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- Way Back Wednesday: Toni Braxton – ‘Another Sad Love Song’
  
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  Toni Braxton’s ‘Another Sad Love Song’ is this week’s Way Back Wednesday selection. Released as the lead single from her self-titled debut album in 1993, the song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned the contralto her first Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
  
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- Way Back Wednesday: Tina Turner – ‘Proud Mary’
  
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  This week’s Way Back Wednesday comes from the most electrifying female performer of our time – Tina Turner. ‘Proud Mary’ was originally performed by the band Creedence Clearwater Revival but was later immortalised by Turner who thrilled audiences around the world for 40 years with her live routines.
  
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- Way Back Wednesday: Mya – ‘My Love Is Like…Wo’
  
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  Mya enlisted Paul Hunter to create one of the best videos of her career in 2003 and this week’s Way Back Wednesday feature. ‘My Love Is Like…Wo’ was produced by Missy Elliott and released as the lead single from her critically acclaimed ‘Moodring’ album.
  
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- Way Back Wednesday: Pink, Usher & Mya Honor Janet Jackson
  
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  Flashback exactly 10 years to 2001 and you will find this week’s Way Back Wednesday: the MTV Icon tribute to the legendary Janet Jackson. In addition to guest appearances by Aaliyah and Stevie Wonder, the ceremony also included a show-stopping medley performance by Pink, Usher and Mya.
  
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- Way Back Wednesday: Luther Vandross – ‘A House Is Not A Home’
  
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  Today’s Way Back Wednesday comes from the incomparable Luther Vandross. The late R&B singer performed this cover of Dionne Warwick’s ‘A House Is Not A Home’ in tribute to her at the NAACP, earning hims a standing ovation and even moved his fellow icon to tears.
  
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- Way Back Wednesday: Eve – ‘Gangsta Lovin’ (Ft. Alicia Keys)’
  
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  This week’s Way Back Wednesday is an unforgettable collaboration between Eve and Alicia Keys. ‘Gangsta Lovn” was released in 2002 as the lead single from Eve’s ‘Eve-Olution’ LP and become her 2nd most successful song to date, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on the Official UK Singles Chart.
  
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- Way Back Wednesday: Mariah Carey – ‘The Roof (Back In Time) (Ft. Mobb Deep)’
  
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  Mariah Carey takes us ‘back in time’ with ‘The Roof (Back In Time) (Ft. Mobb Deep)’ for this week’s Way Back Wednesday. Directed by the diva herself alongside Diane Martel in 1998, the visual was one of her most critically acclaimed releases to date.
  
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- Way Back Wednesday: Busta Rhymes – ‘What’s It Gonna Be?! (Ft. Janet Jackson)’
  
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  This week’s Way Back Wednesday takes us back to 1999 with ‘What’s It Gonna Be?!’ by Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson. Released as the 2nd single from the Rhymes’ ‘E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front’, both the song and video are among the most memorable productions in of the last 25 years.
  
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- Way Back Wednesday: Xscape – ‘Hold On’ (En Vogue Cover)
  
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  Way Back Wednesday takes us back to the era of girl groups this week. Originally a collection of five singers, Xscape burst onto the scene in the early 1990s on BET’s Teen Summit with their rendition of En Vogue’s mega hit ‘Hold On’.
  
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- Way Back Wednesday: Beyonce – ‘Crazy In Love (Ft. Jay-Z)’
  
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  This week’s Way Back Wednesday is none other than Beyonce’s breakthrough hit ‘Crazy In Love (Ft. Jay-Z)’. The Rich Harrison-produced track controlled the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks in 2003 and helped the singer’s debut album, ‘Dangerously In Love’, to become her top-selling release to date.
  
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