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?".

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Brandy canonical 247
Brandy singles chronology 1

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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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Slower artist Brandy
Slower performer Brandy
Slower partOfDiscographyOf Brandy
Slower creditedTo Brandy
Slower primaryArtist Brandy
Wish Your Love Away artist Brandy
Wish Your Love Away artist Brandy
subject surface form: Two Eleven
Wish Your Love Away performer Brandy
subject surface form: Two Eleven
Do You Know What You Have artist Brandy
subject surface form: Two Eleven
Do You Know What You Have performer Brandy
subject surface form: Two Eleven
Hardly Breathing artist Brandy
Hardly Breathing performer Brandy
Hardly Breathing artist Brandy
subject surface form: Two Eleven
Without You performerName Brandy
Scared of Beautiful artist Brandy
What You Need artist Brandy
What You Need performer Brandy
Baby Mama artist Brandy
Baby Mama performer Brandy
Borderline artist Brandy
Borderline performer Brandy