The Braxtons` reality TV show premiere

Tears flowed as the Unbreak My Heart singer's younger siblings Traci, Tamar, Towanda and Trina jostled for a slice of her limelight.

'There's definitely a lot of drama in my family and we do get on each other's last nerves,' Toni, a 43-year-old Grammy winner, told viewers.

'But at the end of the day we all love each other and know there's nothing more important than family.'

Three of the Atlanta-based sisters work for their talented sister Toni, with Tamar and Trina singing back-up and Towanda being her personal assistant.

But it wasn't plain sailing for the Braxton Five - who as a group had a string of hits in the 1980s - as they prepared for Toni's upcoming charity concert in the Caribbean.

Self-confessed diva Tamar seems intent on launching her own career instead of being in her successful sister's shadows.

'I want to be known as Tamar, not Toni Braxton's sister and definitely not Toni Braxton's back-up singer,' said Tamar, who is married to Toni's manager Vincent Herbert.

'I don't give a damn if she's Beyonce and Madonna mixed together. I don't want to sing nobody's background.'