Influences:
Influenced:
- Jason Derulo, August Alsina, Shameik Moore, Justin Bieber, Austin Mahone, Jacob Latimore, Jay Park, Eric Bellinger, Sevyn Streeter
Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, rapper, artist, and dancer. He exploded on the music scene when he was just 15 years old, scoring a number-one hit "Run It!" from his first self-titled album and is considered to be one of the singers to claim Michael Jackson's "King of Pop" title. His Hip-Hop-infused R&B style and dance moves made him a perfect teen heartthrob.
In 2009, he was involved in a domestic abuse situation with his then-girlfriend singer Rihanna. Despite the backlash, he was able to continue his career and he scored a number-one hit on the U.S. R&B charts with Deuces in 2010 and scored a number one album called F.A.M.E. in 2011 on the Billboard 200 charts, for which he received a Grammy award win in 2012.
Discography/Studio Albums:
- Chris Brown (2005)
- Exclusive (2007)
- Graffiti (2009)
- F.A.M.E. (2011)
- Fortune (2012)
- X (2014)
- Fan of a Fan: The Album (2015, collaboration with Tyga)
- Royalty (2015)
- Heartbreak on a Full Moon (2017, double disc album)
- Indigo (2019)
- Breezy (2022)
- 11:11 (2023)
Selected Filmography:
- The O.C. (2007) - Will Tutt, 3 episodes
- Stomp The Yard (2007) - Duron Williams
- This Christmas (2007) - "Michael 'Baby' Whitfield"
- Takers (2010) - Jessie Attica
- Think Like a Man (2012) - Alex
- Battle of the Year (2013) - Rooster
- black•ish (2017) - Rich Youngsta, guest
The musician showcases examples of:
- Auto-Tune: "Nobody's Business" with Rihanna. "Yeah 3x" uses it as well.
- Boastful Rap: "Look At Me Now" brags about how rich and famous his career has made him.
- Break-Up Song: "Say Goodbye" from his first album and "Deuces" from F.A.M.E. are his most well known.
- "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: "Damage" focuses on how a relationship was torn apart. The protagonist slowly begins to realise how much regret they are left with as the damage was done towards their lover. One of the lyrics references how the short conversation shouldn't have happened and that they have messed up.
- Daddy's Girl: His daughter, Royalty. So much so that he named his 2015 album after her.
- Darker and Edgier: After the domestic abuse incident, he couldn't be marketed as the fresh-faced Child Popstar he once was. Starting with F.A.M.E., his music and videos started getting more explicit with frequent cursing and references to drugs, along with him rapping more often. Every album since F.A.M.E. has had a parental advisory label.
- Face–Heel Turn: Musically, he has gone from good boy stuff like "With You" and "Say Goodbye" to bad boy tracks like "Deuces" and "Loyal".
- Fun with Acronyms: "F[orgiving].A[ll].M[y].E[nemies]." and "F[ans].A[re].M[y].E[verything]."
- Genre Shift: His first three albums were firmly in the contemporary R&B/Pop genre; after his domestic abuse incident, F.A.M.E. and every album since, the music started edging more into the Hip-Hop territory, though he still mostly sings.
- Hotter and Sexier: From F.A.M.E. on, his music has gotten more sexually explicit. The first track on the Royalty album (the album dedicated to his daughter) is an Intercourse with You song sampled from Marvin Gaye.
- Intercourse with You: Plenty of them, starting with "Take You Down" off Exclusive. Just on his F.A.M.E. album alone, there's "No B.S.", "Wet the Bed", and "Beg for It."
- Right Through His Pants: The video for "No Bullshit"
depicts the girl in the video in Black Bra and Panties and writhing about. Chris? Shirtless and wearing pants. - Refuge in Audacity: In "I'm Still":"You niggas mad cause you fuckin’ with them regular hos and ain’t none better than my Asian.”
- Piss-Take Rap: Inverted. He does rap often. "Look at Me Now" is intended to be a Boastful Rap, but if you compare his verses to his guests - Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne, it comes across as such.
- Sampling:
- "She Ain't You" contains a sample of a sample: The song samples SWV's "Right Here", which itself sampled Michael Jackson's "Human Nature".
- "Back to Sleep" samples Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing".
- Self-Titled Album: His debut is named after him.
- Surreal Music Video: "Liquor/Zero".
- Textless Album Cover: His 2017 album ''Heartbreak on a Full Moon" is as one of these.
- Token Black: Amongst the cast of The O.C.. He was the only black recurring character, possibly only black character but his race never comes up In-Universe.
- Wolverine Publicity: He has done masses of features with rappers, including Busta Rhymes, Pitbull, T.I., Nas, Nicki Minaj, T-Pain, Fat Joe, The Game and Big Sean. He's also featured on songs by Rihanna, David Guetta, Keri Hilson and Brandy. In 2015, he had featured on 10 singles and that didn't include 6 singles from 2014.
