She eventually landed a record deal at the mere age of 14 after performing at an Atlantic Records talent showcase around the same time, she won a supporting role on the short-lived ABC sitcom Thea. With the help of her family, she began hunting for a record contract, and in 1992 began singing backup for the kiddie R&B group Immature after enrolling in the Hollywood High Performing Arts Center, she also launched an acting career, appearing in films like Arachnophobia and Demolition Man.

When she was four, her father was hired as music director at a church in Carson, CA, and after singing a few years later, she decided to pursue a professional singing career, inspired by Whitney Houston. As she grew older, her music increasingly mined the middle ground between urban R&B and soft adult contemporary pop, and thanks to her consistent exposure in other arenas, it became more popular than ever.īrandy Rayana Norwood was born February 11, 1979, in McComb, MS, and began singing in church at age two. She scored the longest-running number one female duet in chart history (teamed with Monica on 'The Boy Is Mine'), a testament to her mainstream appeal, and she spent several years as the title character on Moesha, the top-rated series on the fledgling UPN network during the late '90s. Whether she was singing pop-friendly urban soul or acting in her own family-oriented sitcom, Brandy's winningly wholesome persona helped catapult her to stardom during her teenage years.

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