Brandy Norwood Biography

Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), known professionally as Brandy, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, television entertainer, actress, and film producer.In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu.Born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Carson, California, Norwood first appeared in a supporting role on the short-lived ABC sitcom Thea in 1993.Her engagement led to her own star vehicle, successful UPN sitcom Moesha in 1996, and resulted in roles in the 1998 horror sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and the TV films Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) and Double Platinum (1999), two of television's best rated special programs.In 1993, she signed a recording contract with Atlantic, releasing her self-titled debut album a year after.Following a major success with Grammy Award-winning "The Boy Is Mine", a duet with singer Monica, and her second album Never Say Never in 1998, a series of successful records established her as one of the most successful of the new breed of urban R&B female vocalists to emerge during the mid-to late 1990s.Her latest studio album, Human (2008), was her first effort to be released on the Epic label after a label change in 2005.The RIAA ranks Norwood as one of the best-selling female artists in American music history, having sold over 8. 5 million copies of her five studio albums in the United States and over 30 million records worldwide, to date.Additionally, she has won over 100 awards as a recording artist.In 1999, Billboard ranked Norwood among the top 20 of the top pop artists of the 1990s.