Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Noelle Hill (Born: May 26, 1975 (age 47 years), Newark, NJ) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and actress. She is often regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as being one of the most influential musicians of her
generation. Hill starred in the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993). Afterwards, she released two albums as a member of The Fugees. Their album The Score (1996), received the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, for which she became the first woman to win the award. The album contained the hit single "Killing Me Softly", with her on lead vocals. Hill then collaborated with Nas ("If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)") and Aretha Franklin ("A Rose Is Still a Rose"). The band split in 1997, and soon after she began work on her solo album.

Her sole studio album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), launched atop the U.S. Billboard 200 with the highest first-week sales for a debut album by a woman in the 20th century. It included the songs "Ex-Factor" and "Lost Ones". The lead single "Doo Wop (That Thing)" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and made her the first artist to have debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 with their first entries. She also was the first woman rapper to earn a No. 1 on each chart. At the 41st Grammy Awards, Hill set a record for the most nominations in one night for a woman, with ten. She won five awards including Album of the Year, and became the first hip hop act to win the award. The album was later selected for the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

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