Personnel: Regina Belle (vocals); Erik "E-Smooth" Hicks (vocals, keyboards, programming); Katherine Fenn, Ogura Yasushi, Jeff Watson, Roxann Jacobson, Daniel Seidenberg, Sara Usher, James Shallenberger, Paul Brancato, Victor Romasevich, Irene Sazer, Nancy Ellis, Eileen Moon, Doris Fukawa, Dawn Dover, Joseph Edelberg, Jeremy Cohen (strings); Mike $ Manni (keyboards, programming).

Producers: Erik "E-Smooth" Hicks, Bernard Belle, Greg Charley.

Engineers include: Mike $ Manni, Dave Greenberg, Dave Kowalsky.

BELIEVE IN ME was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.

Grammy awards, platinum records and a beautiful voice simply describe the career of Regina Belle. Belle's silky smooth vocals and jazzy delivery showcase her pop, R&B and jazz influences. With this album, Belle delivers her usual soft, sensual vocals around nicely arranged R&B tracks. Considered by many as a diva in her own right, Belle keeps pace on her steady rise to ultra-fame with tracks like "You Make Me Smile," "Never Should Have Let You Go" and her title cut "Believe In Me." Surprisingly, the project takes on a sparseness in its production on songs like, "I Gotch U" and "Teach Me How To Live." The approach is welcome, and works for Belle since her voice is more than strong enough to carry the show.