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405:"No More Tears" peaked at number 49 on Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart, becoming Baker's first entry on the Billboard's singles chart; "Angel," number five on the same chart; "You're the Best Thing Yet," number 28.
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1111:An Evening with Anita Baker
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247:"You're the Best Thing Yet"
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678:. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
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29:The Songstress (film)
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644:Top R&B Albums
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503:Nathan East
367:Anita Baker
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1157:Categories
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992:Sweet Love
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655:References
565:Production
546:Phil Perry
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183:chronology
172:Otis Smith
641:Billboard
628:Billboard
620:position
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470:Personnel
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493:– guitar
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160:Producer
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