Sparkle has been played on NTS in shows including If Music Presents You Need This w/ Jean-Claude, featured first on 26 August 2014. Songs played include Six Million Steps, Disco Madness and Down The Way.

Sparkle first started singing in her family's gospel music group. Sparkle met singer R. Kelly in while he was working on a male artist in 1989. Sparkle was the first and only successful artist to release an album on Kelly's Rockland label. Sparkle's debut album, the self-titled Sparkle, was released on May 19, 1998. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the…