Following her departure from RCA, Gayle signed with EMI. She recorded an album for that label, but due to an artist rostering re-shuffle, she had left the company by 1999 before the album was released. After leaving EMI in 1999, Gayle took to the West End stage and played Belle in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". After an extended break from show business to look after her son, Isaiah, Gayle began developing her music production company M Media Productions. She also appeared on other artists' albums, including those of Ivan Matias, Me One, Shabba and Lemon D.