He is the son of Joyce Hawkins and Clinton Brown. She started dancing at the age of two years. He was influenced by artists he heard on the radio from their parents such as Michael Jackson, Usher, Sam Cooke, Donny Hathaway and Aretha Franklin.
At age thirteen, Chris and his mother began looking for opportunities of a contract. Was discovered by a local production team who stopped at the gas station his father while seeking new talent. At the age of 15 years, Chris was sent to perform for LA Reid and signed a contract with Jive Records in 2004. In early 2005, Chris Brown began working for her debut album.
Brown left school in late 2004 to begin work on their debut album, which was launched on 29 November 2005. The album debuted at # 2 on the Billboard 200 selling over 155,000 copies in its first week of sales. Their first single, "Run It!", Was # 1 in the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Following "Run It!" and "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" Chris became the second top 10 hit in the U.S. Peaking at # 7 and # 13 on the Billboard charts. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
Shortly after completing his summer tour with Ne-Yo, Brown quickly began production on his second studio album, Exclusive. He noticed the departure date to 28 August 2007 but was eventually changed to 6 November 2007. The album debuted at # 4 on the Billboard 200 and # 2 on Billboard's Top R & B / Hip-Hop. Their debut album sold nearly 300,000 copies in its first week.
The album's first single, "Wall to Wall", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at # 96 and peaked at # 79 and # 22 on Billboard's Top R & B / Hip-Hop. "Kiss Kiss", the second Exclusive single was produced by T-Pain and sung by him with Chris. "Kiss Kiss" became a hit, surpassing the success of "Wall to Wall", reaching # 1 in the USA December 4, 2007, Brown released the third single, entitled "With You" a song produced by Stargate. "With You" reached # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has entered the charts in several countries around the world , becoming one of the most successful songs from Chris Brown released to date. has entered the Top Ten of New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, USA, Cyprus, Ireland, France, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Australia.
Seven months after launching the original version of his album "Exclusive" on 3 June 2008, Chris launched a new edition, under the name Exclusive: The Forever Edition. In the new version contains four new songs, including the single "Forever", which reached # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
To support the album, Chris Brown began his The Exclusive Holiday concert tour, visiting more than thirty locations in the U.S.. He began the tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 6 December 2007 and ended on 9 February 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Since 2008, Chris began working on his next studio album. Chris Brown said "I wanted to change it up and really be different. Like my style nowadays, I do not try to be typical urban. I want to be like how Prince, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder were. They can cross over to any genre of music. "
The first single from that album was "I can transform and" launched on 29 September 2009, with a corresponding video that came out for the first time on MTV on 27 October 2009. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs at # 96. The second single is titled "Crawl" and went on 13 November 2009. The third single is called "Sing like me." Another leaked song from his album "Graffiti", called "So Cold". His fourth single to be called out "Wait".
The album goes on sale on 8 December 2009.
On 10 February 2009, Chris Brown discussed very violently with his then current girlfriend, Rihanna proportion a brutal beating and left her injured in the vehicle as he fled. It is the first time in Chris's career in which he has a violent incident, and was known as a nice guy and always well treated fans and staff.
On 22 June 2009 was convicted of beating and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend Rihanna and thus was sentenced to five years probation and pay 200 days of community service.
At age thirteen, Chris and his mother began looking for opportunities of a contract. Was discovered by a local production team who stopped at the gas station his father while seeking new talent. At the age of 15 years, Chris was sent to perform for LA Reid and signed a contract with Jive Records in 2004. In early 2005, Chris Brown began working for her debut album.
Brown left school in late 2004 to begin work on their debut album, which was launched on 29 November 2005. The album debuted at # 2 on the Billboard 200 selling over 155,000 copies in its first week of sales. Their first single, "Run It!", Was # 1 in the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Following "Run It!" and "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" Chris became the second top 10 hit in the U.S. Peaking at # 7 and # 13 on the Billboard charts. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
Shortly after completing his summer tour with Ne-Yo, Brown quickly began production on his second studio album, Exclusive. He noticed the departure date to 28 August 2007 but was eventually changed to 6 November 2007. The album debuted at # 4 on the Billboard 200 and # 2 on Billboard's Top R & B / Hip-Hop. Their debut album sold nearly 300,000 copies in its first week.
The album's first single, "Wall to Wall", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at # 96 and peaked at # 79 and # 22 on Billboard's Top R & B / Hip-Hop. "Kiss Kiss", the second Exclusive single was produced by T-Pain and sung by him with Chris. "Kiss Kiss" became a hit, surpassing the success of "Wall to Wall", reaching # 1 in the USA December 4, 2007, Brown released the third single, entitled "With You" a song produced by Stargate. "With You" reached # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has entered the charts in several countries around the world , becoming one of the most successful songs from Chris Brown released to date. has entered the Top Ten of New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, USA, Cyprus, Ireland, France, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Australia.
Seven months after launching the original version of his album "Exclusive" on 3 June 2008, Chris launched a new edition, under the name Exclusive: The Forever Edition. In the new version contains four new songs, including the single "Forever", which reached # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
To support the album, Chris Brown began his The Exclusive Holiday concert tour, visiting more than thirty locations in the U.S.. He began the tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 6 December 2007 and ended on 9 February 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Since 2008, Chris began working on his next studio album. Chris Brown said "I wanted to change it up and really be different. Like my style nowadays, I do not try to be typical urban. I want to be like how Prince, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder were. They can cross over to any genre of music. "
The first single from that album was "I can transform and" launched on 29 September 2009, with a corresponding video that came out for the first time on MTV on 27 October 2009. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs at # 96. The second single is titled "Crawl" and went on 13 November 2009. The third single is called "Sing like me." Another leaked song from his album "Graffiti", called "So Cold". His fourth single to be called out "Wait".
The album goes on sale on 8 December 2009.
On 10 February 2009, Chris Brown discussed very violently with his then current girlfriend, Rihanna proportion a brutal beating and left her injured in the vehicle as he fled. It is the first time in Chris's career in which he has a violent incident, and was known as a nice guy and always well treated fans and staff.
On 22 June 2009 was convicted of beating and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend Rihanna and thus was sentenced to five years probation and pay 200 days of community service.
