Brandy Rayana Norwood is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and businesswoman. She is known for her distinctive sound, characterized by her peculiar timbre, voice-layering, and intricate riffs. She has sold over 40 million records worldwide, with approximately 8. 62 million albums sold in the United States alone. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, an American Music Award, and seven Billboard Music Awards.
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Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and businesswoman. She is known for her distinctive sound, characterized by her peculiar timbre, voice-layering, and intricate riffs. As of August 2020, she has sold over 40 million records worldwide, with approximately 8. 62 million albums sold in the United States alone. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, an American Music Award, and seven Billboard Music Awards. In April 2015, Norwood made her Broadway debut in the musical Chicago. She starred in and executive produced a sitcom titled Zoe Ever After on BET which premiered in January 2016. Brandy is the older sister of entertainer Ray J, as well as a cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg and WWE wrestler Sasha Banks. She also has a daughter, Brandy J, who was born in 2002 and is known as Brandy’s daughter. She has released seven studio albums, including two duets with fellow R&B contemporary Monica, and two solo albums. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband Ray J and their daughter Brandy, who is named after her mother’s maiden name, Rayana Rayana. She appeared on the 11th season of Dancing with the Stars in 2010 and starred in the reality series Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business in 2012. She was a judge on the first season of America’s Got Talent before being involved in a widely publicized car accident in 2006.
In 2012, she became a series regular in the BET series The Game, and released her sixth album Two Eleven to critical praise. Her seventh studio album, B7, was released to critical acclaim in July 2020, and is expected to be released in August 2020. Norwood is a member of the Gospel singing group The Vocal Bible, which was founded by her father, Willie Norwood, in the 1980s. Her father was a gospel singer and choir director, and his wife, Sonja Norwood, a district manager for H&R Block, was a manager for A&R Williams. She started singing through her father’s work as part of the local church choir, performing her first gospel solo at the age of two. In 1990, her talent led to a contract 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. In 1993, amid ongoing negotiations with East West Records, her parents organized a recording contract with Atlantic Recording Corporation. In 1996, she began starring in the UPN sitcom Moesha as the title character, which lasted six seasons and resulted in numerous other roles. Her second album, Never Say Never, featured two number one singles, and earned Norwood her first Grammy Award. In 1998, she resumed her music career in 1998 with the wildly successful duet with Monica, \”The Boy Is Mine\”, which went on to become one of the best selling female duets of all time.
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