Erykah Badu - Baduizm

Blending hip-hop with traditional soul and jazz vocal stylings, Erykah Badu took the music world by storm with her first album "Baduizm" in 1997. Politically and socially engaged, Badu drew comparisons to Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. "Baduizm" rose all the way to #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart, also scoring a big hit with the song "On & On." Badu won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance on that song. Better yet, "Baduizm" won the Grammy for Best R&B Album.