Anita Baker: Road to the BET Awards 2012

Anita Baker: Road to the BET Awards 2012.

Anita Baker - The songstress opens the 2011 BET Awards with the Queen of Hip Hop Soul Mary J. Blige. (Photo: Courtesy William Morris Endeavor Entertainment)

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Anita Baker - The songstress opens the 2011 BET Awards with the Queen of Hip Hop Soul Mary J. Blige. (Photo: Courtesy William Morris Endeavor Entertainment)

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Anita Baker (@iamanitabaker) - The powerful voice of the legendary Anita Baker even comes across on her Twitter timeline. TWEET: "Love N Light has taken over my timeline.. Flowing like Water, where only Desert had been. And i Sing Of Gratitude, again and again :) ab." (Photo: Ben Rose/PictureGroup)

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Anita Baker - The jazzy singer brings some rapture to Washington, D.C., along with Anthony Hamilton, at a concert to celebrate the new Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial.(Photo: Ben Rose/PictureGroup)

Anita Baker - December 2011, the "Sweet Love" legend signs on to perform during VH1's Diva's Celebrate Soul, along with Erykah Badu, Chaka Khan and Jennifer Hudson. (Photo: Elsa/Getty Images)

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Anita Baker - December 2011, the "Sweet Love" legend signs on to perform during VH1's Diva's Celebrate Soul, along with Erykah Badu, Chaka Khan and Jennifer Hudson. (Photo: Elsa/Getty Images)

The Return of the Songstress - After a 10-year hiatus, Baker re-emerged in 2004 with her gold-selling opus My Everything. The highly anticipated album peaked at No. 4 on the BillBoard 200 and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. (Photo:  Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

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Anita Baker - The proud mom tweets on June 14, 2012 that her son is graduating from high school. "Coffee Cups UP! Full of Joy & Tiny Tears," she writes. (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

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Anita Baker - The multi-Grammy winner participates in interviewes for the Don Cornelius: Visionary, Trailblazer, & Cultural Icon tele-documentary on Centric June 23rd.  (Photo: Trish Tokar/Getty Images)

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Anita Baker, @IAMANITABAKER - Tweet: "WHATTT??!!... sittin' in the kitchen watching this on TV. BIG time crazy. Atty on his way to TV Station. Devil sho is busy."After reports surfaced that a bench warrant has been issued for Baker's arrest over failure to appear at a court hearing for failure to pay a house painting company, the "Giving You the Best That I Got" singer gives the go ahead for her lawyer to clear things up. #NoTimeForThat(Photo: John W. Ferguson/Getty Images)

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Anita Baker - The Toledo, Ohio native attends "A Tribute To The Music of Motown" After Party at Carnegie Hall February 9, 2012 in New York City.(Photo: John W. Ferguson/Getty Images for Grey Goose)

BET Honors - In true iconic fashion, R&B veteran Anita Baker proved that her talents only get better with time and gave a memorable performance at the 2009 BET Honors. (Photo: Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

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Anita Baker - Always giving the best she's got, Ms. Baker lends her voice to second Honors Concert to benefit Mary J.Blige's Ffawn Foundation (Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now).(Photo: Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Anita Baker - The jazzy, R&B, deep-emotion of a voice celebrates her 54th birthday June 24, 2012. (Photo: Courtesy William Morris Endeavor Entertainment)

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Anita Baker - The jazzy, R&B, deep-emotion of a voice celebrates her 54th birthday June 24, 2012. (Photo: Courtesy William Morris Endeavor Entertainment)

Anita Baker - To Durham's delight, the woman with the strong stirring voice performs at the Durham Performing Arts Center on June 17, 2012. (Photo: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

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Anita Baker - To Durham's delight, the woman with the strong stirring voice performs at the Durham Performing Arts Center on June 17, 2012. (Photo: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Anita Baker - The eight-time Grammy award-winner visits Good Morning America May 2, 2012 where and discusses her hiatus as well as her comeback plan.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Anita Baker - The eight-time Grammy award-winner visits Good Morning America May 2, 2012 where and discusses her hiatus as well as her comeback plan.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Anita Baker - Genre-bending, the woman categorized as R&B, Jazz, gospel perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York City May 6th, 2012. (Photo: Courtesy William Morris Endeavor Entertainment)

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Anita Baker - Genre-bending, the woman categorized as R&B, Jazz, gospel perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York City May 6th, 2012. (Photo: Courtesy William Morris Endeavor Entertainment)