Talk:Brandy (entertainer)
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Does anybody else besides me think that the birth of her child should be in this article?!
Itallia,Brandy Fan
Where did she sell all these albums I mean Never Say Never is not certified in Canada, Austrilia, or Europe. So where did she sell the additional 9 million copies
Removed from Brandy article. If it has additional information it should be in this article. Rmhermen 04:10 Apr 26, 2003 (UTC)
(born February 11, 1979). She starred in a couple of television shows in the 1990s, including the popular Moesha in which she played the lead character, a rambunctious young teen. Later, she starred in Rodger And Hammerstein’s television version of Cinderella (see fan site).
Although she is a successful actress, Brandy is better known for her singing career. She released her debut album in early 1995. It had the popular singles, "Best Friend," "Brokenhearted," "Baby," and "I Wanna Be Down" and made her an MTV star. Towards the end of that year, she contributed a song to the Waiting To Exhale soundtrack, called "Sittin' Up In My Room". It became a huge hit in early 1996, fueled by a popular rap remix that featured LL Cool J.
That same year, Brandy teamed up with Tamia, Chaka Khan, and Gladys Knight, for the single "Missing You," off of the ... soundtrack. Even with the superstar lineup, it was Brandy's least successful single yet, but was still a moderate hit.
In late 1998 Brandy released her second album, Never Say Never, shortly after its first single, a duet with media "rival" Monica called "The Boy Is Mine," spent eleven weeks on top of the Hot 100 chart that summer. The album was also a number one smash on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, eventually becoming multi-platinum. The album's other singles "Top Of The World," a duet with rapper Mase; "Almost Doesn't Count;" and "U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)," which had a hip hop remix version which was used for the video and featured rappers Da Brat and Shaunta; were more minor hits in late 1998 and through 1999. The album's third single, "Have You Ever," was a big number one pop and R&B hit in early 1999.
Brandy's third album, Full Moon was released in early 2002 and spawned the hits "What About Us" and "Full Moon," whose video featured a five-month-pregnant Brandy and whose lyrics explain how Brandy felt when she first saw her husband.
She is currently married to Robert Smith and has a daughter, Sy'rai, who was born in the summer of 2003.
(I'm the person who began the article on Brandy with the above information. I'll add it back into the "Brandy Norwood" article, since it adds details about her musical career that aren't already present in the "Brandy Norwood" article.
[edit] reversion explanation
I reverted this to the last version by Pacian on the basis that the breathless hagiography added since that time was simply too difficult to edit accurately in a line-by-line fashion. If anybody wants to use the information in it, it's still available in the article history. --Robert Merkel 05:39, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Article Name
Brandy publishes all her songs under the name "Brandy", she receives songwriting credits on her albums as "Brandy", and is even credited in most of her acting roles as "Brandy" (I Still Know, Cinderella, Moesha, Arachnophobia). This article should be moved to Brandy (singer) (or Brandy (entertainer), to account for her side acting career), in keeping with the Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names). For precedence, see Madonna (entertainer), Jewel (singer), Jem (singer), Dido (singer), Bill Clinton, Eminem, etc. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 19:14, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV
From Wikipedia:WikiProject Music:
- Don't be too gushy about your favorite band. "Enormously popular", "critically acclaimed" and the like are generally okay, but don't be angry if someone demands a source; "the best band of the 70s", "the only punk band to never sell out" and such are not acceptable and will be changed -- if a famous critic has said so and it does not interrupt the flow, quote and document.;;.
--FuriousFreddy 15:49, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Unecessary and badly written information?
>>The second single from Never Say Never was "Top Of The World", featuring rapper Ma$e. The video, directed by Paul Hunter, featured Brandy incurring various supernatural phenomena. She spontaneously floated in the air, flipping and somersaulting above random objects; telephone poles and vehicles, as people stopped to stare. These strange phenomena also included balancing herself vertically and horizontally alongside skyscrapers and buildings.<<
The close description of the video seems to be incredibly pointless. I vote to remove.
[edit] chart lies
Brandy has not had that many #1 hits. In the US or UK. Someone please edit this with the right chart states.
UK : www.everyhit.com US: allmusic.com or billboard.com 216.220.208.124 18:57, 21 May 2006 (UTC) Someone put false sales saying she sold 90 million copies and tons of number ones.
[edit] Album Sales
I seriously think that the album sales are false I mean she doesnt have certifications in Australia, Canada or Europe or most markets except US. So where do all these worlwide sales come from.
- This is the very reason why I placed an {{expert-portal}} tag on the page, as people keep changing the sale quantity every day. Anthony Rupert 05:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brandy and Scientology
There's no need to include wrong information - especially not with an extra headline. - User:Noboyo, 9 November 2006
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- Wikipedia is about verifiability, not truth. The article relays exactly what the sources say, and that's all we as editors are supposed to do. wikipediatrix 04:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
The subtitle (Brandy and Scientology) is wrong and gives undue weight towards Scientology when the section is about her experience with two churches: Scientology and First AME Church, not just Scientology. --ElectricEye (talk) 05:22, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
