Michelle Williams (singer)
Michelle Williams | |
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Williams in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tenitra Michelle Williams |
| Born | July 23, 1979 Rockford, Illinois, United States |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Music World Entertainment (2001-January 2010) |
| Website | www |
Tenitra Michelle Williams (born July 23, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She was a background singer for Monica, before rising to fame as part of the successful Grammy Award-winning R&B girl group Destiny's Child, the world's best-selling female group of all time, selling over 100 million records worldwide.
Williams played the character Shug Avery in the play The Color Purple. She was a contestant in the 2010 series of British reality television show Strictly Come Dancing.
In 2013, she made a return to inspirational music with the lead single, If We Had Your Eyes from her upcoming fourth studio album titled Journey to Freedom.