ARTIST

Brandy

Most teen groups, regardless of genre, find themselves churning out gooey bubblegum songs that irritate everyone over the age of 16. Then comes Brandy, a teenage quadruple-platinum-selling R&B singer whose bright midtempo ballads about friendship and love have crossed age and genre barriers, clearly making her the most popular teenage soul singer of the '90s.

Brandy Norwood grew up in a musical home; the influence of her father, a choir director, appears on her two album releases, 1994's Brandy and 1998's Never Say Never. But though singing may have always been her first love, a professional acting gig on the short-lived sitcom Thea was the singer's first big break. Brandy spent that television season simultaneously filming the sitcom and...
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