| Full
name |
Brandy
Rayana Norwood |
| Nickname(s) |
Bran,
B, B-Rocka, Scooby, and Pumpkin |
| Marital
status |
married
to producer/songwriter Robert
Smith |
| Children |
Brandy
gave birth to a beautiful
babygirl named Sy'rai Iman Smith
on June 16, 2002. When asked
about the baby, Brandy says
Sy'rai looks just like her
father. |
| Occupation |
Singer,
producer, songwriter, model,
actress |
| Birth
date |
February
11, 1979 |
| Astrologic
sign |
Aquarius |
| Birth
place |
McComb,
Mississippi, USA |
| Age |
26 |
| Height |
±
5'7" |
| Weight |
±
115 lbs. |
| Hair
color |
Black |
| Eye
color |
Dark
brown |
| Location |
San
Fernando Valley, Los Angeles,
CA. Recently moved into her own
crib. The beautiful house cost
$3 million and has six bedrooms. |
| Family |
Brandy's
family is consisted of her
father Willie Norwood (music
director @ church), mother Sonja
Bates-Norwood (financial
analyst, artist manager),
brother Ray-J (singer, actor),
and a dog named Isis. Her
parents have several other pet
dogs.
 |
| Other
family |
Cousin
and rapper Snoop Dogg |
| Education |
Pepperdine
University, L.A. Enrolled in
Fall 1997, Brandy's favorite
subjects were Math, Psychology,
English, Drama and Music. She
couldn't complete her degree
though, due to her busy
schedule. |
| Religion |
Brandy
is a Christian. She goes to
Avalon Church of Christ every
Sunday. Her favorite church song
is Amazing Grace. |
| Cars |
PT
Cruiser, Mercedes Benz G500, BMW
M3. Recently gave her Lexus
GS400 and Range Rover to
friends. |
| Hobbies |
Shopping,
play basketball and amusement
parks. Her favorite way to relax
is to take a drive along the
Pacific Ocean. |
| First
date ever |
LA
Laker's basketball player Kobe
Bryant. It was on Kobe's prom
night. |
| First
serious boyfriend |
Wanya
Morris from Boyz II Men |
| First
concert ever attended |
Whitney
Houston |
| Influences |
Whitney
Houston, Billie Holiday, Aretha
Franklin, Sly Stone, Tina
Turner, Diana Ross, and
"New Age" artists like
Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, and
Erykah Badu. |
| Favorite... |
| ...artists |
Whitney
Houston (her mentor and idol),
Celine Dion, TLC, Puff Daddy,
Jewel, Mariah Carey, Alanis
Morissette, Notorious BIG, Lil'
Kim, 2Pac, Ray J, Faith Evans,
Shaunta, Usher, Monica, Da Brat,
Boyz II Men, Nas, Toni Braxton,
etc. |
| ...movies |
The
Bodyguard, Annie and The Shining |
| ...TV
Shows |
Moesha,
Beavis&Butt Head, Parent
Hood, Family Matters, Home
Improvment |
| ...cartoon |
The
Smurfs |
| ...author |
Stephen
King |
| ...color |
Dark
brown |
| ...designers |
Donna
Karan, BCBG, John Bartlett,
Daryl K. Joseph, Plein Sud, Bebe,
XOXO, Morgan, Louis Vuitton. |
| ...food |
Anything
vegan. Used to love Mc Donald's
cheeseburgers and french fries. |
| ...dessert |
Peach
Cobbler |
| ...song |
The
Greatest Love Of All by Whitney
Houston |
| ...song
on the Brandy album |
Brokenhearted |
| ...videos |
Sittin'
Up In My Room and They Don't
Care About Us by Michael Jackson |
| ...mode
of transportation |
Planes
and tour busses |
| Best
moment of all time |
Opening
night of her concert tour |
| Most
embarassing moment |
When
she fell down the stage during
her tour with Boyz II Men. |
| Dream
guy |
"He's
gotta be a perfect dime, a guy
who knows how to treat a woman.
Who opens the door, who picks up
the check and so on..." |
| Gotta-have |
Sleep |
| Beauty
secret |
Drink
A LOT of water |
| Definition
of style |
Simple
+ sophisticated = understated
elegance |
| The
hardest thing... |
Remaining
down-to-earth. |
| Charity
community service |
-The
Norwood Kids Foundation (since
1997)
-The Brandy Norwood Scolarship
Fund (since 1999)
-LA Community Dance Team &
Communtity Dance Choir (since
1999)
-R.A.I.N.N. program
-Make a wish Foundation
-International Youth
Spokesperson for UNICEF (since
1999)
-The Newspaper Literacy Program
-Sears/Seventeen Peak
Performance Scholarship Program
and Tour (1995)
-Earth Jam Program
-Sabriya Castle of Fun
Foundation Ambassador
-Black Entertainment
Television's Back to School
Program
-National Council of Negro Women
-Black Family Reunion
-Brotherhood Crusade
-Urban Aid/LIFEBeat:
-Fountain of Agape Love
Brandy hopes to create a
nonprofit organization with this
name to help underprivileged
children.
-Donations:
Brandy donates most of her
Moesha clothing to charities. |
Trivia
|
- Brandy
has four tattoos: one on the
lower back and the other are
on her ankles. Two of them
are Chinese symbols, one
means "to sing"
and the other "to
win".
- She's
working on her own comic
book with DC Comics.
- Her
belly button is pierced.
- She
wears flanel pajamas to bed.
- She
thinks her eyes are too far
apart.
- Her
braids, that've become her
trademark, were freshened up
every three weeks and newly
re-made every five weeks. It
took about eight hours to do
her hair.
- Her
hair is actually longer than
we think. It's past her
shoulders.
- She
was chosen in 1996 as one of
the most beautiful people on
earth by the People
magazine.
- She
became a multi-platinum star
before the age of 18.
- In
1998, the 19th Blistex
World's Most Beautiful Lips
Awards awarded Brandy's
"Most Melodious
Lips."
- In
I Still Know, she had
to fall through glass and
hop through windows. She
wanted to do her own stunts.
- Brandy
wants to do another duet
with Monica and also Lenny
Kravitz.
- The
single "Have You
Ever" went platinum in
Australia.
|
Quotes
|
"We
wear the mask that grins and
lies, don't be one of those
people."
-Unknown source
"I can only make music that
I care about. I can't listen to
the people who say I'm
too-good-to-be-true. Girl Power!
means being myself -- Brandy.
I'm not going to lower my
standards. I'll continue to
surround myself with beautiful,
positive people."
- Unknown Source
"On one show [of Moesha] I
tried out to be a cheerleader,
and it hit me that this was
about the only way I'd ever get
a chance to."
- Time, March 25, 1996
On her plans for the new
century: "I don't want to
have to work when I'm 23. I'm
not going to retire, but I just
don't want to have to work. I'll
be like Julia Roberts and do
movies for the heck of it.
Celebrities who are doing it
just for the love of it -- some
are doing movies that don't have
to do them for money. I want the
audience to know I'm not doing
it for money -- that's my
goal."
- People, 1998
"I remember watching
Whitney on VH1. I was in my
room. I was like 7 or 8. I
remember watching her dance with
all that hair and eye shadow and
lipstick. I loved it. The next
day, I told my dad I wanted to
be a singer."
- In Style, 1998
"I want to produce. I want
to direct. I want success. I
want it all. If I die today, I
want people to talk about me on
every channel."
- People, 1998
"You can have people in
control of your own career, and
even though you're the star
you'll have no idea what's going
on. I'm at a place where I like
to know what's going on. I like
to know what's in the contracts.
I like that stuff."
- Entertainment Weekly, 1998
"I'm trying to win an Oscar
eventually."
- Teen, 1999
Brandy's mother, Sonja Norwood:
"I knew Brandy was going to
be a star the day she was born.
I told the doctor that he had
just delivered a star and that
she was going to be something
one day."
- People, 1998
"I feel like I suffer from
a good reputation. Everybody has
this clean-cut image of me, and
I'm certainly not a wild person.
I'm nice, [but] I make mistakes
and I hurt like everybody else.
I'm just trying to tell
everybody, 'Hey, I'm not Miss
Perfect: I rebel like every
other teenager.'"
- Teen, 1999
"I don't want anybody
that's dumb. I like affection. I
just like a gentle person, a
gentleman who likes to open
doors. I like flowers. I'm
young, but I am old-fashioned. I
like a person to stand up for
what he wants and for himself.
Don't let me run over you."
- An Intimate Look (Brandy
Biography)
"I think I'm going off in a
different direction than
Whitney. I have my own vision of
my career. I want people younger
than me to say, 'I'm going to be
the next Brandy'. I want to be a
leader."
- Los Angeles Times, 1998
Sonja Norwood, on her daughter's
insecurities: "She's always
asking me, 'Mom, am I
pretty?'"
- USA Weekend, 1997
"My parents aren't like
everybody else's parents. They
gave up their careers to make my
career what it is right now.
They sacrificed everything. They
quit their jobs, not knowing if
I was going to go gold or
platinum. It didn't matter to
them because it was my dream and
they wanted to help."
- The Plain Dealer, 1999
"OK, I'm a diva without
attitude. That VH1 special was
good, but I should have been on
it with Celine Dion and them. I
think Monica, Aaliyah, and I
should get together and do our
own show."
- Seventeen, September 1998
"In a perfect world, I
would have higher cheek-bones. I
would totally change myself to
look like Naomi Campbell."
- People, May 6, 1996
"If I want to have sex, I
have every right to. If I don't
want to have sex, that's my
business too....You have two
groups of people: those who
think Brandy's a virgin, and
those who think Brandy's lying.
Well, I can't please
everybody."
- Seventeen, September 1998
"It's someting I can't put
into words. I've tried to tell
people how I feel and every time
I say something it doesn't sound
right because it doesn't sound
the way I feel."
- Brandy on how she feels about
her man, Sister 2 Sister, Feb.
2002 |
| Discography
|
Signed
a contract with Atlantic Records
in 1993.
Brandy
released in 1994
Never
S-A-Y Never
released in 1998
Star Profile
released in 2000
Full Moon
released March 5, 2002
Soundtracks and Compilations
See
Discography
section.
*Brandy
also sang backgrounds for
Vanilla Ice and Immature (Now
ImX).
|
| Filmography |
Movies
Osmosis Jones (2001)
I Still Know What You Did Last
Summer (1998)
Television
Moesha (1996-2001)
Double Platinum telefilm (1999)
Rodgers and Hammerstein's
Cinderella telefilm (1997)
Thea (1993-1994) |
| Other |
Brandy
is signed to the famous model
agency Whilelmina International.
With the help of Whilelmina, she
got a contract with Candies
Shoes, which is now over, and
other contracts for CoverGirl
and more recently, DKNY Jeans. |
CONTACT
INFORMATION
| Fan
club |
The
Brandy International Fan Club
15 030, Ventura Blvd. #710
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
USA |
| Management |
Norwood&Norwood
Management Inc.
22 817, Ventura blvd.
Suite 432
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
(818) 995-3461
Contact: Mackie Mann |
| Official
website |
www.foreverbrandy.com |
| Other |
Brandy
at Atlantic Records
http://www.atlantic-records.com/ |
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