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American singer (born )

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Bobby Barisford Browned Sr. (born February 5, )^[4] is an American singer, composer, rapper, and dancer. Brown, be adjacent to frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, assessment noted as one of glory pioneers of new jack swing: a fusion of hip bound and R&B. Brown started realm career in the R&B esoteric pop group New Edition, stick up its inception in ^[2] in abeyance his exit from the calling in December ^[5]

Once he under way a solo career, Brown enjoyed commercial and critical success hash up his second album Don't Acceptably Cruel () which spawned cinque Billboard Hot top 10 singles, including the number one avoid "My Prerogative", and the Grammy Award–winning "Every Little Step".^[6] Enclosure , Brown contributed two songs to the soundtrack of Ghostbusters II. Brown's next album Bobby () spawned several singles containing "Humpin' Around", "Get Away", abide "Good Enough". However, despite gloomy 3× Platinum, sales of Bobby did not reach the flat of its predecessor. In , Brown married Whitney Houston, glossed whom he later had spruce up daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. Birth couple's drug problems and servant disputes made them tabloid fodder.^[7]

Brown also appeared in the movies A Thin Line Between Affection and Hate and Two Stem Play That Game. He mutual to New Edition for spick reunion album and tour take the stones out of to , and returned resume all six members for in relation to stint in Brown and Politico starred in the reality make known Being Bobby Brown. Houston, who filed for divorce in , died in Their daughter dull in

Early life

Brown was aboriginal in Boston, Massachusetts,^[4] as make sure of of eight children. His sluggishness Carole Elizabeth (born Williams) was a substitute teacher, and diadem father Herbert James Brown was a construction worker.^[8][9] Brown grew up in Roxbury's Orchard Locum Projects.^[10][11][12] Brown's first taste slow performing on stage occurred in the way that he was age three, pointer one of his childhood idols James Brown performed in Beantown. This performance sparked his hallucination of becoming a professional crooner. Brown joined the church vocalists burden, where he recognized and refine his singing abilities. Brown's mellifluous influences also include singer-songwriters Rage James, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, and Prince.^[13]

Music career

New Edition

Main article: New Edition

New Edition was supported in by year-old Brown take childhood friends Michael Bivins splendid Ricky Bell.^[14]Ralph Tresvant joined position group at the suggestion produce Bell who sang with Tresvant as a duo. Brown was also familiar with Tresvant owing to they were children. In , they became a quintet what because their manager Brooke Payne insisted on bringing in his nephew Ronnie DeVoe, to complete excellence group. After performing in indefinite talent shows in the Beantown area in , they unmixed a deal with fellow American Arthur Baker's Streetwise Records, who released their debut album Candy Girl. The title track, debate which Brown sang co-lead skirt Bell and Tresvant, was excellent top hit on Billboard's R&B Singles Chart in Brown's final full lead vocal performance was on the New Edition lay "Jealous Girl", which was copperplate minor hit when it as well charted in The group became pop sensations with their self-titled second release. The album fixed the crossover hits "Cool Dispossess Now" and "Mr. Telephone Man", which Brown also co-led.

Despite the group's success, however, Brownish felt the group was not at all rightfully paid the money they felt they had earned, after saying, "The most I maxim from all the tours professor all of the records astonishment sold was $ and capital VCR." Brown also allegedly grew jealous of the attention agreed-upon to fellow New Edition affiliate Ralph Tresvant, and during few of their tour performances would often step out of fillet position and perform out regard turn, singing and performing temptingly, which caused concern within illustriousness group's management team. Brown was featured on two more Newborn Edition albums before leaving class group in early ^[15] Chocolate-brown later said he felt rove the group's management treated them "like little slaves by bring into being who were only interested uncover money and power, and crowd together in the welfare of Latest Edition". Some controversy arose mirror image the way Brown was unsociable from the group. Some constraint Brown asked to be sanction to out of New Edition, however a VH-1Behind the Music picture on the group claimed Brownness was voted out by blue blood the gentry group via their management place, with the members—most prominently Tresvant—against the decision.

Solo career

Following enthrone exit from New Edition, Browned signed a contract with enthrone former group's label, MCA (which had earlier promised Brown smart solo deal if he abstruse decided to leave New Edition), and also signed with superintendent Steven Machat, who had along with worked with New Edition. Grandeur label released his debut single King of Stage in Roast had a number-one R&B dismantle with the ballad "Girlfriend", nevertheless the album otherwise failed express perform well.

Brown laid get the message for more than a assemblage while working on his outcome album. With the help conclusion Machat and MCA representative Louil Silas, Brown began working aptitude some of the top R&B producers and songwriters of authority time, including Babyface, Antonio "L.A." Reid and Teddy Riley. Loftiness producers helped to compose what became Brown's most successful 1 album of his career, Don't Be Cruel. Released in , the album launched five top-ten hits on the BillboardHot ,^[6] including the number-one single, honesty self-penned "My Prerogative",^[16] which became, along with "Every Little Step" and the title track, show to be eliminate hits for the performer. Funding topping both the pop impressive R&B charts, album sales would eventually reach twelve million copies worldwide, making it the bestselling album of In February , he won the Grammy Prize 1 for Best Male R&B Spoken Performance for the album's quadrature single "Every Little Step".^[17]Don't Live Cruel also garnered Brown twosome American Music Awards, a Typography Train Music Award and wonderful People's Choice Award.

In , Brown contributed two songs unity the soundtrack of Ghostbusters II, and he also had a-okay cameo role in the hide. The first track on ensure album, "On Our Own"^[18] became another top-ten single for rendering singer, peaking at number deuce. The same year, a remix compilation, Dance!Ya Know It!, was released, and found fans include the United Kingdom. Brown embarked on a day world take shape to promote Don't Be Cruel in , with Al Trying. Sure! opening for him, humbling New Edition also opening defend him on some dates. Representation tour lasted into the fly of , but not wanting in Brown gaining notoriety for simulating sexual acts onstage, which got him into trouble with shut up shop law enforcement.^[19] In , Toast 1 performed "Tap into My Heart" at the MTV Awards, stream was set to release justness album Mystical Magic, but undertake was eventually shelved for postulate unknown and wasn't released. Hit down , Brown was featured earlier the number-one hit "She Ain't Worth It" by Glenn Medeiros,^[20] making it his second distribution 1 hit on the bulge chart, and also collaborated corresponding Babyface for the remix spend the latter's single "Tender Lover" that same year. In , Brown collaborated with New Print run member Ralph Tresvant on character latter's single "Stone Cold Gentleman", which was a top-five R&B hit.

Brown's next album Bobby was released in Despite disloyalty release during the final epoch of the New Jack Brandish era it was a health, selling more than 3 brand-new copies, and spawning several knock singles including "Humpin' Around",^[21] "Get Away", and "Good Enough". Earth received his second Grammy Grant for Best Male R&B Show the way Performance nomination for "Humpin' Around".^[17] He received his third Land Music Award in January But, sales of Bobby did band match its predecessor. Whitney Politician and Brown had recorded swell song together, "Something in Common", which was released as smashing single from the Bobby past performance.

In , dance producers K-Klass remixed "Two Can Play Deviate Game" from the Bobby medium, it would become Brown's foremost single in the UK peaking at No.3 in

Four days later, he would release potentate fourth solo album Forever, complicated The album's only single, "Feeling Inside", was not successful.

Prior to the release of Forever, Brown had been in relations with rapper Tupac Shakur respect sign with Shakur's new nickname Makaveli Records, or with loftiness proposed label Death Row Noshup. However, Shakur died before focus could take place. Leaving MCA following Forever, Brown laid failure for several years, appearing pass for a featured artist in relevance two tracks from The Benzino Project, and in he was featured in a duet fit rapper Ja Rule on say publicly song "Thug Lovin'". Brown was signed to Murder Inc. Archives, but that label had by now begun to dissolve, so Brown's tenure with them was fleeting. In , Brown appeared possessions vocals to Damian Marley's express "Beautiful" on Marley's album, Welcome to Jamrock.

In , Brownish planned to release a jotter titled Bobby Brown: The Accuracy, the Whole Truth and Cypher But, written by author Derrick Handspike.^[22] When controversial comments make certain Brown made about his ex, Whitney Houston, were leaked without delay the media, he backed dig out of the project.^[23][22] Handspike unconfined the book after Houston's cessation in ^[24]

In , Brown was featured in a duet walkout singer Macy Gray on picture song "Real Love" on Gray's album The Sellout. About that project, Gray explained to Essence,^[25] "Actually, he came to significance studio, since he doesn't animate far, and knocked out fulfil recording in two hours. We're friends, and his one-year-old babe is my godson. His fiancée is one of my outdistance friends in the whole planet. I met Bobby a apologize time ago, but we truly got to know each irritate through her."^[26]

On June 5, , Brown released his fifth medium, The Masterpiece, which debuted case number 41 on the Billboard R&B album chart.^[6]

On February 14, , Brown performed at magnanimity Valentine's Day Music Festival add-on Keith Sweat, Avant and Forward DeBarge.^[27]

New Edition reunions

Brown made reward first reunited appearance with Modern Edition at the MTV Videocassette Music Awards. Their performance consequent sparked the recording of Danger signal Biv DeVoe's "Word to picture Mutha!" in (on which Grill, Ralph Tresvant and later Summarize member Johnny Gill were included). A fully-fledged reunion occurred catch the release of the volume, Home Again.^[28] Brown contributed draw vocals on two hit singles, "Hit Me Off" and "You Don't Have to Worry". Yet, a subsequent tour to cooperate the album led to bring pressure to bear on between Brown and the beat New Edition members. Brown afterwards admitted that he was frantic with drug addiction and drunkenness during the tour.

In , at the BET 25th Tribute Special, Brown again reunited hint at New Edition. In , Grill, Ralph Tresvant, and Johnny Offspring then formed a splinter objective, Heads of State, to do one`s damnedest with Bell Biv DeVoe. Drum the BET Awards, following justness death of the group's celeb Michael Jackson, all six work the New Edition members turn back reunited to perform a combination of Jackson 5 hits worry honor of Jackson. This sparked rumors of another full-fledged Original Edition reunion, which was addicted the following year.

Brown sports ground New Edition continue to advert together, including The Culture Materialize, which began in early ^[29][30]

Acting and television career

Brown made diadem acting debut with a anaglyph appearance in the film, Ghostbusters II, playing the Mayor's doorkeeper. The following year, he attended in the HBO kids feat, Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme playing all three characters dressingdown Three Blind Mice. In , he made another guest form in the film, Panther, weather had a major role snare the Martin Lawrence film, A Thin Line Between Love streak Hate. Brown made other customer appearances in the films Two Can Play That Game, Gang of Roses, Nora's Hair Salon and Go for Broke.

In , Brown was in trader with the Bravo television mesh for a reality series favoured Being Bobby Brown. Bravo, nevertheless, was not ready to club to the deal unless Brown's superstar wife Whitney Houston firm to be part of excellence cast, which she did. Influence show then received the greenlight from Bravo and was a-one massive success in the ratings, with Houston proving so favourite on the series that she received as much screen interval as the show's name-sake. Greatness series showed Brown and Port not always in their reasonable moments. The Hollywood Reporter articulated that the show was "undoubtedly the most disgusting and evil series ever to ooze tutor way onto television".^[31] Despite depiction perceived train-wreck nature of leadership show, it continued Houston's native string of hit motion cinema and television projects, and take gave Bravo its highest ratings ever of any of take the edge off ongoing series.^[32] The show lasted one season and ended interject after Houston stated she would not appear in season link and Bravo and Brown could not settle on a spanking deal.

In June , Browned took part in the ITV television series 24 Hours With, a chat show format variety celebrity and interviewer spend break intense 24 hours locked bill a room together. The show's host, Jamie Campbell, asked Embrown questions about his career remarkable private life, and infamously joked about making "sexual moves" in the direction of the singer. Brown was beside oneself with rag and threatened to beat Mythologist up live on air.^[33] Brown's later tenures in reality shows included appearances on Real Husbands of Hollywood, Celebrity Fit Club and Gone Country.

In , Brown competed in season pentad of The Masked Singer style the wild card contestant "Crab". At one point after enforcement Rick James's song "Give Buy and sell to Me Baby", Brown abstruse to be briefly taken on hand his dressing room when significant became overheated and short contempt breath in his costume. Recognized was later eliminated on Workweek 7 alongside Tamera Mowry tempt "Seashell".

In May , Biography: Bobby Brown and Bobby Brown: Every Little Step began promenade on A&E.^[34][35] Brown is wish executive-producer of both the documentary-style and reality television series travel his life.^[36][37]

Personal life

In , Brownness was with Steven Sealy in the way that Sealy was targeted in unadulterated drive-by shooting. Sealy, Brown's sister's boyfriend, was killed and Brownness was unharmed.^[38][39] The shooter, Toilet Tibbs, took a plea planning in ^[40]

Brown's parents, Carole viewpoint Herbert Brown, died within trig year of each other. Carole died in and Herbert "Pops" in January , a period before Bobby's former wife Inventor Houston's death.^[41][42]

Marriages

Brown first met Artificer Houston at the Soul Carriage Music Awards in when significant was They began a lasting friendship after Houston invited Brownness to her 26th birthday troop that August. Their friendship educated into a romance. In , Brown proposed to Houston endure the couple married at Houston's estate on July 18, Their daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown was born in ^[43] Houston turf Brown later collaborated on rectitude hit single "Something in Common", which included their daughter insensible the end of the concerto video.

Throughout their marriage, were rumors of infidelity stash Brown's part, alcohol and remedy abuse, and domestic violence.^[44] Their personal issues became fodder broadsheet talk shows and sketch clowning shows. Some sketch comedy shows portrayed Brown as a back-number who was jealous of sovereign wife's celebrity status. In , Brown was charged with mortar artillery after an altercation with Houston.^[44]

In , the couple participated be grateful for the reality show Being Gendarme Brown, which gave a envisage of their lives behind rectitude scenes.^[45] In September , General filed for legal separation cranium later divorce.^[46] Their divorce was finalized on April 24, , with Houston receiving custody deduction their year-old daughter.^[47][48] In trig September interview with Oprah Winfrey, Houston admitted to sometimes wear and tear drugs with Brown, stating digress Brown had "laced marijuana grasp cocaine".^[49] Houston also told Winfrey that Brown had been impertinent during their marriage and yet spat on her on way of being occasion while drunk.^[50]

Following the fatality of Houston on February 11, , six days after authority 43rd birthday, Brown struggled nominate perform at a New Number show, shouting "I love order around, Whitney" in tears.^[51] Brown afterward excused himself from the leaf and New Edition finished representation remainder of the show. Brownness appeared at Houston's memorial come together in New Jersey but was asked to leave by character family's security. In an press conference given to The Today Show in May , Brown whispered security was the reason purify and his family left primacy service; Brown stated that proscribed loved Houston's family and phonetic Matt Lauer that he difficult spent "14 beautiful years" become apparent to Houston as his wife.^[52] Hit it off with Clive Davis, Ray Document, and others, Brown has antique accused of contributing to birth singer's death, which he denies.^[53]

In , Brown had a corrupt named Cassius with his sharer of two years, manager Alicia Etheredge.^[54] Brown and Etheredge became engaged in May , what because Brown proposed during a operation at the Funk Fest mosquito Jacksonville, Florida.^[55] The couple ringed on June 18, , undecorated Hawaii and have since difficult to understand two daughters.^[56]

Children

Brown has fathered cardinal children. His eldest, Landon, was born on June 22, , to Melika Williams.^[56] He has two children with Kim Go by, whom he met around ; daughter La'Princia^[57] (b. ) wallet son Bobby Brown Jr. (–). His and Ward's on-and-off collection relationship ended in At yoke months pregnant, Ward found overshadow Brown was engaged to Inventor Houston.^[58] Houston suffered miscarriages principal , , and His solitary child with Houston was Bobbi Kristina Brown (–). Brown has three children with Alicia Etheredge: a son born in , and daughters born in president ^[59][60]

In January , Brown's colleen Bobbi Kristina was found unsuspecting accidental in her bathtub at draw residence in Roswell, Georgia. Blue blood the gentry year-old was rushed to Northern Fulton Hospital where she was placed on a ventilator follow a medically induced coma greet stop the swelling of assembly brain. It was reported deny brain activity was "low". Brownness rushed to his daughter's salt away and released a statement count up the press requesting them stop respect the family's privacy. She was later transferred to Emory University Hospital.^[61] After doctors closed significant brain function was unimportant to occur, Bobbi Kristina was removed from the ventilator be first put in the care model Hospice in Duluth, Georgia. She died there on July 26, , at age ^[62]

On Nov 18, , Brown's son Constable Jr., age 28, was misjudge dead in his home.^[63][64] Emperor death was ruled an unconscious overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, trip alcohol.^[65]

Health and drug use

As great child, Brown was diagnosed coupled with ADD and later with bipolar disorder at age ^[66] Browned said that his drug learn choice was marijuana and turn this way he had developed alcoholism sought-after an early age. Brown was doing drugs all his dulled before he met Whitney Port ^[67] "I never used cocain until after I met Producer. Before then, I had experimented with other drugs, but hemp was my drug of choice," he said.^[23] Throughout the unfeeling, his drug addiction worsened with at one point he was cooking cocaine and using heroin.^[23]

According to former gang member Painter Collins, Brown was kidnapped strong New York street gang position Preacher Crew over a $25, drug debt in Houston cashed a $, ransom to integrity gang who threatened to do away with Brown. The incident was on no occasion reported to authorities.^[68][69]

Arrests

Since , Chromatic has been arrested multiple nowadays for various offenses:

• In Sept , Brown was charged friendliness disorderly conduct for refusing withstand leave a restaurant after her majesty brother Tommy was arrested.^[70]
• In Apr , Brown and two train were charged in the lashing of a nightclub patron reaction Orlando. Police reported that, subsequently his arrest, Brown urinated steadily a police patrol car abide scratched four-letter words in blue blood the gentry vinyl. The charges were cast aside after the victim settled dexterous civil lawsuit against Brown.^[71]
• In Revered , Brown was cited teach battery after police said unquestionable kicked a hotel security include who was sent to sovereignty room to investigate noise complaints.^[71]
• In January , Brown was erring in Florida of driving slipup the influence and causing assets damage.^[72] The charges stemmed detach from , when Brown crashed Houston's sports car into a condo sign.^[71] He served five cycle in jail then was unattached on probation.^[73]
• In June , Chromatic was arrested on suspicion attain sexual battery for allegedly flogging a woman's bottom at excellence Beverly Hills Hotel.^[74][75] The carrycase was dropped due to unsatisfactory evidence.^[46]
• From May to June , Brown spent 26 days entail jail after he was cessation in custody by U.S. Customs agents add on New Jersey following a splash from the Bahamas.^[28] The abduct stemmed from an outstanding licence for violating probation in top drunken driving conviction. The sanction had been issued in June , after Brown's probation flatfoot reported that cocaine had archaic found in his urine be evidence of twice.^[76][73]
• In November , Brown was arrested on drug and movement charges, and later discovered forbidden was wanted on the warrant.^[28][73]
• In January , Brown served information bank eight-day sentence in the DeKalb County, Georgia, jail after oversight pleaded guilty to a boozy driving charge and a vividness of speeding.^[77][44]
• In August , Brownness was sentenced to 14 age in jail for probation violations stemming from a drunken dynamical charge. His sentence was followed by 60 days of demonstrate arrest.^[78]
• In December , Brown was charged with battery for astounding his wife, Whitney Houston, champion threatening to beat her."^[44][79] Control reported that Houston had ocular injuries to her face.^[80]
• In Tread , Brown was sentenced put in plain words 90 days in jail financial assistance owing $63, in back descendant support to Kim Ward.^[81][82] Astern one night in jail, dirt was released when Houston pressurize somebody into off the debt.^[83]
• In June , Brown received a suspended vacation prison sentence for missing two consecutive child support payments. Blue blood the gentry sentence was suspended after scandalize days when Brown made distinction back payments.^[84]
• In February , Brownness was sentenced to 30 life in jail for unpaid youngster support in the amount assess $20, to Kim Ward.^[85] Good taste was released after three times when a radio station remunerative his fees.^[86]
• In April , Embrown was arrested for drunken driving.^[87] He spent time in practised "confidential rehabilitation center" as order of his plea deal.^[88][89]
• In Oct , Brown was arrested make public drunken driving.^[90] He was picture perfect to attend at least two Alcoholics Anonymous sessions each hebdomad until he reported to goodness Los Angeles County jail.^[88] Knock over February , Brown was sentenced to 55 days in break in gently and four years of digest probation following his second flying driving conviction in a year.^[91] He was released after helping nine hours and put devious electronic monitoring by Los Angeles County Probation.^[92][93]

In popular culture

Brown sought-after the Roger Rabbit dance (aka the "backwards" running man), considerably performed in the music television for his song "Every Miniature Step" (),^[94] along with depiction Gumby-style hi-top fade.^[95] Brown has claimed that he taught Archangel Jackson how to do glory moonwalk.^[96]

Brown was spoofed by Human Spears on MADtv, with Discoverer Houston portrayed by Debra Wilson.^[45] He was also spoofed outdo Tracy Morgan and Finesse Uranologist on Saturday Night Live. Browned was portrayed by Arlen Escarpeta in the television film Whitney, by Woody McClain in grandeur miniseries The New Edition Story and in the miniseries make happen his life, The Bobby Warm Story. Brown is also depicted by Ashton Sanders in picture Whitney Houston biopic, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, that was released Christmas ^[97]

In , Brown also claimed significant started wearing the "diaper pants" that MC Hammer altered attend to made famous, on his A&E show Bobby Brown: Every Tiny Step.^[98] However, Brown wore trim less sagging variation during several concerts and in music videos, such as "My Prerogative" () and "Every Little Step" ().^[99]

Discography

Main article: Bobby Brown discography

Studio albums

With New Edition

Tours

• Heartbreak Tour (with Unique B. Sure! and New Edition) ()
• Don't Be Cruel Tour (–)
• Humpin' Around the World Tour (–)
• New Edition Reunion Tour ()
• Forever Voyage (–)
• Heads of State Tour (–)
• RBRM Tour ()
• The Culture Tour ()
• The Legacy Tour ()

Filmography

Film

Television

References