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Bobby Brown
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American R&B singer (born 1969)
OverviewAI-generated
Bobby Brown, born Robert Barisford Brown on February 5, 1969, in Boston, is an American singer, actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer. He is a citizen of the United States and has been active in his career since 1978. Brown performs in the genres of contemporary R&B, rhythm and blues, new jack swing, and hip-hop, utilizing his voice as his primary instrument. He has recorded for MCA Inc., MCA Records, and Interscope Records.
Brown is married to Whitney Houston and is the father of Bobbi Kristina Brown. He has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In addition to his musical career, he has worked as an author, with works including *Seated above*, *Looking Below*, *Seated above, the Journey Continues*, *Spiritual Passion*, *It's Bigger Than Your Pain*, and *Adventures of Burt Alvord*. He speaks English as his native language.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Seated above, Looking Below
- Seated above, the Journey Continues
- Spiritual Passion
- It's Bigger Than Your Pain
- Adventures of Burt Alvord
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Barisford Brown Sr. (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and dancer. Alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, he is recognized as a pioneer of new jack swing: a fusion of hip-hop and R&B. Brown rose to fame as a founding member of the R&B/pop vocal group New Edition, contributing to hits like "Candy Girl", "Cool It Now", and "Mr. Telephone Man". He left…
Known for
- Lockwood & Co. — Paul2023
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self (archive footage)2022
- Bobby Brown: Every Little Step — Self2022
- Biography: Bobby Brown — Self2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- A Very Boy Band Holiday — Self2021
- Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All — Self (archive footage)2021
- Who You Gonna Call? — Self2020
- VERZUZ — Self2020
- The Masked Singer — Crab2019
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1969
Discography
- Girlfriend1986
- King of Stage1986
- Girl Next Door1987
- Seventeen1987
- Don’t Be Cruel1988
- Don’t Be Cruel1988
- My Prerogative1988
- Roni1988
- Dance!... Ya Know It!1989
- Every Little Hit1989
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 600,568
- Total plays
- 4,935,512
Tags
Bobby Brown is an American singer and rapper. Brown, alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, is noted as one of the pioneers of new jack swing: a fusion of hip hop and R&B. Brown started his career in the R&B and pop group New Edition, from its inception in 1981 until his exit from the group in December 1985. Once he started a solo career, Brown enjoyed commercial and critical success with his second album Don't Be Cruel (1988) which spawned five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles <a href="h
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,383x
- Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0
· 2007 · cited 24,979x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,845x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)
· 2008 · cited 17,856x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Robert Barisford Brown , ( 1969-02-05 ) February 5, 1969 (age 57) , Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter rapper dancer
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Television
- Being Bobby Brown
- Spouses
- Whitney Houston ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2007 ) Alicia Etheredge ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2012 )
- Children
- 7, including Bobbi Kristina
- Awards
- Full list
- Genres
- R&B dance new jack swing pop
- Labels
- MCA Geffen Bronx Bridge
- Member of
- New Edition Heads of State
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Barisford Brown Sr. (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and dancer best known for being the husband of Whitney Houston. Alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, he is recognized as a pioneer of new jack swing: a fusion of hip-hop and R&B. Brown rose to fame as a founding member of the R&B/pop vocal group New Edition, contributing to hits like "Candy Girl", "Cool It Now", and "Mr. Telephone Man". He left the group in 1985 to pursue a solo career but later reunited with them for their Billboard 200 number-one album Home Again (1996).
Brown's debut album, King of Stage (1986), featured the number-one R&B single "Girlfriend". However, it was his second album, Don't Be Cruel (1998) named after an Elvis Presley song with the same name , that brought him commercial and critical success, producing five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including the number-one hit "My Prerogative" and the Grammy Award–winning "Every Little Step". In 1989, Brown contributed two songs to the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. His next album, Bobby (1992), was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA and featured the singles "Humpin' Around", "Get Away", and "Good Enough". Brown has also appeared in films, including A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Two Can Play That Game (2001).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bobby Brown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.