Anita Baker - Sweet Love (Later Archive 2004)

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Watch Anita Baker perform Sweet Love back in 2004

[@JoseChacon-pi1xf]

All you need is a hot tub, bottle of champagne and Anita belting out love songs! Magical. Thank you Anita

[@salvatorerinaldo4613]

This woman's voice is a beautiful musical instrument. And her brain scans time in a different way than most human beings.

[@TheMaryB]

Yep

[@bernlin2000]

"Timeless" comes to mind pretty easily. Most women with a voice like that are total divas, but she clearly is feeling every moment with her soul, not her ego

[@fernandaferreira568]

Apaixonada por soul e Anita Backer

[@jospinvanraat8730]

Utter beauty. 🎵🎙Absolute Class!❣🎼

[@NapolianMusic24]

Brain scans??? Woman must really hate u.😂😂😂😂

[@jamespotter3660]

Young modern singers take note. This is how you do it. Effortless but all the heart and soul you could desire. No silly vocal pyrotechnics.

[@debraparker833]

Anita Baker one of the best female singers of the 1990s. She is so sophisticated, elegant and classy singer.

[@VILJL]

Anita Baker is celebrating her 66th birthday today, January 26, 2024. She is an American singer-songwriter known for her soulful ballads, particularly from the height of the Quiet Storm period in the 1980s. Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8, Baker released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983. In 1986, she rose to fame following the release of her Platinum-selling second album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single "Sweet Love". As of 2017, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards and has four Platinum albums, along with two Gold albums. Baker is a contralto with a wide range of octaves. She was born in Toledo, Ohio on January 26, 1958

[@ussaibari7589]

This looks so recent 🤩time flies!!!

[@claudioeduardo1683]

From Brazil!

[@anglodutch8321]

She performed it live 4,000 times so she's started to change the melody line out of pure boredom........happens a lot with the great hits performed by the original stars......PITY !

[@arxsyn]

Her voice flows like honeyed wine and cigarette smoke from a Virginia Slim. She has a very distinctive contralto singing voice!

[@thedodoberd]

beautifully said

[@arxsyn]

@@thedodoberd thank you! I am a Contralto myself and I'm writing a book about the Contralto singing voice, the rarest and unique of all among female voices

[@adonaiyah2196]

@@thedodoberd more like overdone. It's a song not a poetry jam

[@fucu41]

Imma try this.thanx

[@raquel4677]

@arxsyn hey have you wrote the book? I’m a contralto

[@gregharper8705]

I so honored to have seen her live in concert! She’s everything 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@vicforia350]

You are SO lucky !

[@burlhorse61]

Me too.in the 80s

[@bobmutton9037]

@@burlhorse61in the round at Wembley?

[@burlhorse61]

@@bobmutton9037 yh Wembley arena

[@gee3883]

@@burlhorse61 Hammersmith odeon for me, she was more like this back then >kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4naaqKijK9jd80

[@bernlin2000]

The way age has mellowed her voice is quite stunning...it's even more sultry, I'm in love!

[@victorpaul8639]

It might be partly bcos she wrote the song.

[@aprilblalock111]

I felt that!!

[@KyleBeatz]

she finds ways to do it differently and still gets the band to stay in the pocket.

[@passionfashions3018]

I like the original way she sung it. This is kinda frustrating because I can’t sing along with her ugghhh

[@idontknow7738]

Damn, she ain't even straining! And, I don't even see no throat veins popping up in her neck! SHE'S BAD! 👊🏾💥👊🏾 Saw her in concert way back in the day. She is AWESOME! 🎶🎙🎶🎙🎶

[@bagopappy]

The first time I heard this woman sing, it was this song and I understood what sailors would have heard when they listened to the mythical sirens. I played it over and over, never tiring, imagining all the while that she was singing to me. Here I am now in 2023 experiencing it all over. Wow, she is all that and a matured fine wine. ❤

[@alexamiller770]

I can't stop hearing this song. I've for 6 hours😮😅. She's extraordinary!!!

[@luispizarro4033]

Me paso lo mismo la descubrí en un video de un concierto hace más de 20 años y cantando está canción...desde ahí soy su hincha número 1...Anita for ver...acá desde Perú...

[@gee3883]

Check her out here > I was her perform live in London in 86 when she was in her prime, this vid still brings tears to my eyes, she' devine. Njoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4naaqKijK9jd80

[@judithbarvinek6649]

My Favorite song of hers. 2021 and eighty years of old and still listen to her alot

[@alejandracorrearamos2058]

Exactly!!!!

[@yvonnescott8862]

I live that Angelic Voice.. God is still blessing Anita. Never Give Up...

[@drphot6050]

Leave the religiosity out of it and just enjoy the Queen Hue-Man do her thang!

[@soaribb32]

Her voice sounds brighter than I remember.

[@djamaal86]

The voice changes with age and use. It's a different interpretation of Sweet Love, but I love it none the less. ❤️

[@bernlin2000]

She gets quite animated in this performance, so much fun 😅

[@kbreslin7289]

Is she orchestrating with her hands at the start ... what a heck of a musician

[@1toshi32]

People have tried but no one sings this song like Anita Baker. The epitome of a perfect love song. Just so smoooooth. Kudos to the band members.

[@user-vh2yx4kl9e]

Beautiful song, forever

[@hughgrection5674]

Every band member has such respect, and really enjoying the groove 😉 great to see 👍

[@lmcshera]

The little look across from the keys at 1:27, superb

[@darenburke3540]

And the BGVs Kicking it!

[@user-vf9qz7fc9b]

ANITA'S VOICE IS LIKE A WINE!❤

[@sakaridis]

One of the most incredible vocalist of all time performing live a song that is totally and utterly perfect in every way. Doesn't get any better than this...

[@alonzotanner1226]

One of the most underrated vocal talents I’ve ever heard in music. The jazzy innovations she adds along with the passion and soul altogether makes me feel if her voice was a woman I’d marry her. She’s such a staple of musical elegance and talent. Love me some Anita Baker!

[@and2rew]

Underrated? Hardly.

[@mr.c6674]

8 Grammys, 4 platinum,and 2 gold albums.

[@bentucker2301]

There's that oh so popular wrongly used word again...

[@ryandirkse4374]

That voice Anita. I fell in love with this album when I was 5 years old and it still gives me goosebumps.

[@marilucisouza148]

Graças à Deus os anos se passaram mas eles nos deixou Anita Baker e suas canções Maravilhosas. Te Amo minha Queen. Obrigada por você existir. Aqui do Brasil

[@richardwayne2135]

I love Anita!. A timeless voice; smooth, beautiful, perfection.

[@ChrisBronson-gn5yd]

🌟💫✨😶‍🌫️✨💫🌟 A Truly Incredible Phenomenal, Artist 🌟 !!! I saw her in 1986 at the HOLIDAY STAR THEATER, in Merrillville Indiana !!! Words can't describe how Wonderful that SHOW was !!! 👉🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@sherylhowell7781]

Anita Baker is my all time favorite singer. Have never been disappointed in her music.

[@youmich]

If music and artist were rated based on their skills and level of authenticity and love of and for music, these kind of songs would still top charts

[@worldwidebirthdaycelebrations]

Yes Madame! You did that!!! You still gat it! My ears were, and still are blessed to hear Anita Baker's beautiful voice! Hello, from the Bahamas!

[@kratonmajapahit7386]

She channels the essence of Soul

[@britturk123]

One of the greatest vocalists the world will ever witness, loved the arrangement too and the backing singers were as close to perfection as Anita could have wished for. Jools Holland is a wonderful musician, but this show he fronts and probably created or at the very list helped strongly to create, is a diamond standard for popular music, and is full of gems like this.

[@ojimamaha1358]

Best female singer, you can listen to her song 200 years from now

[@jacquelineneely2100]

Phenomenal genius in music!

[@tei-mensahodoi8134]

I was and still in Love with this beautiful Lady.In the late 80s all could do was listen to her tunes over and over.Still got em CDs.God bless her with good Health and long life.

[@judithbarvinek6649]

How about that great band also. Talk about perfection

[@bernlin2000]

You could tell she was really vibing with them too, such a thrill to watch, lucky audience! :-)

[@michaelshelton3910]

I’ve over her music from the first time I heard her in the 80’s. Smooth, beautiful, perfection.

[@rushfan3]

Seen her twice in concert. She has an amazing voice that gets better with time

[@burlhorse61]

Saw her once

[@Sbudre]

I just stumbled into this. This is amazing. Thank you angel called KZbin Algorithm.

[@fp3884]

So honored to met her in Milan at the end of her live concert in Smeraldo Theatre

[@keithstarkey5584]

What..a voice! I love Anita!

[@PuleMC]

It's been her all the time - my all time favourite singer, I love her🤍

[@nayanneluiz7465]

Amazing performance!❤❤❤❤

[@thisistawism]

Top-shelf favorite singer and performer! I COULDN'T STOP LISTENING TO THIS VIDEO!!!!!

[@superjdillydillio9040]

I saw her at her concert in Raleigh, NC back in 2004 at the All-tell Amphi-theater. She was awesome!😀 😃 😄 😁😍 🥰

[@SuperEarthwindfire]

A timeless song straight from the heart

[@jeffreyjordan5325]

I just found this a week ago and I've watched it at least a dozen times, just beautiful! Killer band and one of the greatest singers and songs of all time. Thank you!

[@netinho121000]

Athletico Paranaense

[@butch8176]

Excellent great drummer 🥃

[@thierry8087]

Ricky Lawson ?

[@CarolinaMartucci]

what an ensamble, what a taste, what a singer...what a everything!!!

[@user-daydream_]

There's something about 80s love songs ❤❤❤

[@victorpaul8639]

I’ve listened to this several times and am just amazed at the live instrumentation. Each instrument plays a vital role- piano, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, keyboard, background vocals and Anita’s amazing voice - unbelievable!!!

[@tracyp3318]

Sultry and smooth ❤❤❤

[@arthurvandegraaf3445]

What are unique and saucy voice! There is only one Anita Baker

[@thaminkwanyana3454]

Everything is just ageless kuloMama, siyakuthanda eNingizimu Afrikha🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@nicorriesanders]

I love Anita. Her voice is simply amazing

[@rubenzamorano5194]

❤Maravillosa cancion, hermoza dama con una voz perfecta❤

[@EMMALEEMC]

anita, simply, in any volume of voice, at any age, in any era, band in complete pocket, backgrounds in sweet groove--honey on my soul.

[@af4735]

Never tired listening to her voice, this song particularly. Its been on all my song playlists.

[@curtmagee]

The Incomparable Anita Baker! ❤

[@marinorusso2168]

GRANDISSIMAAAA VOCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.........................................

[@VILJL]

Baker teamed with former Chapter 8 bandmate Michael Powell for her wonderful Elektra debut, Rapture, released on March 20, 1986. It was an instant classic that virtually defined adult soul for the next decade and thrust Baker to the forefront of popular music. The first single, "Watch Your Step," was a moderate Soul hit, but it was the catchy follow up ballad, "Sweet Love," that brought across-the-board attention to the album and resulted in Baker winning 1986 Grammy Awards for best R&B Female Vocalist and best R&B Song. A legendary career was cemented with Rapture. The album still sounds great all these years later and Anita Baker remains a part of our lives as an all-time singer supreme.

[@mariselajulyana3252]

Legend Icon her voice is an Instrument my fav Lady 💯💯🎉

[@SDC1949]

One of greatest & purest female voices of all time. ❤Miss Randy Crawford is up there as well….

[@ricardobdl3011]

FANTASTIC !!!!!!!

[@putin6018]

What a voice ,I love her💕💕💕💕!!!!!

[@peterclarke3990]

Well, you won’t find anita performer than this lady! Perfect! Thanks Anita, you are the best!

[@deborahbyom929]

Her skin is perfect,love you Anita.

[@MatteoBiancoMusic]

WHAT a VOICE!!!

[@FunkATeer-qk7hq]

Pure bliss 🤘🏿

[@abrahamotomewo9242]

Wonderful!

[@HeathenRocker]

Such a voice.

[@colleenm8067]

This is an amazing performance of one of my all time favorites

[@Tamburokoy]

the legendary ms anita baker!

[@biggkrizzvg]

You feel it in your body gives you chills rest in peace to my mum she loved this song I always get emotional when I hear this

[@JustinFriello]

Shit, even at an older age, her voice is breathtaking.

[@sergiovarela8030]

GREAT GREAT GREAT SINGER !!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@marialuisamilano]

passeranno gli anni, come è inevitabile, ma la grazia dei movimenti, il portamento, la classe non tramonterà mai.

[@lamentinoise97232]

MY FAVORITE SONG 🥰😍🤩

[@user-vj4sk9yc7g]

Perhaps the best love song of all time.

[@pandoraheathcoe1386]

Lord I love her

[@djlaanct]

Noite fria em SP curtindo essa linda voz de Anita Baker , som pra se curtir de qualquer forma em qualquer lugar rs ! Sweet Love 🎶❤ , o Brasil 🇧🇷 te ama !

[@thesilentdiva]

At 0:51 ..... that's some beautiful instrumentation

[@g_is_supercool]

Time has frozen for Misses Anita Baker...like 2004?? not 1994? Not 1984?? QUEEN

[@michelebrown1206]

Anita's Old School Music is always a joy to hear & sing along🎉😊

[@rabahlaggoune1779]

One of the most underrated voices, seriously you find Beyoncé better 😭

[@kelliv2995]

Love Her 💜

[@algismelanas4576]

Gosh she's wonderful. This what Voice and Singer is and of course a great song. Many many good singers from the past. Thank God many people still appreciate good songs. Nowadays we just have commercial singers and bad ones unfortunately.

[@viktorberzinsky4781]

Only a truly magnificent talent could make such skillful singing seem so effortless. Anita deserves more acclaim and commercial success than she has achieved and I say that knowing that her albums have gone multiplatinum. She's just that good.

[@mic1240]

She purposefully spread out her albums to raise her kids, she has won many Grammys across categories (R&B, Gospel and for her Christmas album), just sold out her concerts in minutes, she’s a living legend. Beyond her voice, she wrote many of her songs (like Swwet Love) and now owns all her masters, a rarity in music world. She still sounds amazing into her mid 60s now

[@craftingwithshirley4829]

One of the very best!!!!!

[@sriv6919]

2004?! Damn this video quality looks like from this year 😮

[@user-wy2ji6dt7r]

I love you Anita Baker 😍👍👏👏👏👏 beautiful music 🎶

[@clebertonalves2161]

🇧🇷 Simplesmente Espetacular!!!

[@andrewdoolan6096]

What voice and what a songstress, on fire madam❤❤

[@elizabethcalago5443]

❤amo muito Anita muisec 😊

[@user-qd4nr9up5r]

Linda demais essa música ❤

[@JoNnYB1969]

Amazing!!! You are one of my favorite singers of all time Anita.

[@vladimirpereira2009]

I can clearly hear The Divine One Sarah Vaughan's influence in her voice and singing style

[@Dangermello]

O timbre e voz intacta banda afiada tbm baterista esperando o sinal no final pra quebrar tudo top demais a versão um pouco mais rapida e swingada mas boa ainda!!!

[@martinsantos5809]

My favorite song

[@stephanemozziconacci6084]

Great Great Anita baker

[@armandosanchez131]

Increíble voz de Anita, esto si es música no lo que hacen ahora.

[@lorij3738]

Phenomenal. Even better with age. My God, just excellent. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽