Their audience has grown with them. Therefore, they have difficulty accumulating streams. Going from one generation to the next, makes many feel uncomfortable with the change. Breezy knows a thing or two about streaming his work. Heartbreak on a Full Moon accumulated well over one billion streams. She has sold over forty million records sold worldwide and ten and half million in album sales. There are not many artists from her era, whose names pop up. Norwood began entering talent shows by the time she was eleven, and, as part of a youth singing group, performed at several public functions.

To manage her daughter, Norwood's mother soon resigned from her job, while Norwood herself dropped out of Hollywood High School later, and was tutored privately from tenth grade on. During the early production stages of her debut album, Norwood was selected for a role in the short-lived ABC sitcom Thea , portraying the daughter of a single mother played by comedian Thea Vidale.

Initially broadcast to high ratings, the series' viewership dwindled and ended up running for only one season, but earned her a Young Artists Award nomination for Outstanding Youth Ensemble alongside her co-stars. Norwood recalled that she appreciated the cancellation of the show as she was unenthusiastic about acting at the time, and the taping caused scheduling conflicts with the recording of her album.

She stated, "I felt bad for everybody else but me. It was a good thing, because I could do what I had to do, because I wanted to sing. I was singing about being attracted to the opposite sex, but I had no experience behind it.

Billboard Blige [ A premature effort at best, that seems based on the philosophy 'If Aaliyah can do it, why can't I? In , she finished a two-month stint as the opening act on Boyz II Men's national tour, and contributed songs to the soundtracks of the films Batman Forever and Waiting to Exhale , with the single "Sittin' Up in My Room" becoming another top-two success. Gary Gray film Set It Off.

Appearing alongside William Allen Young and Sheryl Lee Ralph, she played the title role of Moesha Mitchell, a Los Angeles girl coping with a stepmother as well as the pressures and demands of becoming an adult. While the sitcom managed to increase its audience every new season and spawned a spin-off titled The Parkers , the network decided to cancel the show after six seasons on the air, leaving it ending with a cliffhanger for a scrapped seventh season.

In , Brandy, Ray J, and their parents started The Norwood Kids Foundation, which helps disadvantaged, at-risk youths in Los Angeles and Mississippi through the arts and self-help programs.

The two-hour Wonderful World of Disney special garnered an estimated 60 million viewers, giving the network its highest ratings in the time period in 16 years, and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program the following year. Norwood co-wrote and produced six songs on the album which yielded her first number-one song on the U.

Billboard Hot , "The Boy Is Mine", a duet with singer Monica that has become the most successful song by a female duo in the music industry. The album's success was equally widespread, and after extensive radio play of the single overseas, the label released it globally during the summer.

Never Say Never eventually became Norwood's biggest-selling album, selling over 16 million copies worldwide. Blige—it's adult contemporary with a slight streetwise edge. After backing out of a role in F. In , she co-starred with Diana Ross in the telefilm drama Double Platinum about an intense, strained relationship between a mother and daughter. Shot in only twenty days in New York City, both Norwood and Ross served as executive producers of the movie which features original songs from their respective albums Never Say Never and Every Day Is a New Day , as well as previously unreleased duets.

After a lengthy hiatus following the end of Moesha , and a number of tabloid headlines discussing her long-term battle with dehydration, Norwood returned to music in , when she and brother Ray-J were asked to record a cover version of Phil Collins' hit "Another Day in Paradise" for the tribute album Urban Renewal: A Tribute to Phil Collins.

Released as the album's first single in Europe and Oceania, the song became an instant international success overseas, scoring top-ten entries on the majority of all charts it appeared on. Full Moon , Norwood's third studio album, was released in February Its lead single "What About Us? Norwood's foray into reality television began in with the MTV series Diary Presents Brandy: Special Delivery ; the show documented the final months of Norwood's pregnancy with her daughter Sy'rai.

Returning from yet another hiatus, Norwood's fourth album Afrodisiac was released in June , amid the well-publicized termination of her short-lived business relationship with entertainment manager Benny Medina. Despite the negative publicity, Afrodisiac became Norwood's most critically acclaimed album, with some highlighting the "more consistently mature and challenging" effect of Timbaland on Norwood's music, and others calling it "listenable and emotionally resonant", comparing it to "Janet Jackson at her best.

After eleven years with the company, Norwood asked for and received an unconditional release from Atlantic Records at the end of , citing her wish "to move on" as the main reason for her decision. Completing her contract with the label, a compilation album titled The Best of Brandy was released in March Released without any promotional single, it reached the top 30 in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, where the collection was appreciated by contemporary critics who noted the creativity of Norwood's back catalogue.

Andy Kellman of AllMusic expressed, "This set, unlike so many other anthologies from her contemporaries, hardly confirms dwindling creativity or popularity. The broadcast was one of the most-watched programs of the summer, and concluded on August 17, with the win of year-old singer Bianca Ryan.

Norwood was originally slated to return for a second season in summer , but eventually decided not to, feeling that she "couldn't give the new season the attention and commitment it deserved," following the fatal car accident in which she was involved.

She was replaced by reality TV star Sharon Osbourne. Distributed by Koch Records and Sony Music, the album marked Norwood's debut on the Epic Records label, and her reunion with long-time contributor and mentor Rodney Jerkins, who wrote and executive produced most of the album. Generally well received by critics, Human debuted at number fifteen on the U.

Billboard with opening week sales of 73, copies. With a domestic sales total of , copies, it failed to match the success of its predecessors. While lead-off single "Right Here Departed " scored Norwood her biggest chart success since 's "Full Moon", the album failed to impact elsewhere, resulting in lackluster sales in general and the end of her contract with the label, following the controversial appointment of Amanda Ghost as president of Epic Records, and Norwood's split with rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation management.

Executive produced by the Norwood family, the season concluded after eleven episodes, and was renewed for a second season, which began broadcasting in fall A Family Business , a compilation album with previously unreleased content from the entire cast was released on Saguaro Road Records in June Critics such as The Washington Post declared it an "awkward and adorable and really, really wholesome collection.

She ultimately placed fourth in the competition, which was a shock to the judges, viewers, studio audience, and other contestants that considered her one of the show's frontrunners throughout the entire competition. It followed a group of young performers age 10—16 and their chance to be mentored by some established artists such as Norwood, Ryan Tedder and Leona Lewis. Later that same year, Norwood returned to acting roles with recurring appearances on The CW's teen drama series , and in the fourth season of the Lifetime's comedy series Drop Dead Diva , in which she played the role of Elisa Shayne.

She became a regular cast member by the next season. Norwood's own comeback single "Put It Down" featuring singer Chris Brown was released later that year. Norwood plays supporting character Melinda, a woman with secrets. The film received generally negative reviews from critics but became a moderate US box office success.

In July, she was also inducted as an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Known for her unique tone and vocals runs, it wasn't long before Brandy caught her big break. In , at the tender age of fourteen Brandy got signed to Atlantic Records.

The following year she released her self-titled album featuring her hit singles, "I Wanna Be Down," "Baby," and "Best friend. Brandy became the cute bubbly teenager with the soulful voice that everyone loved. After the success of her first album, Brandy was on the rise to superstardom. In , she released her sophomore album, Never Say Never , and her career skyrocketed. Not only was she making waves in music, she branched out to acting.

Brandy was omnipresent in the 90s and early s—she was a Cover Girl and was even turned into a Barbie doll. Her career has taken her from the recording studio to Hollywood studios but Brandy's first love has always been music.

In celebration of Brandy's lengthy career, we took a detailed look at her discography and ranked her albums. In , Brandy released her sixth and most recent studio album, Two Eleven.