ARTIST

Chris Brown

Pop-oriented R&B vocalist Chris Brown debuted with the Scott Storch-produced "Run It," and became the first male solo artist to release a single that went straight to the top of the Billboard singles chart. Only 16 at the time, Brown came from a small town in Virginia called Tappahannock and, like a lot of kids born since the early '80s, was initially into his parents' favorites but eventually fell under the spell of hip hop.

Around the time he reached puberty, he discovered his singing voice. Within a couple years, he had a recording contract with Jive and was lined up with several production and songwriting heavyweights (Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Dre Vidal, Sean Garrett, Storch) for his first album, released in November of 2005.

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