Milira jones biography

Milira Jones (born September 27, 1969), better known as Milira, is an American R&B/soul singer born in Hollis, New York.

She released two albums in the 1990s and had four charting singles on Billboard's R&B singles chart, with two peaking top 40.^[1]

Milira Jones was born in Hollis, New York. She won amateur night at the Apollo Theater in the late 1980s, which led to a recording contract with Apollo Records, a label distributed through Motown Records.^[2] Jones was influenced by jazz musician Sarah Vaughn.^[2]

Prior to signing with Motown, Jones released her debut album on June 15, 1990, Milira.

Her debut album spent 42 weeks on the Billboard R&B albums chart, reaching number 29.^[3] It scored two top 40 R&B singles, "Go Outside in the Rain" (#36) and a cover version of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" featuring Noel Pointer (#21).^[1]

On June 9, 1992, Milira rele