  Bobby Brown, aka Robert
Barisford Brown, was born February 5, 1969,
in Massachusetts. Brown emerged into the
R&B world via his time with the group New
Edition and then hitting it big solo
in the late 1980s. Although his hit records
faded into the 1990s, his celebrity kept
constant with his hi-profile marriage and his
off-stage antics and problems with the law.
 Brown released King
Of Stage with the hit
"Girlfriend."
 # 31
Singles Artist of the Year
 Brown released Don't
Be Cruel and hit the Top 10 for the
first time with "Don't Be Cruel."
Don't
Be Cruel was certified platinum.
 Don't
Be Cruel was certified 2x platinum.
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Male
Artist of the Year)
The singles "My
Prerogative" and "Don't Be
Cruel" were certified gold.
 Brown hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"My Prerogative."
Brown hit the
Top 40 with "Roni."
Brown was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Brown was arrested for lewd
behavior in Ohio after a performance was
deemed overtly sexual.
Don't
Be Cruel was certified 3x platinum.
 Brown hit the Top 10 with "Roni."
Brown hit the
Top 40 with "Every Little Step."
 Don't
Be Cruel was certified 4x platinum.
Brown hit the Top 10 with "Every Little Step."
The single "Every Little Step" was certified
gold.
 Brown hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "On Our Own" from the Ghostbusters
II
soundtrack.
Brown hit #1 for a week with "On Our Own"
 Don't
Be Cruel was certified 5x platinum, the
single "On Our Own" was certified
platinum, and the single "Rock Wit'cha" was certified
gold.
The video for "Every Little Step" was nominated
for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Male Video, Best Dance Video, and Best Choreography.
Brown hit the Top 40 with "Rock Wit'cha."
Brown hit the Top 10 with "Rock Wit'cha."
 Brown released a collection of
remixes - Dance!...
Ya Know It!
Dance!...
Ya Know It! was certified platinum.
Brown won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Don't
Be Cruel), and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Don't
Be Cruel), Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist,
and Favorite Dance Artist.
Brown won a Grammy
Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Every Little Step").
Don't
Be Cruel was certified 6x platinum.
 Brown hit the Top 40 helping out
Glenn Medeiros with "She Ain't Worth It" from Medeiros'
LP Glenn
Medeiros.
Brown hit #1 for 2 weeks helping
out Glenn Medeiros with
"She Ain't Worth It."
The single "She Ain't Worth It" was certified
gold.
 # 19
Singles Artist of the Year
 Brown married Whitney
Houston.
Brown released Bobby.
Brown hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Humpin' Around."
 Brown hit #1 for a week with "Humpin' Around."
Brown topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 2 weeks with "Humpin' Around."
Bobby was certified platinum
and the single "Humpin' Around" was certified
gold.
 Brown hit the Top 40 with "Good Enough."
Brown topped the Billboard Top
R&B Albums chart for 2 weeks with Bobby.
Brown hit the Top 10 with "Good Enough."
 # 28
Singles Artist of the Year
 Brown won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
The single "Good Enough" was certified
gold.
Brown hit the Top 40 with "Get Away."
Bobby was certified 2x
platinum.
Brown hit the Top 10 with "Get Away."
 Brown was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Humpin' Around").
Brown topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for a
week with "Get Away."
March 4: Brown and Whitney
Houston welcomed the
birth of their daughter, Bobbi Kristina
 Brown hit the Top 40 with "That's The Way Love Is."
Brown hit the Top 40 with his
wife Whitney
Houston with "Something In Common."
 Brown released another remix
collection - Remixes
N The Key Of B.
Brown hit the Top 10 with "Something In Common."
Brown was nominated for
an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Brown had a Top 10 hit in the UK
with "Two Can Play That Game."
 Don't
Be Cruel was certified 7x platinum.
Brown reunited with New
Edition for a new LP (Home
Again).
 Brown released Forever.
June 21: Brown
was arrested in California on sexual battery
charges. Brown was then released on bail
pending a July court date. Brown posted bail
of more than $2,700 and was released.
Charges of sexual battery
against Brown were dropped due to
insufficient evidence.
 Brown dropped his appeal in his
drunken driving case and was to serve a 5-day
jail sentence issued last January. His
attorney stated, "this is a decision he
reached with his family... he wants to put
this behind him." In addition to jail,
Brown will be fined $500, required to spend
30 days in a drug and alcohol treatment
center, undergo random drug testing, perform
100 hours of community service, attend DUI
school, do a public service announcement, and
his driving license will be suspended for 1
year. Later in the month Brown turned himself
in to a Florida jail to begin a 5-day
sentence for drunken driving. Brown flew in
from New Jersey with his brother and aunt and
was immediately taken into custody by police.
An arrest warrant was issued for
Brown in Florida when Brown allegedly
violated probation by being under the
influence of alcohol and marijuana.
Correction officials reported that in
September when Brown checked in to serve
5-days in jail for drunken driving, Brown had
smoked marijuana and was drunk that day.
There was another arrest warrant
and another surrender by Brown to police in
Florida due to the singer being drunk when he
surrendered to police in September. The judge
released Brown on $2,500 bail. Brown said
afterwards: "I'm making efforts to clean
up my record. I'm sorry for the disrespect I
caused anybody."
Brown was put in a Florida jail
for a warrant for violating his probation
stemming from a 1996 arrest.
Brown continued to stay in jail
and was sentenced to 75 days in jail. Brown
admitted to the judge: "I have a
disease. I am an addict. I am an alcoholic.
Hopefully I can get back to what I do best -
dancing and singing."
Brown was released from a
Florida jail 10 days early for good behavior,
serving 65 our of a 75-day sentence.
 Brown released his Greatest
Hits.
VH1: 100
Greatest Dance Songs includes Brown's
"My Prerogative" at # 74.
Brown reportedly collapsed in
his studio at home after having a seizure. He
was admitted and released from the hospital.
 Brown could be heard on Ja Rule's latest LP, The
Last Temptation, on the track "Thug
Lovin'."
Brown was arrested in Atlanta
charged with drug and traffic offenses after
being pulled over for speeding, and then
finding no driver's license and a small bag
of marijuana.
An arrest
warrant was issued for Brown after he went
against orders and left Georgia to perform at
the American Music
Awards with Ja Rule. Brown later turned
himself in and was sentenced to 8 days in
jail for drunk driving charges stemming from
a 1996 incident (the 8 day sentence was later
reduced).
Brown performed on VH1's Divas
Duets 2003.
Brown was arrested in Georgia
while dining with Whitney. The arrest was for
a probation violation.
Brown took home
a Source Award for R&B/Rap Collaboration
of the Year ("Thug Lovin'" with Ja Rule).
It was reported that Whitney
called the police and had cut lip and bruises
on her face. She told police that she had a
fight with Bobby, who had left for a flight
to California. Brown turned himself into
police a few days later and was charged with
misdemeanor battery - Whitney was at his side
at court.
Brown found himself in
violation of his probation and back in jail
for at least a week. Violations including not
paying fees on time, not submitting to a drug
test, and not proving proof he had attended a
substance abuse rehabilitation program. The
result was the judge ordering Brown to 60
days in jail. Brown was then released early
to go to Massachusetts where he was ordered
back into jail for 90 days or until he paid
$63,000 of child support from a previous
relationship resulting in 2 children.
# 63 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Brown took part in a
reality series for BRAVO called Being
Bobby Brown.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "My
Prerogative" at # 98.
Brown was arrested in
Massachusetts for failing to appear at a
child support hearing last fall.
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