Milira Jones, better known as Milira, born on September 27, 1969, in Hollis, New York, is an American R&B/soul singer. After winning amateur night at the Apollo Theater in the late 1980s, she secured a recording contract with Apollo Records, distributed through Motown Records, and released her debut album, Milira, in 1990. The album remained 42 weeks on the Billboard R&B albums chart, peaking at number 29, and produced the singles "Go Outside in the Rain", which peaked at number 36, and a cover of Marvin Gaye’s "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" featuring Noel Pointer, which reached number 21. Her follow‑up album, Back Again!!!, was issued in 1992, featuring the single "One Man Woman", which reached number 45 on Billboard's R&B singles chart. In 2000, she released the gospel‑infused album, Solution, under her own Arilim Records. Throughout her career, Milira recorded music that blended soul, R&B, and gospel, while collaborating with artists across those genres.
