  Chris Brown was born May 5, 1989
as 'Christopher Maurice Brown' and hails from
Tappahannock, Virginia. Brown was able to top
the charts by the time he was 16 and having a
platinum debut LP and a few Grammy
nominations before turning 18 - not to
mention his 5 hit songs on the pop and
R&B charts from his debut LP Chris
Brown.
 # 45
Singles Artist of the Year
Brown hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Run It."
Brown topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with "Run It."
 Brown topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Hot 100 Airplay chart, and
Rhythmic Airplay chart with "Run It."
Brown released his debut LP Chris
Brown.
Brown topped the Billboard Pop
100 chart, Pop 100 Airplay chart, and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales chart with
"Run It."
Brown hit #1 for 3 weeks with
"Run It."
Brown topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Chris
Brown.
 # 4
Singles Artist of the Year
 Brown hit the Top 40 with "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)."
Chris
Brown was certified platinum.
Brown won a Soul Train Music
Award for Best New Rap Artist.
The single "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" was certified
gold.
 Brown hit the Top 10 with "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)."
Brown hit the Top 40 with "Gimme That."
 Brown won 2 BET Award for Best
New Artist and Viewer's Choice ("Yo (Excuse Me Miss)").
Brown won a Teen Choice Award
for Choice Music Breakout, Male.
The video for "Run It" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best New Artist and Viewer's Choice, and the video for
"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" was nominated
for Best R&B Video.
 Brown hit the Top 40 with "Say Goodbye."
Brown topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with "Say Goodbye."
Brown hit the Top 40 helping out
Bow Wow with
"Shortie Like Mine."
Brown was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
The single "Run It" was certified
gold.
 Brown topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Tracks chart helping out Bow
Wow with "Shortie Like Mine."
Brown topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
(singles & albums), Top Pop Artist - Male
(singles & albums), Top New Pop Artist,
and Top Hot Rhythmic Artist.
Chris
Brown was certified 2x platinum.
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
 Brown hit the Top 10 helping out Bow
Wow with "Shortie Like Mine."
Brown could be
seen in the film Stomp
The Yard.
Brown was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Contemporary R&B Album (Chris
Brown) and Best New Artist. Brown performed at
the ceremony.
 The single "Shortie Like Mine" was certified
gold.
The single
"Say Goodbye" was certified
platinum and the singles "Poppin'"
were "Gimme That" certified gold.
 The video for "Wall To
Wall" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Cinematography (Rich & Tone and
Flii Styles).
Brown hit the
Top 40 with T-Pain with
"Kiss Kiss."
Brown topped
the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Hot Digital
Songs chart, Hot Digital Tracks chart and
Rhythmic Airplay chart with T-Pain with
"Kiss Kiss."
 Brown released
his next LP Exclusive.
Brown hit the Top 10 with T-Pain with
"Kiss Kiss."
Brown performed
at the American Music
Awards.
Brown could be
seen in the film This
Christmas and heard on the soundtrack for
This
Christmas.
 Brown hit the
Top 40 with "With You."
Exclusive was certified platinum
and the singles "Kiss Kiss" and "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" were certified
platinum.
 # 2
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Male Artist of the Year)
 Brown hit the Top 40 with Jordin Sparks with
"No Air."
Brown hit the Top 10 with "With You."
Brown was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Kiss Kiss" with T-Pain).
Brown won a NAACP Image Award
for Outstanding Male Artist.
 Brown topped
the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, Pop 100
Airplay chart, and the Rhythmic Airplay chart
with "With You."
Brown hit the Top 10 with Jordin Sparks with
"No Air."
Brown hit #1 for 2 weeks with "With You."
Brown hit the
Top 40 helping out Lil Mama
and with T-Pain with "Shawty Get Loose" from the
Lil Mama LP VYP
- Voice Of The Young People.
 Brown hit #1 for 1 week with Jordin Sparks with
"No Air."
Brown topped the Billboard Pop
100 Airplay chart with Jordin Sparks with
"No Air."
The singles "With You" and "No Air" were certified
platinum, and "Kiss Kiss" was certified 2x
platinum.
 Brown hit the Top 40 with "Forever" from the LP Exclusive:
The Forever Edition.
Exclusive:
The Forever Edition was released with 4
additional tracks and DVD.
Brown won a BET Award for Best
Male R&B Artist.
 Brown hit the Top 10 with "Forever."
Brown could be heard on the Nas LP Nas with
"Make The World Go Round."
Brown hit the Top 40 helping out
David Banner with "Get Like Me."
 Brown won 5 Teen Choice Awards.
Brown topped the Billboard Pop
100 chart and Pop 100 Airplay chart with
"Forever."
Brown hit #1 for 4 weeks with "Forever."
Brown topped the Billboard Hot
100 Airplay chart, Pop 100 chart, and
Mainstream Top 40 chart with "Forever."
 The video for "With You" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video. The video for "Forever" was nominated
for Video of the Year, Best Dancing In A Video, and Best Choreography (Tone & Rich). The
video for "Kiss Kiss" was also
nominated for Best Choreography (Flii Stylz).
 The single "Forever" was certified
gold.
Brown could be heard on the T-Pain LP Thr33
Ringz on the track
"Freeze."
Brown could be heard on the Ludacris LP Theater
Of The Mind on the track "What Them
Girls Like."
 Brown won 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist,
and Artist of the Year.
Brown topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
(singles & albums), Top Pop Artist - Male
(singles & albums), Top Hot 100 Singles
Artist, and Top Hot 100 Singles Artist -
Male.
 # 87
Singles Artist of the Year
 Brown won a People Choice Awards
for Favorite Male Singer.
Brown was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("No Air" with Jordin Sparks) and Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Take You Down").
Brown was not at the Grammy Awards and cancelled his
planned performance after turning himself
into the police in Los Angeles after a
reported incident of making threats and
assaulting a female - later identified as his
girlfriend Rihanna.
 Brown was charged with the
felony charges of assault likely to cause
great bodily injury and making criminal
threats.
Brown plead not guilty to
charges of threatening and assulting Rihanna.
 Brown could be heard on the Ciara LP Fantasy
Ride on the track
"Turntables."
Brown plead guilty to one count
of felony assault on Rihanna and later received 5
years of supervised probation and 6 months of
community labor.
 Brown hit the Top 40 helping out
Ester Dean with "Drop
It Low" from the Music
Inspired By The Film More Than A Game soundtrack.
Brown released his next LP Graffiti.
Brown topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop LP chart with Graffiti
 # 70
Singles Artist of the Year
Brown staged a comeback at the
BET Awards with a tribute to Michael Jackson - a dance routine
followed by Brown attempting to sing
"Man In The Mirror" but overcome
with emotion during the performance. Some
viewed it as a real response to the loss of
Jackson, some viewed it as a publicity ploy
to regain sympathy for the singer, while
others viewed it as possibly Brown listening
to the words and facing his own demons.
 Brown could be seen in the film Takers.
Brown topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart Tyga
of Young Money and Kevin
McCall with "Deuces."
Brown hit the Top 40 with Tyga
and Kevin McCall
with "Deuces."
Brown could be heard on the Nelly LP 5.0 on the track
"Long Gone."
Brown was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Brown hit the Top 40 wiht Yeah 3X."
 Brown could be heard on the T.I. LP No
Mercy on the track "Get Back
Up."
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year
Brown hit the Top 10 wiht Yeah 3X."
 Brown performed
on Saturday Night Live.
Brown was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards including
Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Love" with
Jill Scott and Marcus
Miller, and "Take My Time"
with Tank), Best Contemporary R&B Album (Graffiti), and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Deuces" with Tyga
and Kevin McCall).
Brown hit the Top 40 with help
from Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes with "Look At Me Now."
Brown released F.A.M.E.
Exclusive was certified 2x
platinum.
 Brown topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Rap Songs
chart with help from Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes with "Look At Me Now."
Brown topped the Billboard 200
LP chart and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
with F.A.M.E. The LP sold over
270,000 copies its first week of release in
the US.
F.A.M.E. was certified gold.
 Brown topped the Billboard Dance
Club Play Songs chart with "Beautiful
People."
Brown hit the Top 40 with "She Ain't You" and with helping
out T-Pain with
"Best Love Song."
Brown topped the Billboard Rap
Songs chart helping out Big Sean
with "My Last."
Brown hit the Top 40 chart
helping out Big Sean with
"My Last."
Brown could be heard on The
Game LP The
R.E.D. Album on the
track "Pot Of Gold."
 The video for "Look At Me Now" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Hip-Hop Video and Best
Collaboration.
Brown hit the Top 40 helping out
New Boyz with "Better
With The Lights Off."
Brown was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards including Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(F.A.M.E.).
Brown hit the Top 40 helping out
Pitbull with "International Love."
Brown could be heard on the T-Pain LP RevolveR on the tracks
"Look At Her Go" and "Best
Love Song."
Brown hit the Top 10 helping out Pitbull with "International Love."
Brown was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Album (F.A.M.E.), and Best Rap Song
and Best Rap Performance ("Look At Me Now").
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Chris Brown
Released: November, 2005
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Run It" - "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" -
"Young Love" - "Gimme That" - "Ya
Man Ain't Me" - "Winner" -
"Ain't No Way (You Won't Love
Me)" - "What's My Name" -
"Is This Love?" -
"Poppin'" - "Just
Fine" - "Say Goodbye" - "Run It" (Remix) -
"Thank You" |
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Exclusive
Released: November, 2007
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks:
"Throwed" - "Kiss Kiss" (featuring
T-Pain) - "Take You Down" -
"With You" -
"Picture Perfect" (featuring
will.i.am) - "Hold Up"
(featuring Big Boi) - "You" -
"Damage" - "Wall To
Wall" - "Help Me" -
"I Wanna Be" - "Gimme
Whatcha Got" (featuring Lil Wayne) -
"I'll Call Ya" -
"Lottery" - "Nice"
(featuring The Game) - "Down"
(featuring Kanye West)
Exclusive - The Forever
Edition
Released: June, 2008
Tracks:
"Throwed" - "Kiss Kiss" (featuring
T-Pain) - "Take You Down" -
"With You" -
"Picture Perfect" (featuring
will.i.am) - "Hold Up"
(featuring Big Boi) - "You" -
"Damage" - "Wall To
Wall" - "Help Me" -
"I Wanna Be" - "Gimme
Whatcha Got" (featuring Lil Wayne) -
"I'll Call Ya" -
"Lottery" - "Nice"
(featuring The Game) - "Down"
(featuring Kanye West) - "Forever" -
"Superhuman" (featuring Keri
Hilson) - "Heart Ain't A Brain"
- "Picture Perfect Remix"
(featuring Bow Wow & Hurricane Chris) |
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Graffiti
Released: December, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "I Can
Transform Ya" (featuring Lil Wayne
& Swizz Beatz) - "Sing Like
Me" - "Crawl" - "So
Cold" - "What I Do"
(featuring Plies) - "Famous
Girl" - "Take My Time"
(featuring Tank) - "I.Y.A." -
"Pass Out" (featuring Eva
Simons) - "Wait" (featuring
Trey Songz & The Game) - "Lucky
Me" - "Fallin Down" -
"I'll Go" |
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F.A.M.E.
Released: March, 2011
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Tracks:
"Deuces" (featuring Tyga &
Kevin McCall) - "Up To You" -
No BS" - "Look At Me Now" (featuring
Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) - "She Ain't You" - "Say
It With Me" - "Yeah 3X" - "Next
To You" (featuring Justin Bieber) -
"All Back" - "Wet The
Bed" (featuring Ludacris ) -
"Oh My Love" - "Shouldn've
Kissed You" - "Beautiful
People" (featuring Benny Benassi) |
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position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
samples). |
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