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In late 1994, Beverley Knight signed a record deal with Dome Records – a small, independent label that was home to artists such as Lulu and Hil St Soul. Shortly after, Beverley went in studio to write and record her debut album  The B-Funk – hailed as "the best British soul album ever.

In February 1997, Beverley left Dome Records after disagreements concerning her musical direction and instead signed a new four-album deal with EMI controlled Parlophone Records – home to The Beatles, Coldplay and Kylie Minogue. After returning to the studio with 2B3 and Don E and teaming up with new producers Dodge and Carl McIntosh, Beverley released her second album Prodigal Sista in August 1998. Peaking at number forty-two in Britain, the commercial success of the album proved to be much greater than her debut. The album went on to sell 135,000 copies in Britain. Throughout 2001 Beverley returned to the recording studio to write and record her third studio album. She was accompanied by a different array of writers and producers from Britain and the United States, which included James Poyser (Lauryn Hill, Mariah Carey, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu), Derrick Joshua & Derrick Martin, D’Influence and Colin Emmanuael. The result was Who I Am, which was released in March 2002. It was preceded by two singles, "Get Up!" and "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" – which became Beverley’s most successful single up to that point, peaking at number ten on the UK singles chart.

After touring Britain in 2002, Knight set about creating her fourth album and entered the studio in the summer of 2003. In an attempt to appeal to a larger mainstream audience, she enlisted the help of pop producers such as Guy Chambers (Robbie Williams, Britney Spears) and Peter-John Vettese (Annie Lennox, Pet Shop Boys) as well as collaborating with R&B producers such as DJ Munro. The result was Affirmation, which was released on Parlophone Records in June 2004. The album entered the charts at number eleven and was preceded by the single "Come As You Are" – a rock/pop orientated song written with and produced by Chambers.

In March 2006 Beverley released her fifth album, a compilation set featuring the majority of her top forty UK singles entitled Voice - The Best Of Beverley Knight. The album, which was certified Gold less than a month after its release[18], became her second highest charting of her career when it entered the UK albums chart at number ten and rose to number nine a month later. It was preceded by the single "Piece of my Heart" – a cover of the Erma Franklin classic made famous by Janis Joplin, and entered the singles chart number sixteen, spending eleven weeks inside the UK top 75 singles chart and becoming her longest-running chart single to date. Voice - The Best Of Beverley Knight has recently been certified Platinum and is Ms. Knight's best selling album to date.

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