Brandy

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Brandy is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress known for her distinctive vocal style and hits such as "The Boy Is Mine" and "Have You Ever?".

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Brandy canonical 247
Brandy singles chronology 1

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Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf R&B singer
actress
human
singer
songwriter
associatedAct Kanye West
Monica
Ray J
Whitney Houston
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
awardReceivedFor The Boy Is Mine
birthName Brandy Rayana Norwood
breakthroughAlbum Never Say Never (album)
surface form: Never Say Never
breakthroughAlbumReleaseYear 1998
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1979-02-11
debutAlbum Brandy (album)
surface form: Brandy
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1994
ethnicity African-American
familyName Norwood
filmRole Cinderella (1997 film)
surface form: Cinderella
genre R&B
hip hop soul
pop
givenName Brandy self-link
GrammyAwardYear 1999
influenced R&B vocalists of the 2000s and 2010s
knownFor distinctive vocal harmonies
vocal layering and arrangements
name Brandy self-link
nickname The Vocal Bible
notableWork Afrodisiac
Afrodisiac
surface form: Afrodisiac (album)

Almost Doesn't Count
B7 (album)
Baby
Brandy (album)
Cinderella (1997 film)
Full Moon
Full Moon
surface form: Full Moon (album)

Have You Ever?
Human (album)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
I Wanna Be Down
Moesha
Never Say Never (album)
Sittin' Up in My Room
The Boy Is Mine
Two Eleven (album)
What About Us?
occupation actress
record producer
singer
songwriter
parentOf Sy'rai Iman Smith
placeOfBirth McComb, Mississippi, United States
recordLabel Atlantic Records
Epic Records
RCA Records
sibling Ray J
starredInTVFilm Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997)
starredInTVSeries Moesha
tvRole Moesha
surface form: Moesha Mitchell
vocalType mezzo-soprano
yearsActive 1993–present

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Human (album) performer Brandy
Human (album) producer Brandy
Two Eleven (album) artist Brandy
subject surface form: Two Eleven
Two Eleven (album) mainPerformer Brandy
subject surface form: Two Eleven
B7 (album) artist Brandy
subject surface form: B7
B7 (album) performer Brandy
subject surface form: B7
B7 (album) producer Brandy
subject surface form: B7
The Vocal Bible appliesTo Brandy
Brandy (album) name Brandy
Tiwa Savage associatedAct Brandy
Bring Me Down vocalist Brandy
Bring Me Down writer Brandy
Bring Me Down performer Brandy
Press Play hasGuestArtist Brandy
Brandon hasDiminutive Brandy
Rich Harrison producedFor Brandy
Crada notableWorkWith Brandy
Ventura featuresArtist Brandy
Angel in Disguise artist Brandy
Put That on Everything artist Brandy
subject surface form: Never Say Never
1st & Love performer Brandy
1st & Love artist Brandy
1st & Love recordedBy Brandy
1st & Love vocalist Brandy
1st & Love performer Brandy
subject surface form: Human (Brandy album)