Biography - Chris Brown

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Pop-oriented RnB singer Chris Brown's first single was the Scott Storch-produced "Run It!" which turned him into a teen sansation and the first male solo artist to release a single that went straight to the top of the US Billboard singles chart.

Only 16 at the time, Brown came from a small town in Virginia called Tappahannock. Like a lot of kids born in the '80s, he was initially into his parents' favorites but eventually fell under the spell of hip-hop. He discovered his singing voice when he hit puberty and within a couple years, he had a recording contract with Jive and was lined up with several production and songwriting heavyweights (Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Dre Vidal, Sean Garrett, Storch) for his first album, which was released in November of 2005.