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Erykah Badu

real name Erica Abi Wright

Dallas, United States · b. 1971-02-26

Erykah Badu is credited on 738 releases across 173 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1996–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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738

Credits

173

Albums

4

Decades active

765

In collections

Biography

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Grammy Award-winning American R&B/Soul singer, songwriter and actress born in Dallas, Texas on February 26, 1971.
She is known as the first lady of Neo-Soul. She also DJs under the name "Lo Down Loretta Brown".
Before devoting herself to singing, she used to rap under the "Apples" alias, and was also a member of the hip-hop group Def-Ones (Dallas, 1980s).

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Credited work

738 releases · 173 albums · active 1996–2025

  • Performance · 1,241
  • Production · 265
  • Other credits · 137
  • Engineering · 10

Studios: Battery Studios, New York · Electric Lady Studios · Dallas Sound Lab · Sigma Sound Studios

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