Giving You the Best That I Got (album)

Giving You the Best That I Got
Studio album by
Anita Baker
ReleasedOctober 18, 1988
Recorded1988
StudioEncore Studios (Burbank, California); Yamaha International Recording (Glendale, California); The Sound Suite (Detroit, Michigan); Hitsville Studios (Hollywood, California); TMF Studios (New York City, New York); Gnome Studios (New York City, New York); Producers 1 & 2 (Hollywood, California)
GenreR&B
Length34:33
LabelElektra
ProducerMichael J. Powell
Anita Baker chronology
Rapture
(1986) 		Giving You the Best That I Got
(1988) 		Compositions
(1990)
Singles from Giving You the Best That I Got
  1. "Giving You the Best That I Got"
    Released: September 27, 1988
  2. "Just Because"
    Released: January 1989
  3. "Lead Me into Love"
    Released: April 1989

Giving You the Best That I Got is the third album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker, released in 1988. It was Baker's first and only #1 album in the US, her second #1 R&B Album, and was certified 3× platinum in 1989 by the RIAA. The title track was released as the first single from the album and became Baker's highest-charting single in the US, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album earned Baker three Grammy Awards and three Soul Train Music Awards.