What is the title of Anita Baker's Grammy-winning 1986 album that includes "Sweet Love"? The answer is Rapture. Released on March 20, 1986, by Elektra Records, it was Baker's second studio album and the breakthrough that established her as a leading voice in contemporary R&B and quiet-storm music.
The album's opening track, "Sweet Love," became a major hit and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. Rapture itself earned Baker the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1987. Another prominent single, "Caught Up in the Rapture," helped give the album strong exposure on both Black radio and mainstream Top 40 stations.
Rapture followed Baker's 1983 debut, The Songstress, but reached a much larger audience. Its sophisticated arrangements, restrained production, romantic material, and Baker's rich contralto helped distinguish it from more aggressively dance-oriented 1980s pop. The album ultimately sold more than eight million copies worldwide, including five million in the United States.
The nearby titles in the quiz are all Baker albums, which makes the question tricky: Giving You the Best That I Got followed in 1988, while Compositions arrived in 1990. Neither contains "Sweet Love."