Chris Brown

Chris Brown signed with Jive Records in 2004 and released his debut album, Chris Brown, the following year, reaching double Platinum certification by the end of 2006. His debut single "Run It!" topped the Billboard Hot 100, making him the first male artist since 1995 to achieve that feat. His second album, Exclusive (2007), spawned a second number-one single, "Kiss Kiss".

In 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault of singer Rihanna and was sentenced to five years probation with six months community service. That same year, his third album, Graffiti, underperformed commercially. His fourth album, F.A.M.E. (2011), became his first to top the Billboard 200 and earned him the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Fortune (2012) also topped the chart.

Subsequent albums—X (2014), Royalty (2015), Heartbreak on a Full Moon (2017), and Indigo (2019)—cemented his status as one of the world's best-selling music artists. "No Guidance" broke the record for longest-running number one on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart; "Go Crazy" broke his own record. In 2019, Billboard ranked him the third most successful R&B and hip-hop artist of the 2010s, behind Drake and Rihanna. Brown has won 219 awards from 566 nominations. As an actor, he made his feature film debut in Stomp the Yard (2007) and appeared in This Christmas (2007), Takers (2010), Think Like a Man (2012), and Battle of the Year (2013). Born May 5, 1989, in the US, his Taurus persistence and Life Path 1 leadership drive both his musical innovation and solo ventures across music and film.