Tamar Estine Braxton is an American singer, songwriter, media personality and reality television personality.

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Braxton began her career in 1990 as a founding member of The Braxtons, an R&B singing group formed with her sisters. The Braxtons released their debut album, So Many Ways, as a trio in 1996, and disbanded shortly afterward. In 2000, Braxton was briefly signed with DreamWorks Records and released her debut self-titled album, but was dropped by the label following the album's poor commercial performance.

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Following a thirteen-year break, Braxton released her second studio album, Love and War (2013), through Epic Records. The record proved to be a commercial success, receiving 3 Grammy Award nominations, including Best Contemporary Album. Braxton's third album, Calling All Lovers (2015), achieved similar success and spawned the Grammy-nominated single "If I Don't Have You". Her fourth album, Bluebird of Happiness (2017), topped the Billboard Independent chart.

Braxton served as a co-host of the Fox Broadcasting Company's talk show, The Real, from 2013 until 2016. In 2017, Braxton signed a multi-series deal with Steve Harvey's television studio, East 112th Street Productions. Since, Braxton announced that a talk show and scripted series are in development. Braxton is also set to star in the upcoming film Gangland (2019), directed by Jean-Claude La Marre.

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Braxton has won four awards from 15 nominations, including one BET Award and three Soul Train Music Awards. She has received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for her work as a co-host on the daytime television talk show The Real.

In 2019, she was a contestant on the second season of Celebrity Big Brother. On the season finale, she was deemed the winner by a unanimous jury vote of 9-0. Braxton made history by becoming the first African American to ever win Big Brother in the United States .

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