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Full Bobby Brown Biography
Bobby Brown aka The Brown Bomber (born Robert Barisford Brown, on February 5, 1969 in Boston), is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer. He began his solo career in 1986 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a fusion of hip hop and R&B. His second album, Don't Be Cruel, included popular songs such as "My Prerogative." Brown is the ex-husband of R&B singer Whitney Houston and starred in the reality show Being Bobby Brown.
Bobby Brown began his music career as a member of the R&B boy band New Edition. The group's hits with Brown included "Candy Girl," "Cool It Now," and "Mr. Telephone Man." Brown was voted out of New Edition in 1986 when the other four members felt that their careers would be jeopardized by Bobby's lewd on-stage antics. Throughout the All for Love tour, he feuded with Ralph Tresvant and cut in on Tresvant's lead vocals. In 1996, Brown rejoined the group for New Edition's comeback album, Home Again. In the middle of the tour, he engaged in further on-stage antics. He extended his solo set and cut into Bell Biv Devoe's time. During an interview, he admitted that he was intoxicated during the tour. Once again, he left New Edition. In the fall of 2005, New Edition performed at BET's 25th Anniversary Special. The group performed a medley of its greatest hits, and even brought Bobby Brown onstage for a rendition of "Mr. Telephone Man." It was later announced on BET and Inside Hollywood that Bobby had rejoined the group and would be on the next group album. In January 2006, New Edition announced that the group would launch a new album and tour in 2008. Bobby also appeared at a concert in Columbia, South Carolina that New Edition had filmed for a future DVD release.
After leaving New Edition in 1986, Brown released his first solo album, King of Stage, in 1987. This album included "Girlfriend," a minor hit which went to #1 on the Billboard R&B charts and #57 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other than that, King of Stage did not garner much attention. However, Brown's next album, 1988's Don't Be Cruel rocketed him to superstardom. Working with the writing/producing team of L.A. Reid and Babyface, as well as Teddy Riley, Don't Be Cruel spawned five Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles: "Don't Be Cruel" (#8), "Every Little Step" (#3), "Rock Wit' Cha" (#7), "My Prerogative" (#1, subsequently covered by Britney Spears in 2004), and "Roni" (#3). The album would eventually be certified 7x platinum (7,000,000 units sold).
In 1989 he contributed two songs (including "On Our Own," which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100) to the Ghostbusters 2 soundtrack, in addition to making a cameo in the film. Brown has subsequently dabbled in acting.
Brown's third album, "Bobby," did not arrive until 1992. It reached #2 on the Billboard album charts and produced the hit single "Humpin' Around" (#3 on the Billboard Hot 100) as well as a smaller hit in "Get Away" (#14). The album was eventually certified 2x platinum (2,000,000 units sold). However, it did not come close to matching the album sales or singles chart success of its predecessor.
Brown waited until 1997 to release his next (and thus far, last) album of original material, "Forever." It only managed to climb to #61 on the Billboard Hot 200 album charts and produced no charting singles. On December 1, 2007, Bobby Brown was inducted into the Boston Hall Of Fame.
On October 9, 2007, he suffered a mild heart attack in Los Angeles, California. Brown complained of severe chest pains the night before and was taken to two different hospitals. Brown later announced that the story was not true and that he was actually in good health. On September 13, 2006, Houston's publicist announced that after 14 years of marriage, Houston had filed for a legal separation from Brown. One month later, Houston officially filed for a divorce from Brown. It was ruled by a judge on April 4, 2007 that their marriage would be definitively dissolved on April 24, 2007 and that Whitney would receive custody of their 14-year-old daughter.
On June 30, 2005, Brown launched his own reality series, Being Bobby Brown, on Bravo. Running for thirteen episodes, the reality show focused on the personal lives of Brown, his wife Houston and their accompanying family over the course of six months. |
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