Faith Evans has worked alone her entire life.
After working as a backing vocalist for Al B. Sure and Christopher Williams , she became the first female artist to contract with Sean `` Puff Daddy '' Combs ' Bad Boy Entertainment recording company in 1994 , for which she collaborated with several label mates such as Mary J. Blige and Carl Thomas and released three platinum-certified studio albums between 1995 and 2001 , including Faith -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , Keep the Faith -LRB- 1998 -RRB- and Faithfully -LRB- 2001 -RRB-.
