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There are multiple artists known as Minnie.

Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 5 and a half octave and 2.5 note vocal range and her 1975 single "Lovin' You". She was also the mother of noted actress and comedienne Maya Rudolph.
Riperton reached the apex of her short, but esteemed, career with her number-one hit single, "Lovin' You", on April 4, 1975. The single was the last release from her 1974 gold album entitled Perfect Angel.

In 1976 Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a modified radical mastectomy. Though she was given just six months to live, she continued recording and touring, and in 1977 she became spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. Riperton was one of the first celebrities to go public with her breast cancer diagnosis, but did not disclose that she was terminally ill. In 1978, Riperton also received the Society's Courage Award presented to her at the White House by then-President Jimmy Carter. She died at age 31 on July 12, 1979.

MINNIE is also the name of a Japanese pop artist of the late-eighties who contributed the song "BE MY CINDERELLA" to the second TOKYO BABYLON IMAGE SOUNDTRACK. .