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- .	Bad Boy	Bad Boy Records	Mary J. Blige	Mary J. Blige	Carl Thomas	Carl Thomas (singer)	Al B. Sure	Al B. Sure	Christopher Williams	Christopher Williams (singer)	Bad Boy Entertainment	Bad Boy Entertainment	Faith	Faith (Faith Evans album)	Keep the Faith	Keep the Faith (Faith Evans album)	Faithfully	Faithfully (Faith Evans album)
