Vanessa Williams

As a singer, Vanessa Williams is known most for impeccably rendered adult contemporary ballads, but she is as versatile behind the microphone as she is on television and in films, with many hits scattered across the pop, dance, and R&B charts. Williams entered the spotlight as the first Black woman crowned Miss America, and a few years later established herself as an actress and recording artist. From the start, she was a force, as her 1988 debut album, the gold-selling The Right Stuff, featured a pair of Grammy-nominated performances ("The Right Stuff" and "Dreamin'") that se...