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Stephanie Mills is an American singer, songwriter and musician who began professionally at age nine in the Broadway musical Maggie Flynn and won Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater six weeks in a row at eleven. She became a star as Dorothy in the original Broadway run of The Wiz from 1974 to 1979, where she introduced "Home," which became her signature song and a number one R&B hit. During the 1980s she scored five number one R&B hits, among them "Home," "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love," and "I Feel Good All Over." Her 1981 Grammy came for "Never Knew Love Like This Before," in the female R&B vocal performance category, and she has three Grammy nominations overall. Her fifteen studio albums include What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin' in 1979, Sweet Sensation in 1980, Stephanie in 1981, Merciless in 1983, I've Got the Cure in 1984, If I Were Your Woman in 1987, Something Real in 1992 and Born For This! in 2004. Billboard placed her on its 2025 list of the 75 greatest R&B vocalists. Mills sings with a powerhouse voice and theatrical flair.