Faith Evans

Solo Artist

Photo: Kingkongphoto · CC BY-SA 2.0
Active 1994-present
Origin Newark, New Jersey
Albums 7
Tracks 103
Most frequent collaborator Chucky Thompson · 22 tracks
Genres R&BSoulHip Hop
Artist
83%
Authorship

Holds writing credit on 85 of 103 tracks

Did Faith Evans write her own songs?

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.

By the Numbers

7
Studio Albums
103
Tracks Credited
83%
Self-Written
32
Years Active
284
Collaborators

Authorship Breakdown 85 / 103 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Across all 103 tracks: how many Faith Evans wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.

Faith Evans has a writing credit83%
8%
75%
17%
Sole author8tracks8%
Co-written77tracks75%
Outside writers18tracks17%

Role Fingerprint how they contribute

Lyricist Performer Composer Producer
Faith Evans's roles across the catalogue

Share of all 103 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.

Lyricist (words)83%
Composer (music)83%
Producer38%
Performer100%

Authorship Over Time writing credit per album

Faith Evans's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.

avg 83%
93%
87%
94%
85%
18%
88%
94%
1995Faith
1998Keep the Faith
2001Faithfully
2005The First Lady
2005A Faithful Christmas
2010Something About Faith
2014Incomparable
Early · 91% written
Mid · 68% written
Late · 94% written

Authorship by Decade track-weighted

90%
1990s
Faith, Keep the Faith
71%
2000s
Faithfully, The First Lady +1 more
91%
2010s
Something About Faith, Incomparable

Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author

Where Faith Evans sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.

Faith Evans
Other artists on the site

Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.

Whitney Houston5%
Xscape17%
K-Ci & JoJo35%
Joe54%
Dru Hill64%
Christina Aguilera74%
Lauryn Hill94%
83%Faith Evans
Pure Performer0%
Songwriter~50%
Complete Author100%

Who Really Wrote the Hits signature songs

Soon as I Get Home
Faith
Written by Faith Evans, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Faith Renée Evans
Co-wrote
You Used to Love Me
Faith
Written by Faith Evans, Faith Renée Evans
Wrote it
Ain't Nobody
Faith
Written by Faith Evans, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Chucky Thompson, Faith Renée Evans
Co-wrote
Love Like This
Keep the Faith
Written by Faith Evans, Sean Combs, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Faith Renée Evans, Ron Lawrence
Co-wrote
All Night Long
Keep the Faith
Written by Faith Evans, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Todd Russaw, Todd Gaither, Bertram Reid, Galen Underwood, Faith Renée Evans, Ron Lawrence
Co-wrote
Never Gonna Let You Go
Keep the Faith
Written by Babyface, The Underdogs, Damon Thomas
Outside writers
I Love You
Faithfully
Written by Faith Evans, Buckwild, Isaac Hayes, Mechalie Jamison, Jennifer Lopez, Bobby Springsteen, Faith Renée Evans, Anthony Best
Co-wrote
You Gets No Love
Faithfully
Written by Faith Evans, Tevell Coleman, Mechalie Jamison, Michaelangelo Saulsberry, Kameelah Williams, Andre Wilson, Faith Renée Evans
Co-wrote
Can't Believe
Faithfully
Written by Faith Evans, Jermaine Baxter, Sean Combs, AZ, Mechalie Jamison, Michael Carlos Jones, Nasir Jones, Jack Knight, Chris "The Glove" Taylor, Mario Winans, Dr. Dre, Faith Renée Evans, Anthony Cruz, Chris Taylor, Andre Young
Co-wrote
Burnin' Up
Faithfully
Written by Faith Evans, Loon, Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams, Faith Renée Evans, Chauncey Hawkins
Co-wrote
Again
The First Lady
Written by Faith Evans, Carvin Haggins, Ivan Barias, Venus Dodson, Jerry Harris, Faith Renée Evans
Co-wrote
Gone Already
Something About Faith
Written by Faith Evans, Carvin Haggins, Ivan Barias, Ryan Toby, Corey Williams, Johnathan Smith, Faith Renée Evans
Co-wrote

Discography 7 albums

The discography also lists The King & I (2017), an album credited jointly to Faith Evans and The Notorious B.I.G. rather than to Evans alone. It sits outside this catalogue.

Collaborator Network who they worked with most

Photo of Faith EvansFaith Evans103 tracks
CT22Chucky Thompson, 22 tracks Photo of Sean Combs18Sean "Puffy" Combs, 18 tracks BB18Ben Briggs III, 18 tracks TR17Todd Russaw, 17 tracks TC15Toni Coleman, 15 tracks Photo of Mario Winans10Mario Winans, 10 tracks PD10P. Diddy, 10 tracks K"10Kowan "Q" Paul, 10 tracks SC9Sean Combs, 9 tracks on Puff Daddy's page JS9Jaila Simms, 9 tracks MJ8Mechalie Jamison, 8 tracks C&8Carvin & Ivan, 8 tracks GS8Gil Smith II, 8 tracks J"7Jeffrey "J Dub" Walker, 7 tracks JD7J Dub, 7 tracks CH7Carvin Haggins, 7 tracks IB7Ivan Barias, 7 tracks DL6Don Lee Samuels, 6 tracks CT5Carl Thompson, 5 tracks MC4Michael Carlos Jones, 4 tracks KW4Kameelah Williams, 4 tracks JF4Janeal Ferguson, 4 tracks MC4Mike City, 4 tracks MF4Míchael Flowers, 4 tracks AD4Achaia Dixon, 4 tracks R"3Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, 3 tracks RL3Ron Lawrence, 3 tracks KP3Kelly Price, 3 tracks JK3Jack Knight, 3 tracks B3Bussacco, 3 tracks JS3Jay Shawn Smith, 3 tracks JS3Johnnie Smith, 3 tracks BB3Ben Briggs, 3 tracks TS3Tim Stewart, 3 tracks BT3Brad Todd, 3 tracks JB3Jeffrey Brown, 3 tracks M3Mars, 3 tracks SC2Schon Crawford, 2 tracks CE2Clarence Emery, 2 tracks AD2Anthony Dent, 2 tracks MK2Michael Keith, 2 tracks on 112's page Q2Q, 2 tracks on 112's page S2Slim, 2 tracks on 112's page SJ2Stevie J., 2 tracks S"2Steven "Stevie J" Jordan, 2 tracks MS2Michaelangelo Saulsberry, 2 tracks PW2Pharrell Williams, 2 tracks TN2The Neptunes, 2 tracks HL2Harold Lilly, 2 tracks HC2Hozay Clowney, 2 tracks RP2Rasheem Pugh, 2 tracks A"2Andre "AJ" Johnson, 2 tracks BM2Bryan Michael Cox, 2 tracks CT2Chyna T. Griffin, 2 tracks LB2Lou Baxter, 2 tracks KR2Kye Russaw, 2 tracks EB2Ebony Brown, 2 tracks RM2Rufus Moore, 2 tracks CG2Chyna Griffin, 2 tracks RC2Raven Chambers, 2 tracks L"2Lamar "Mars" Edwards, 2 tracks MJ1Mary J. Blige, 1 track LB1LaTonya Blige, 1 track GC1Gordon Chambers, 1 track P&1Poke & Tone, 1 track TR1Timothy Riley, 1 track MG1Miles Gregory, 1 track PC1Prince Charles Alexander, 1 track ML1Mark Ledford, 1 track FH1Floyd Howard, 1 track LS1LaTrice Shaw, 1 track HM1Herb Middleton, 1 track BE1Bernard Edwards, 1 track NR1Nile Rodgers, 1 track TG1Todd Gaither, 1 track BR1Bertram Reid, 1 track GU1Galen Underwood, 1 track A1Amen-Ra, 1 track LB1Lorne B. Rawls, 1 track KS1Kenneth Stover, 1 track CT1Carlton Thomas, 1 track DR1D.J. Rogers Jr., 1 track Y1Younglord, 1 track DJ1Daron Jones, 1 track on 112's page AB1Angela Bofill, 1 track JC1Jeffrey Cohen, 1 track NM1Narada Michael Walden, 1 track on Journey's page DJ1Donovan Jackson, 1 track FB1Franklin Brown, 1 track B1Babyface, 1 track TU1The Underdogs, 1 track KI1Kenya Ivey, 1 track TI1Tavia Ivey, 1 track 11112, 1 track DW1Diane Warren, 1 track DF1David Foster, 1 track B1Bink, 1 track RH1Roosevelt Harrell III, 1 track HP1Harve Pierre, 1 track HM1Herbert Magidson, 1 track TH1The Hitmen, 1 track TN1The Notorious B.I.G., 1 track AW1Allie Wrubel, 1 track NM1Nashiem Myrick, 1 track CW1Christopher Wallace, 1 track on The Notorious B.I.G.'s page TC1Tevell Coleman, 1 track AW1Andre Wilson, 1 track L1Loon, 1 track CH1Chad Hugo, 1 track CH1Chauncey Hawkins, 1 track B1Buckwild, 1 track IH1Isaac Hayes, 1 track JL1Jennifer Lopez, 1 track BS1Bobby Springsteen, 1 track AB1Anthony Best, 1 track MC1Mike Cleveland, 1 track CD1Cheri Dennis, 1 track HL1Hubert Laws, 1 track RB1Robert Barnett, 1 track A31Andre 3000, 1 track SB1Sleepy Brown, 1 track K1Khujo, 1 track RM1Ray Murray, 1 track BB1Big Boi, 1 track on OutKast's page AS1Adonis Shropshire, 1 track RW1Rico Wade, 1 track AB1Andre Benjamin, 1 track AP1Antwan Patton, 1 track on OutKast's page KG1Kevin Gilliam, 1 track JM1James Mtume, 1 track B1Battlecat, 1 track KC1Kip Collins, 1 track MF1Michael Franks, 1 track JD1Jonathan Davis, 1 track on KoRn's page Q1Q-Tip, 1 track P1Prodigy, 1 track RM1René Moore, 1 track KM1Kejuan Muchita, 1 track TP1Terance Perry, 1 track MS1Mayfield Small, 1 track KF1Kamaal Fareed, 1 track H1Havoc, 1 track MB1Michael Bussacco, 1 track VN1Vada Nobles, 1 track JB1Jermaine Baxter, 1 track A1AZ, 1 track NJ1Nasir Jones, 1 track C"1Chris "The Glove" Taylor, 1 track DD1Dr. Dre, 1 track CT1Chris Taylor, 1 track

Bubble size = tracks worked on together. Showing the 150 most frequent of 276. CT Chucky Thompson · BB Ben Briggs III · TR Todd Russaw · TC Toni Coleman

Photo credits

Portraits in the web and the rail come from Wikimedia Commons. The artist's own photo carries its credit under the picture.

The Authorship Story

Data Insight

Evans is credited on 85 of her 103 tracks, and unlike most singers of her era she was writing from the start: thirteen of fourteen on the debut, eight of them alone. That is where the sole credits stop. Across the six albums after it, not one track carries her name and nobody else's, so the writer who arrived fully formed spent the rest of her career in rooms with other people.

Quick Facts

  • FromNewark, New Jersey, born 10 June 1973
  • Self-writtenCredited on 85 of her 103 tracks
  • Sole creditsEight, all on the 1995 debut
  • Label firstThe first woman signed to Bad Boy Records
  • GrammyWon Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be Missing You"
  • Best sellerFaithfully sold 834,000 in the US

Creative Fingerprint

A writer before she was a star, who wrote alone once and never again.

The Story

Faith Evans was the first woman signed to Bad Boy Records, arriving in 1994 as a writer for other artists before making her own records. Seven solo studio albums have followed. "I'll Be Missing You" won her a Grammy in 1998.

Awards & Recognition

Grammy Award, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be Missing You" (1998)

Frequently Asked Questions Faith Evans

Did Faith Evans write her own songs?
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.
Who wrote "I'll Be Missing You"?
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.
How many albums has Faith Evans released?
Seven solo studio albums between 1995 and 2014. The King & I, credited jointly with The Notorious B.I.G., sits outside this catalogue.
Which album sold the most?
Faithfully, at 834,000 in the United States. Faith and Keep the Faith are both certified platinum without published figures.
Was she writing before her own records?
Yes. Sean Combs brought her in to contribute backing vocals and writing to other Bad Boy projects before she recorded her own album.
Who writes with her?
Ben Briggs III on seventeen tracks, Toni Coleman on fifteen, Chucky Thompson on fourteen and Mario Winans on nine. Sean Combs appears on eight.
Why did the sole credits stop?
The eight tracks she wrote alone are all on the 1995 debut. Every album since has been made with co-writers on every song.
Has she won a Grammy?
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.
Which album is she on the least?
A Faithful Christmas, where she writes two of the eleven tracks. The rest are carols and standards.
Who produced her records?
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.

Sources

Wikipedia: Faith Evans Wikipedia: Faith Evans discography