Alicia Myers

Alicia Myers (born November 20, 1957) is an American R&B musician. Beginning her music career with the band Al Hudson & the Soul Partners, who later evolved into One Way, Myers went on to a moderately successful solo career in the early 1980s, scoring hits such as "I Want to Thank You", "Don't Stop What You're Doin'", and "You Get the Best from Me (Say, Say, Say)". The two siblings competed in a local talent competition in April 1968 at Detroit's Martin Luther King Jr. High School, where they sang, "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", originally performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and they were awarded first place.

She is a survivor of childhood tuberculosis. She later survived breast cancer in 1998 and has since become an advocate for treatment against the disease.

After her stint in the band, she started her solo music recording career in 1981, with the release of Alicia by MCA Records. This album achieved a Billboard magazine R&B Albums chart peak of No. 41 and featured two of her biggest hits, "I Want to Thank You" and "Don't Stop What You're Doin'".

Her follow-up album, Alicia Again, released later the same year, failed to chart. as Don't Stop What You're Doin in 1986,

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positionsUS US R&B 1981 "Reservation for One" — — — — "Don't Stop What You're Doin' " — — — — "Do Your Kind of Dance" — — — — 1982 "I Want to Thank You" — 37 — — 1983 "Is It Really Real" — — — — 1984 "You Get the Best from Me" 105 5 5 58 "Appreciation" — 38 29 — 1985 "Just Can't Stay Away" — — — — 1995 "Goodthing" — — — — 2002 "A Good Thang" — — — — 2015 "Right Here Right Now" — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.