Biography - Profile
Birth name: Brandy Rayana
Norwood
Birthday: February 11, 1979
Place of birth: McComb, Mississipi, USA
Nationality: USA
Raised in: California
Natural hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Height: 170 cm (5'7)
Nicknames: B Rocka
Education / Profession: Pepperdine University, Malibu,
California / Actress, Musician, Model, Producer
Labels: Atlantic, Wea International, Arista
Music styles:
Club, Dance, Urban, Pop
First released record: 1994 -
Brandy
Claim to fame: Baby, I Wanna Be Down
Awards:
> BMI Awards: 1999 (The Boy is mine), 2000 (Almost
doesn't count), 2000 (The Boy is mine)
> Grammy Awards: 1998 - (The Boy is mine)
> MTV Video Music Awards: 1998 (The Boy Is Mine)
>
World Music Awards 1996
How it all started:
Brandy Rayana Norwood was born on February 11, 1979 in McComb,
Mississippi, as the daughter of pastor Willie Norwood Sr. and
Sonja Norwood. She sang a lot since a small child, mostly in the
church, mostly as the lead singer. And after seeing Whitney
Houston’s video How Will I Know, she decided she wants to make
singing her career.
She sang in
many local youth ensembles, when 11, she started to get work as
a backup singer, performing in shows such as Rhythm and Jam,
Showtime at the Appollo etc. After performing at an Atlantic
Records party (she was 14 and the year was 1993), she got
herself a very own recording deal.
The result
saw the light of day the following year in 1995 and was simply
self-titled Brandy. Its main hits, I Wanna Be Down
and Baby made sure it sold over four million copies, and
a star called Brandy was born.
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