrDBbDrIp">the Isley Brothers</a>' 2001 single "Contagious," a Top 20 pop hit nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Moore recorded a pair of albums -- 2003's Things That Lovers Do and 2006's Uncovered/Covered -- with her then husband, <a href="spotify:artist:1UjTUqWfGkof4L5HO5NmzP">Kenny Lattimore</a>. She followed those releases in 2008 with Love the Woman, issued on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Peak%22">Peak</a> label. After she and <a href="spotify:artist:1UjTUqWfGkof4L5HO5NmzP">Lattimore</a> divorced, Moore signed with the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Shanachie%22">Shanachie</a> label, where Moore Is More landed in 2013. Around the same time, she appeared in TV One's R&B Divas spin-off R&B Divas LA. The Rise of the Phoenix, as well as the holiday album Christmas Back to You, followed in 2017. ~ Craig Lytle & Andy Kellman, Rovi