Brandy

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Brandy in 2010.

Singer Brandy was among the biggest and brightest R&B stars to emerge during the 1990's. Her first attracting attention came when she was singing with her area youth groups and move on to her acting career where she co-starred in the short-lived sitcom Thea.

About

Born on February 11, 1979, in real life Brandy Rayana Norwood is an American singer and actress. Her father being a pastor played a major role in her musical career where at the age of 2 she started singing at their local church. Eventually, Brandy grew up as a fan of Whitney Houston and influenced her to become a singer.

At 9, their family moved to California where she began singing in local talent shows in 1990. At 11, she sang as backup singer with two local band groups - Norment and Immature.

Her break came on 1994 when she was 14, this was the time where she land a record deal with Atlantic and on that same year released her first self-titled ablum Brandy reaching gold status in less than two months. Since then Brandy had reaped almost every award an artist dreams of having including Grammy Awards, California Music Award, MTV Music Awards among others.

Awards & Certifications

Awards

Year	Award	Category
1999	Grammy Award	Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group for "The Boy Is Mine"
1999	California Music Award	Outstanding R&B Album for Never Say Never
1999	Teen Choice Award	Choice Female Artist
1998	Blockbuster Entertainment Award	Favorite Female Artist - R&B for "The Boy Is Mine"
1998	Billboard Video Music Award	Best Clip (R&B/Urban) for "The Boy Is Mine"
1998	Billboard Music Award	Top R&B Sales Single for "The Boy Is Mine"
1998	Billboard Music Award	Top Dance Maxi-Single for "The Boy Is Mine"
1998	Billboard Music Award	Top 100 Sales Single for "The Boy Is Mine"
1997	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress for Moesha (1996)
1996	MTV Movie Award	Best Movie Song for the song "Sittin' Up In My Room"
1996	American Music Award	Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist

Certifications

Year	Album	RIAA
1994	Brandy	4x Platinum
1998	Never Say Never	5x Platinum
2002	Full Moon	1x Platinum
2004	Afrodisiac	Gold

Chart Toppers

Year	Single	Album	Hot R&B/HipHop	Billboard Hot 100
2004	Talk About Our Love	Afrodisiac	16	36
2004	Who Is She 2 U	Afrodisiac	43	85
2002	Full Moon	Full Moon	16	18
2002	What About Us?	Full Moon	3	7
1999	Almost Doesn t Count	Never Say Never	16	16
1999	Angel In Disguise	Never Say Never	17	72
1999	Have You Ever?	Never Say Never	2	1
1999	U Don t Know Me (Like U Used To)	Never Say Never	25	79
1998	The Boy Is Mine	Never Say Never	-	1
1995	Baby	Brandy	1	4
1995	Best Friend	Brandy	7	34
1995	Brokenhearted	Brandy	2	9
1994	I Wanna Be Down	Brandy	1	6

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Tours and Concerts

There are no current available tours for Brandy.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Date Released	Label
1994	Brandy	September, 27, 1994	Atlantic
1998	Never Say Never	June 9, 1998	Atlantic
2002	Full Moon	March 5, 2002	Atlantic
2004	Afrodisiac	June 29, 2004	Atlantic
2008	Human	December 5, 2008	Epic