Rodney andīrandy helped change R&B music with their odd mix of quirky beats mixed with strings.īrandy matured and grew much from her debut, and it showed. With Never Say Neverīrandy found producer Rodney Jerkins, aka Darkchild. "The Boy Is Mine" spent an amazing 13 weeks at the number one position on the Hot 100 Billboard charts. It was four times platinum and theĭuet with her fellow teen singer Monica, goes down as the most successful female duet ever.
In 1998, her sophomore album Never Say Never was released to much fanfare. That young black girls could not look up to, she was just like them. Many young women found identification and solace in Brandy's portrayl of the intelligent, witty, and fashionable Moesha. This show was very successful and showed to America and the world, the face and life of the young black teenage female. In between her debut and her sophomore album,īrandy landed the lead role in a sitcom, Moesha. With good reason, she was only 15 years old when she first came out! Her debut album is a wonderful slice of the life of a young, innocent and fun loving teenage girl. In the early stages of her career Brandy was very much under the thumb of her mother and her handlers. Her contribution to that soundtrack "Sittin Up In My Room", became another smash forīrandy. Not long after she was asked to do a song for the Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack.
Brandy's fresh face and moving music caused a huge splash on the scene. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard charts and spawned the hits, "I Wanna Be Down", "Baby", "Brokenhearted", and "Best Friend". Marcus Aurelius shoppedīrandy around to record labels and she found a home at Atlantic records.īrandy's debut album, Brandy was released in 1994 and sold 1.3 million copies. That show didn't last long on the air and was soon cancelled.īrandy took steps to achieve her music dream.
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Brandy Rayanna Norwood was born Februrin McComb, Mississippi.īrandy and her family later relocated to sunny California.īrandy grew up singing in church and she landed one of her first TV gigs playing the daughter of Thea on her self-titled show.