Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), better known mononymously as Brandy, is an American recording artist and entertainer. Within pop music, Norwood has become known for her distinctive sound, characterized by her peculiar timbre, voice-layering, intricate riffs, and beat-driven R&B.



Released in September 1994, the album peaked at number twenty on the U.S.Billboard 200.Critical reaction to Brandy was generally positive, with AllMusicwriter Eddie Huffman declaring Brandy "a lower-key Janet Jackson or a more stripped-down Mary J. Blige [...] with good songs and crisp production."

Brandy went on to sell over six million copies worldwide,and produced three top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "I Wanna Be Down" and "Baby", both of which reached the top of the Hot R&B Singles chart and were certified platinum by theRecording Industry Associ...of America. "Brokenhearted", a duet with Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men, became a number-two hit on the charts.

The album earned Norwood two Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artistand Best Female R&B Vocal Performance the following year, and won her four Soul Train Music Awards, two Billboard Awards, and the New York Children's Choice Award.


Never Say Never is the second studio album by American singer Brandy. Released by Atlantic Records on June 9, 1998 in United States. Influenced byMariah Carey and Whitney Houston, Norwood wanted to present a more mature facet of herself with the album, incorporating a ballad-heavy style and an adult contemporary feel into her urban-pop sound for the album.

Norwood co-wrote and produced six songs on the album which yielded her first number-one song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, "The Boy Is Mine", a duet with singerMonica that has become the most successful song by a female duo in the music industry. Exploiting the media's presumption of a rivalry between the two young singers, the song was one of the most successful records in United States of all time, spending a record-breaking thirteen weeks atop the Billboard charts, and eventually garnering the pair a Grammy Award forBest R&B Performance ...with Vocal.

Never Say Never eventually became Norwood's biggest-selling album, selling over 16 million copies worldwide. Critics rated the album highly, with AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine praising Norwood and her team for wisely finding "a middle ground between Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige—it's adult contemporary with a slight streetwise edge. Altogether, the album spawned seven singles, including Norwood's second number-one song, the Diane Warren-penned "Have You Ever?"


Full Moon is the third studio album by American singer Brandy. It was released by Atlantic Records on February 25, 2002.

Brandy credited Whitney Houston, Kim Burrell and Enya for inspiring her to push the limits of her voice and vocal arrangements. With Brandy in a relationship with one of the album's primary musicians, its lyrical concepts centered on both sensual and frustrated feelings toward a lover. Jerkins credited Michael Jackson, Brandy's voice, and his experiences at European nightclubs for influencing the sound of the album. Musically, Full Moon drew inspiration from UK garage, electro, dance, glitch, and funktronica, while blending soul and R&B elements into adult contemporary ballads.

At the time of its release, the album received mixed reviews from music critics, but has since earned retrospective acclaim and recognition from musicians, singers, and producers, primarily for Brandy's vocal work as well as garnering two Grammy Awardnominations at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. Full Moon debuted at number at number one on the U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albumschart, and at number two on the Billboard 200, selling approximately 156,000 copies in its first week of release, and has been certified platinumby the RIAA. The album spawned three singles—"What About Us?", "Full Moon"and "He Is"—and has sold over three million copies worldwide.



Afrodisiac is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Brandy, released on June 28, 2004 by Atlantic Records.

With many of their new relationships being the result of broken ones, Brandy and Timbaland were inspired to experiment with a number of sounds and influences to create a unique, individualized sound that was distinct from other R&B music. The result was an organic, mellow contemporary R&B album that experimented with the New York-based illbient style, which infuses eccentric hip-hop breakbeats,ambientsoundscapes, and the unorthodox sampling of indie rock and various film scores. Brandy also continued to experiment with her singing, opting to use more technical applications of counterpoint and multi-track recording toward her vocal arrangements. An autobiographical album, the songs feature intimate lyrics which discuss the singer's personal struggles with codependency, monogamy, misplaced loyalty, and professional anxiety.

Upon release, the critical response to Afrodisiac was highly positive, eventually garnering critical acclaim for its mature lyrics, Brandy's vocalizing, and its overall experimental sound.The album has been regarded as a precursor toPBR&B and alternative R&B, having been cited to influence artists, such asRihanna, Solange, Frank Ocean, James Fauntleroy, and Jhene Aiko.Afrodisiac was nominated for several awards including nominations at the2004 MTV Video Music Awards and the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, eventually earning a gold certification by the RIAA.Internationally, Afrodisiac scored minor success, appearing on the top 40 album charts in the UK, Canada, andJapan. The album spawned three singles — "Talk About Our Love", "Who Is She 2 U" and "Afrodisiac".



Human is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Brandy, first released in France in December 2008 and by March 2009 in most international music markets. Generally well received by critics, Human debuted at number fifteen on the US Billboard 200 with opening week sales of 73,000 copies, becoming Brandy's lowest-charting debut since her first album fourteen years prior. With a domestic sales total of 214,000 copies, it widely failed to revive the success of its predecessors. While leading single "Right Here (Departed)" scored Norwood her biggest chart success since 2002's "Full Moon," the album failed to impact elsewhere, resulting into lackluster sales in general and the release of just one other single, "Long Distance."



Two Eleven is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Brandy Norwood. Released on October 12, 2012.

Two Eleven is the first album from Norwood to include a diverse roster of collaborators including songwriting credits from Frank Ocean, Chris Brownand Sean Garrett. Production comes courtesy of the likes ofBangladesh andRico Love, amongst others. The first single, "Put It Down", features Chris Brown and was released from May 4, 2012. It peaked in the top-five of the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Norrwood's tenth top 10 single on the chart and her first in a decade. "Wildest Dreams" was released as the second and final single on August 28, 2012.

Upon its release, the album received generally favorable reviews amongst critics with many complimenting Norwood's vocals, the album's production and the overall direction of the album. Two Eleven debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200with first week sales of 65,000 copies, becoming Norwood's fourth top ten and her first in eight years. It also debuted on top of on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, her second album to do so. The album has sold 180,000 copies in the US as of October 2013.

Film/Television



Moesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996, to May 14, 2001.
The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Denise Mitchell, a Los Angeles girl coping with a stepmother as well as the pressures and demands of becoming an adult.

It was originally ordered as a pilot for CBS's 1995–1996 television season but was rejected by the network. It was then picked up by UPN, who aired it as a mid-season replacement. It went on to become the biggest success for the nascent network and one of the greatest hits over the course of the network's entire run.

Norwood was awarded an NAACP Image Award for Out...or/Actress for her performance.



In 1997, Norwood was hand-picked by producer Whitney Houston to play the title character in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s television version ofCinderella featuring a multicultural cast that also included Jason Alexander,Whoopi Goldberg, and Houston.^[25]The two-hour Wonderful World of Disneyspecial garnered an estimated 60 million viewers, giving the network its highest ratings in the time period in 16 years, and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program the following year.



After backing out of a role in F. Gary Gray's 1996 film Set It Off, Norwood made her big screen debut in the supporting role of Karla Wilson in theslasher film, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. The movie outperformed the original with a total of $16.5 million at its opening weekend, but critical reaction to the film was largely disappointing, with film review site Rotten Tomatoes calculating a poor rating of 7% based on 46 reviews. Norwood, however, earned positive reviews for her "bouncy" performance,which garnered her both a Blockbuster Entertainment Awardand an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Female Performance



In 1999, she co-starred with Diana Ross in the telefilm drama Double Platinum about an intense, strained relationship between a mother and daughter. Shot in only twenty days in New York City, both Norwood and Ross served as executive producers of the movie.

The movie was a Nielsen ratings success, debuting at #16 for the week. Along with airing original on ABC, it was also syndicated by VH1, BET, Centric and TVONE where it still is a recurrent favorite.



In June, she was cast as one of three talent judges on the first seasonofAmerica's Got Talent, an amateur talent contest on NBC executive-produced by Simon Cowell and hosted by Regis Philbin. The broadcast was one of the most-watched programs of the summer, and concluded on August 17, 2006 with the win of 11-year-old singer Bianca Ryan. Norwood was originally slated to return for a second season in summer 2007, but eventually decided not to, feeling that she "couldn't give the new season the attention and commitment it deserved.


In April 2010, Norwood and Ray J debuted in the VH1 reality series Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business along with their parents. The show chronicled the backstage lives of both siblings, while taking on larger roles in their family's management and production company, R&B Productions. Executive produced by the Norwood family, the season concluded after eleven episodes, and was renewed for a second season, which began broadcasting in fall 2010.


n fall 2010, Norwood appeared as a contestant on season 11 of the ABCreality show Dancing with the Stars, partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. She ultimately placed fourth in the competition, which was a shock to the judges, viewers, studio audience, and other contestants that considered her one of the show's frontrunners throughout the entire competition.


In 2011, Norwood joined the cast of the BET comedy series The Game, playing the recurring role of Chardonnay, a bartender. She became a regular cast member by the next season.


In March 2013, Norwood returned to film, joining an ensemble cast consisting of Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross and Vanessa L. Williams inTyler Perry's drama Temptation: Confessions o... Counselor.Norwood plays supporting character Melinda, a woman with secrets. The film received generally negative reviews from critics but became a moderate US box office success.

Acheivements


She has sold over 40 million records worldwide. The Recording Industry Associ...of America (RIAA) lists Norwood as one of the top selling artists in the United States, with 10.5 million certified albums.

As one of the biggest selling female R&B artists and a successful leading actress,Brandy Norwood has accumulated numerous awards since her career began in the early 1990s.

1995

Billboard Music Award

• Best New R&B Artist, Won
• Best R&B Female, Won
• Best New Clip, Rap, "I Wanna Be Down", Won
• Best New Clip, R&B/Urban, "I Wanna Be Down", Won

Kids' Choice Awards

• Favorite Singer, Won

Soul Train Music Awards

• R&B-Hip-Hop New Artist of the Year, Won
• R&B/Soul Artist, Female, "I Wanna Be Down", Nominated
• R&b/Soul or Rap Album of the Year, "Brandy" Nominated

1996

American Music Award

• Favorite New Artist Soul/R&B, Won
• Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist, Nominated

Blockbuster Entertainment Award

• Favorite Female Artist, R&B, Won
• Favorite Female-New Artist, Won

BMI Pop Award

• for "Sittin' Up in My Room", Won

Kids' Choice Awards

• Favorite Song, "Baby", Won
• Favorite Singer, Won

MTV Movie Awards

• Best Song from a Movie, "Sittin' Up in My Room" (from Waiting to Exhale), Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

• Best Video from a Film, "Sittin' Up in My Room" (from Waiting to Exhale), Nominated

NAACP Image Award

• Outstanding New Artist, 'Won'
• Outstanding Youth Actress in a Television Series for Moesha,Won

People's Choice Award

• Favorite New TV Actress, Moesha, Nominated

Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Awards

• Best R&B/Soul New Artist, Won
• Best R&B/Soul Album of The Year, Solo, Brandy, Won
• Best R&B/Single, Solo, "I Wanna Be Down", Won
• Best R&B/Soul Song of The Year, "I Wanna Be Down", Won

1997

American Music Award

• Favorite Soul/R&B Female, Nominated

MTV Movie Award

• Best Song from a Film, "Sittin' Up in My Room", Won

NAACP Image Award

• Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress, Moesha, Won
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Miniseries, Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella, Nominated

Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Awards

• The Aretha Franklin Award for Entertainer of the Year, Won

Young Artist Award

• Best Performance in a TV Comedy - Leading Young Actress, "Moesha", Nominated

1998

Billboard Music Award

• Dance Maxi Sales Single of the Year, "The Boy Is Mine", Won
• R&B Sales Single of the Year, "The Boy Is Mine", Won
• Hot 100 Sales Single of Year, "The Boy is Mine", Won

Kid's Choice Awards

• Favorite Television Actress, "Moesha", Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

• Favorite International Singer, Brandy Won

NAACP Image Award

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series,Nominated
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Moesha,Nominated
• Outstanding Music Video for "The Boy Is Mine", Nominated
• Outstanding Duo or Group for "The Boy Is Mine", Nominated
• Outstanding Album for "Never S-A-Y Never", Nominated

Young Artist Award

• Best Performance in a TV Comedy or Drama Series - Leading Young Performer, "Moesha", Won

MTV Video Music Awards

• Video Of The Year, "The Boy Is Mine (w. Monica), Nominated
• Best R&B Video, "The Boy Is Mine" (w. Monica), Nominated

1999

American Music Awards

• Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock, Won
• Favorite Female Artist Soul/R&B, Won

BMI Pop Awards

• for "The Boy Is Mine", Won

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

• Favorite Actress - Horror, "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer", Won
• Favorite Female Album - R&B, "Never Say Never" Won
• Favorite Female Artist - R&B, Won

California Music Awards

• Outstanding R&B Album for "Never S-A-Y Never" Won

ECHO Awards

• Best-selling international Newcomer with "Never S-A-Y Never",nominated

NAACP Awards

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, "Moesha", Won

MTV Movie Awards

• Best Breakthrough Performance - Female, "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

• Choice Female Artist, Won

TMF Awards

• Best International R&B Act, Won

Soul Train Music Awards

• Best R&B/Soul Single-Solo, "Top of the World", Nominated
• Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video, "The Boy Is Mine",Nominated
• Best R&B/Soul Single-Group, Band or Duo, "The Boy Is Mine",Nominated
• Best Soul or Rap Album of the Year, "Never Say Never",Nominated
• Best R&B/Soul Album-Female, "Never Say Never", 'Nominated'

The Source Awards

• R&B Artist of the Year, Nominated

Young Artist Awards

• Best Performance in a TV Comedy or Drama Series - Leading Young Performer, "Moesha", Nominated

World Music Awards

• World's Best Selling Female Artist, Nominated
• World's Best Selling R&B and Hip Hop Artist, Nominated

2000

American Music Awards

• Favorite Female Artist Soul/R&B, Nomination

BMI Pop Awards

• for "Almost Doesn't Count", Won
• for "The Boy Is Mine", Won

Congress of Racial Equality Awards

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award, Won

Kid's Choice Awards

• Favorite Television Actress, "Moesha", Nomination
• Favorite Female Singer, Nomination

NAACP Image Awards

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, "Moesha",Nominated

2001

Kid's Choice Award

• Favorite Television Actress, "Moesha", Nominated

NAACP Awards

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, "Moesha", Won

Stellar Award

• Most Notable Achievement, The Norwood Kids Foundation, Won

2002

BMI Urban Awards

• for "What About Us?, Won

Soul Train Music Awards

• Best R&B Single/Solo, "Full Moon", Nominated
• Best R&B Album/Solo, "Full Moon', Nominated

2003

Soul Train Music Awards

• Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song, "Full Moon", Nominated

2004

BET Awards

• Best Female R&B Artist, nominated

MOBO Awards

• Best Collaboration, "Talk About Our Love", Nominated
• Best R&B Act, Nominated

Vibe Music Awards

• Best R&B Artist, Nominated

People's Choice Awards

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  • Favorite Look, Nomination

2005

Soul Train Music Awards

• Best Soul/R&B Album-Female, "Afrodisiac", Nominated

2009

BMI Pop Awards

• Pop Awards "Right Here (Departed)", Won

2013

Soul Train Music Awards

• Best Collaboration, "Put It Down", Nominated

2014

NAACP Image Awards

• Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series, "The Game", Won

World Music Awards

• World's Best Selling Female Artist, Nominated
• World's Best Album, Two Eleven, Nominated
• World's Best Entertainer Of The Year, Nominated
• World's Best Live Act, Nominated

Artistry



Stylistically, Norwood's music has evolved since she debuted in 1994 at the age of 15. With her mother as manager and stylist, she developed a “good girl” image with a “hip-yet-wholesome” appeal. At the beginning of her career, she often citedWhitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and Mariah Carey as her biggest musical inspirations, with Houston being her most prominent and personal influence. Outside of Houston, she has cited singers Sade, Kim Burrell, Enya, and her father Willie Norwood as being her major vocal influences.



Norwood’s initial sound was contemporary R&B, heavily rooted in gospel and soul music.Her lyrics spoke of various types of love, from casual and friendly love to romantic and spiritual affairs. Influenced by Houston and Carey, she incorporated a ballad-heavy style and an adult contemporary feel into her urban-pop sound for her second studio album Never Say Never. Her third studio album Full Moon saw Norwood abandon her teenage appeal for a more adult and sensualedginess.Along with her image, her voice had gone through a major change, trading her girlish rasp for a now deeper and warmer voice that had acquired a somewhat throatier, smoky edge. The music also reflected the change, as songs like "When You Touch Me" and "Like This" explored more adult, sexual topics, and a sound that blended her previous urban-pop sound with heavy influences of UK garage, glitch, and electro-funk.


In 2004, her recent motherhood, life experiences, and growing affinity for British rock band Coldplay, caused her to shift toward a more introspective outlook with her fourth studio album Afrodisiac, a venture with producer Timbaland into the experimentalillbient aesthetic, which fuses ambient, dub, and breakbeatsoundscapes with progressive sampling methods.^[125] A four-year hiatus and a few life-changing occurrences caused Norwood to return to the music industry in late 2008 with Human, her fifth studio album, which discussed topics of spiritual love, genuine heartache and universal honesty, and musically explored urban pop music.^[126] Experiencing a career and personal rejuvenation, Norwood was eager to scale back her previous pop venture and return to authentic R&B sound on her sixth studio album Two Eleven. The album was a melding of both Norwood's now-classic urban pop template and the bass-heavy trends of post-2000's contemporary hip-hop



Norwood is a contralto with a voice that has often been described as soft, raspy, and husky by music critics and Norwood herself. Music critic and Slant Magazine writer Andrew Chan describes Norwood's vocal tone as having "an unusual mix of warmth and cold, hard edges". He further describes her vocal quality, saying, "Like little else in pop-music singing, Brandy's subtle manipulation of timbre and texture rewards close listening. [...] Her main claim of technical virtuosity has always been her long, cascading riffs, a skill many R&B die-hards revere her for." Norwood is also noted for her use ofmultitrack recording to create intricate vocal arrangements and layering. Terry Sawyer of Pop Matters Online writes on this skill, remarking, "While it's been said that Brandy's voice isn't exactly a barn burner, it's not mentioned enough that she does more than enough with what she's got. She never leaves her voice hanging in spotlit scarcity, folding its variegated terracing, whispering out the lead track, shouting in the back-up, and piling each song with enough interlocking sounds to create the tightly packed illusion of vocal massiveness."

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Brandy has received rave reviews as Roxie Hart in Chicago

Endorsements


Brandy has had many endorsements in her career. In 1999, she became a CoverGirl,appearing in a number of commercials. She also represented the brands Candie's in 1998 and DKNY in the Spring of 2000. In the late 1990s Brandy was represented by Wilhelmina Agency, one of the leading modeling agencies in the industry.In 1999, Mattell released the Brandy Doll. The doll featured Brandy in a reddish orange blouse and orange long skirt. Next to this, the Holiday Brandy Doll was released in 2000 along with another "Brandy Doll". Millions of the dolls were sold and they were one of the biggest selling toys for Mattel.In 2005, Brandy became the spokesperson for Ultima, a company for hair weaves and wigs. As of 2014, she no longer represents them.

Philanthropy





In 1996, Brandy along with her brother Ray J, created the Norwood Kids Foundation. The goal of NKF is to "To use Performing Arts as a catalyst to shape the youth of today into self-confident, disciplined, responsible, and caring individuals capable of making a positive impact in their communities." In 1999 Brandy was the first international spokesman person for youth by UNICEF.




Norwood is also an avid supporter of the Make A Wish Foundation and RAINN. In 2000, Brandy donated $100,000 to 2000 WATTS, an entertainment community center founded by singer Tyrese Gibson in the underprivileged community of Watts, California. Brandy teamed up with Skecher's “Nothing Compares to Family” campaign in 2008.^[154] In 2010 Brandy became involved with Get Schooled, a national non-profit mobile phone calls by celebrities to wake up students for school. In 2014, Norwood teamed up with "text4baby", which spreads health and wellness to expecting moms via text message,and became an honorary co-chairman of the 2014 Unstoppable Foundation

Legacy & Impact



Since her 1994 debut album, Norwood has won over 100 awards as a recording artist and sold over 40 million records worldwide. he Recording Industry Associ...of America (RIAA) lists Norwood as one of the top selling artists in the United States, with 10.5 million certified albums.Her song The Boy Is Mine is also one of the longest running number one songs in the United States, and is one of the best selling duets of all time.

In 1999, Billboard ranked Norwood among the top 20 of the Top Pop Artists of the 1990s. In 2010, Billboard included Norwood in their Top 50 R&B and Hip Hop Artists list of the past 25 years.^[132] Norwood was one of the youngest artists nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.^[133]Her second album Never Say Never appeared in the "Top 100 Certified Albums" list by the RIAA.




Norwood's vocal stylings have had a significant impact on the music industry, most notably with contemporary R&B, pop and gospel genres, where she is often subjectively referred to as the "Vocal Bible"

Her work has influenced numerous artists, including Norwood's vocal stylings have had a significant impact on the music industry, most notably with contemporary R&B, popand gospel genres, where she is often subjectively referred to as the "Vocal Bible".^[135] Her work has influenced numerous artists, including Jessie J,JoJo,Bridget Kelly,Olivia,Emeli Sandé,Jordin Sparks,Tank,Teyana Taylor, and Elle Varner,while Norwood's vocals have been praised by several of her peers, including Natasha Bedingfield,Missy Elliott,Jennifer Hudson,Syleena Johnson,Lil' Mo,Brian McKnight,Jill Scott,Angie Stone, and Tamia. Additionally, on many occasions, Norwood has been thought of as a talented artist that music producers and songwriters have used to enhance their own artistic and creative energies.




Afrodisiac has been credited as being a primary precursor to the PBR&Bsubgenre. In a 2014 music and fashion conversation with NPR, singer and model Solange discussed the album, saying "Brandy is really the foundation of a lot of this very innovative, progressive, experimental R&B. Brandy really influenced a lot of that. Frank Ocean will say it. Miguel will say it."



American neo soul singer Erykah Badu noted that her 1997 debut album,Baduizm, was partly influenced by Norwood's debut album,

while Barbadian singer Rihanna said of her 2007 album Good Girl Gone Bad, "[Brandy] really helped inspire that album. I listened to [Afrodisiac] every day [while in the studio]."

Kelly Rowland cited Norwood, who also wrote and produced for Rowland'sdebut album, as one of the inspirations for her second studio album Ms. Kelly (2007).


Rock musician John Frusciante, former guitarist of rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers cited Norwood as the "main inspiration" behind the guitar work on Red Hot Chili Peppers' 2006 album, Stadium Arcadium

Celebrities Congratulate Brandy on 20 Years & She Reacts!

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Didn't know she had dolls made for her namesake.

SHE always does something to me vocally ...brandy is just too good . Icon

She is soooo underrated, love her!

She will never be forgotten because "Brandy" "Never Say Never" and "Full Moon" are classics. Despite the lack of recognition she receives from the media, she is highly influential in terms of vocals.

mjscarousal said:

Graycap23 said:

I've always thought that she was and is underrated.

Surprised to hear this from you, cool!

IDRAG4MJ said:

mjscarousal said:

Graycap23 said:

mjscarousal said:

Surprised to hear this from you, cool!

I listen 2 her work on a regular basis.

Same, her debut is one of my go too's. She is amazing and an amazing person.

i STILL play her 1st album regularly...

my favorite stripper at this titty bar in North Milwaukee used to dance to "Always On My Mind" when i would go there...good times...

Brandy was a beast in her day! So underrated.

Brandy having fun!

IDRAG4MJ said:

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There are a bunch of outakes on youtube. (or at least there used to be)

I dig some of those as well.

I wish she went back to the funk style from her first couple hits.

paisleypark4 said:

I wish she went back to the funk style from her first couple hits.

That is all based on who is doing the production.

I doubt she even has a say in it that part of it.

paisleypark4 said:

paisleypark4 said:

I wish she went back to the funk style from her first couple hits.