Question 1

Did Faith Evans write her own songs?

Accepted Answer

On most of them. She is credited on 85 of her 103 tracks across seven solo albums, and she came to Bad Boy as a writer before she was a recording artist. Eight tracks on the 1995 debut carry her name alone, and no album after it has a single sole credit.

Question 2

Who wrote "I'll Be Missing You"?

Accepted Answer

Evans wrote it with Sean Combs and Sting's melody from "Every Breath You Take". It reached number one in the US, UK, Australia and across Europe and won the 1998 Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

Question 3

How many albums has Faith Evans released?

Accepted Answer

Seven solo studio albums between 1995 and 2014. The King & I, credited jointly with The Notorious B.I.G., sits outside this catalogue.

Question 4

Which album sold the most?

Accepted Answer

Faithfully, at 834,000 in the United States. Faith and Keep the Faith are both certified platinum without published figures.

Question 5

Was she writing before her own records?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Sean Combs brought her in to contribute backing vocals and writing to other Bad Boy projects before she recorded her own album.

Question 6

Who writes with her?

Accepted Answer

Ben Briggs III on seventeen tracks, Toni Coleman on fifteen, Chucky Thompson on fourteen and Mario Winans on nine. Sean Combs appears on eight.

Question 7

Why did the sole credits stop?

Accepted Answer

The eight tracks she wrote alone are all on the 1995 debut. Every album since has been made with co-writers on every song.

Question 8

Has she won a Grammy?

Accepted Answer

One, for "I'll Be Missing You" in 1998. She was nominated for "Love Like This", "Heartbreak Hotel" with Whitney Houston, "Can't Believe" with Carl Thomas, and for Faithfully as Best Contemporary R&B Album.

Question 9

Which album is she on the least?

Accepted Answer

A Faithful Christmas, where she writes two of the eleven tracks. The rest are carols and standards.

Question 10

Who produced her records?

Accepted Answer

Sean Combs and Chucky Thompson built the first two. Later albums bring in The Neptunes, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Havoc and Brad Todd, with Evans producing from Faithfully onward.