In 1993, amid ongoing negotiations with East West Records, Norwood's parents organized a recording contract with the Atlantic Recording Corporation after auditioning for Darryl Williams, the company's director of A&R. In 1990, she signed with Teaspoon Productions, headed by Chris Stokes and Earl Harris, who gave her work as a backing vocalist for their R&B boy band Immature, and arranged the production of a demo tape. Norwood began entering talent shows by the time she was eleven, and, as part of a youth singing group, performed at several public functions. Norwood's interest in music and performing increased after becoming a fan of singer Whitney Houston at the age of seven, but at school, she experienced trouble with persuading teachers to send her on auditions as she found no support among the staff. In 1983, her parents relocated to Carson, California, and Norwood was schooled at the Hollywood High Performing Arts Center. Raised in a Christian home, Norwood started singing through her father's work as part of the local church choir, performing her first gospel solo at the age of two. Brandy is the older sister of entertainer Ray J, as well as a cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg and WWE wrestler Sasha Banks. Norwood was born on February 11, 1979, in McComb, Mississippi, the daughter of Willie Norwood, a gospel singer and choir director, Sonja Norwood ( née Bates), a district manager for H&R Block.
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She was a series regular in the BET series The Game (2012–2015) and released her sixth album Two Eleven (2012) thereafter, both earning her critical praise. In 2010, she returned to television as a contestant on the eleventh season of Dancing with the Stars and starred in the reality series Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business. Norwood's fifth album, Human (2008), was released to positive reviews, although it was a commercial failure.
Norwood served as a judge on the first season of America's Got Talent before being involved in a heavily-publicized car accident in 2006.
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Her third and fourth albums, Full Moon (2002) and Afrodisiac (2004), were released to critical success. In 2002, Norwood starred in the reality series Brandy: Special Delivery, documenting the birth of her daughter. Her second album, Never Say Never, won Norwood her first Grammy Award. Her musical breakthrough came with the wildly-successful single " The Boy Is Mine" (1998), a duet with fellow R&B contemporary Monica, which went on to become one of the best selling female duets of all time. Norwood ventured into acting with the UPN sitcom Moesha (1996–2001), which won her an NAACP Image Award, and resulted in numerous other roles, such as the titular character in the television film Cinderella (1997) and Karla Wilson in the slasher film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). After signing with Atlantic Records in 1993, she released her self-titled debut album the following year, which sold six million copies worldwide. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award and an American Music Award.īorn in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson, California, beginning her career as a backing vocalist for teen groups. As of August 2020, she has sold over 40 million records worldwide, with approximately 8.62 million albums sold in the United States alone.
She is known for her distinctive sound, characterized by her peculiar timbre, voice-layering, and intricate riffs, which has earned her the title of " the Vocal Bible". Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), better known by her mononym Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress.