Chris Brown (album)
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| Studio album by Chris Brown | ||||
| Released | November 29, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | January – May 2005 | |||
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| Length | 55:44 | |||
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Chris Brown is the eponymous debut studio album by American R&B recording artist Chris Brown. It was released on November 29, 2005, by Jive Records. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the album was a commercial success. It has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of two million in the United States and has sold over three million copies worldwide. The album also earned Brown his first two Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 49th Grammy Awards.
Chris Brown was born on May 5, 1989, in Tappahannock, Virginia, where he started it out as a rapper, until Brown took pride in his singing. In 2002, at the age of 13, he was discovered at his father's gas station by the production team (who was looking for a new local talent). In August 2004, Brown adapted the stage name as "C-Syzle", along with T.J. attracted some attention towards Tina Davis (who was the Def Jam Recordings's senior A&R executive), while they were auditioning in front of the Island Def Jam's own CEO Antonio "L. A." Reid. Reid later offered to sign both of them, however, Brown claimed Allen has become "greedy" during this negotiations that has been prolonged for over two months. Davis advised Brown not to sign the deal. Davis later lost her job, due to restructuring, after the merger of Island Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records. On the same day, Brown hired her as his manager and moved in into her New Jersey's home. After weeks of label searching, Brown signed a deal with Jive Records (noted: this is label that is known for spanning these great careers of these pop and R&B artists, such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and R. Kelly, during on the Christmas Eve on 2005). At the time, he dropped out of tenth grade at his Essex High School in Virginia, in favor of tutoring. Brown began recording his new debut album at Miami, Florida, with Mark Pitts (who is the Jive's A&R), who he helped Brown signed to the label. During at the time, he has finished recording over an amount of 50 songs, before signaling that these final 14 tracks have been chosen to be included on his first album. The production on the album was processing for over eight weeks. The album was initially titled Young Love, however, with that idea for the album title has been discarded as being "too kiddie".
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