In January 2018, Braxton starred in the Lifetime film "Faith Under Fire". In March, her eighth studio album "Sex &amp; Cigarettes", her first solo album in eight years, was released on Def Jam Recordings. An adult contemporary R&amp;B album with production from Fred Ball, Babyface, Dapo Torimiro, and Tricky Stewart, it debuted at number 22 on the US "Billboard" 200 and number one on the &lt;a href="Top%20R%26amp%3BB/Hip-Hop%20Albums"&gt;Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums&lt;/a&gt; chart. "Sex &amp; Cigarettes" received mainly positive reviews from music critics, and was nominated for Best R&amp;B Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Second single "Long as I Live" topped the US Adult R&amp;B Songs, becoming Braxton's eighth chart topper, while breaking a tie with singers Maxwell and R. Kelly to give her sole possession of the second-most number-one's in the chart's 24-year history. It also received Grammy Award nomination for Best R&amp;B Performance and Best R&amp;B Song.