Ms. Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Hill achieved prominence as part of the Fugees. Their second album, The Score (1996), sold over 22 million copies worldwide, and included the hits "Killing Me Softly" and "Ready or Not". It won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, making Hill the first woman to receive the honor. Her debut solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), debuted atop the Billboard 200 with the highest first-week sales for a female artist at the time and became the first recording by a female rapper to be certified diamond. Its lead single "Doo Wop " debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making Hill the first artist whose first entries on both charts debuted at number one. The album produced several hits, including "Ex-Factor", "Everything Is Everything", and "Lost Ones". It remains one of the best-selling albums worldwide and ranked atop Apple Music's 100 Best Albums. At the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, Hill became the first rapper to win Album of the Year and the first woman to win five awards in a single night. Afterwards, she embarked on The Miseducation Tour and became the first rapper to appear on the cover of Time.