Chris Brown

Also known as Christopher Maurice Brown, C. Sizzle, Breezy, CB

American singer and rapper (born 1989)

AI overview

Chris Brown is an American singer and rapper born in 1989 who has been a prominent figure in music since the mid-2000s. He matters because of his significant influence on contemporary pop and hip-hop music, though his career has also been marked by considerable controversy.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 42

Top works

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Understanding international relations
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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1989-05-05

2000s2010scontemporary r&bdanceelectro houseelectropop

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 4,814,701
Total plays: 163,625,783

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
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PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,414x
Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0
· 2007 · cited 24,983x
Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,894x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,620x

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Quotes

“It was difficult growing up. We didn't have everything we wanted. We were used to two pairs of shoes for a school year. We used to go to church every day. I was one of those kids that had more church clothes than school clothes.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. A pop and hip-hop influenced R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "King of R&B" by some contemporaries. His lyrics often address emotional and hedonistic themes.

In 2004, Brown signed with Jive Records. The following year, he released his first album, Chris Brown, which reached double Platinum certification by the end of 2006. Brown topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his debut single, "Run It!", making him the first male artist since 1995 to do so. His second album, Exclusive (2007), was commercially successful worldwide and spawned his second Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "Kiss Kiss".

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