Early Life
Christopher Maurice Brown was born in Tappahannock, Virginia on May 5, 1989 to Joyce Hawkins, a daycare center director, and Clinton Brown, a corrections officer. He has one older sister, Lytrell Bundy. His parents divorced when he was young and his mother became a victim of domestic violence by her new boyfriend. Chris taught himself to sing and dance growing up watching his idols Usher, Michael Jackson. Chris has also cited his parents’ collection of soul records as a major musical influence in his early years.
He has an older sister, Lytrell Bundy, who works in a bank.Music was always present in Brown’s life beginning in his childhood. He would listen to soul albums that his parents owned, and eventually began to show interest in the hip-hop scene.
Brown taught himself to sing and dance at a young age and often cites Michael Jackson as his inspiration.He began to perform in his church choir and in several local talent shows. When he mimicked an Usherperformance of “My Way“, his mother recognized his vocal talent, and they began to look for the opportunity of a record deal
Music Career
With his mother’s help, Chris sought a recording contract in his early teens and eventually moved to New York to find representation. He recorded his debut album, Chris Brown, at the age of sixteen. His single “Run It!” was popular enough to make Brown the first male artist to debut at number one on the Billboard charts since Montell Jordan in 1995. In 2007, Brown released his second album, Exclusive, which debuted at number four on the Billboard charts. Exclusive also spawned his second Hot No. 1 hit on the Billboard charts, Kiss Kiss. Chris released his third album, Graffiti, in 2009. He released the album F.A.M.E. in 2011, which became his first album to top the Billboard 200. The album also earned him a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. His fifth album, Fortune, was released in 2012, once again topping the Billboard 200. Brown released X, also in 2012, a collaboration album called Fan of a Fan: The Album in 2015, Royalty, also in 2015 and Heartbreak on a Full Moon in 2017. Brown’s ninth studio album Indigo came out in 2019 and it became his third number-one album to debut on the Billboard 200.
Personal Life
Brown dated model Karrueche Tran. They parted ways in 2015, and Tran was granted a five-year restraining order against Brown, claiming he threatened to kill her. Brown has two children.
Real Estate
Since 2014, Chris’ primary residence has been a 4-bedrom hilltop mansion in Tarzana, California. He bought the home, which has an 8,000 square foot home on 0.75 acres, for $4.35 million.
Religion
When discussing his upbringing, Brown stated: “We were used to two pairs of shoes for a school year. We used to go to church every day. I was one of those kids that had more church clothes than school clothes.” He has also discussed his second work of grace, saying that “he experienced the Holy Ghost while performing ‘His Eye Is on the Sparrow‘ in church”.
What is Chris Brown’s net worth?
Chris Brown is an American R&B musician who has a net worth of $50 million. Since making his debut in 2005, Chris Brown has released nine studio albums, several of which have gone multi-platinum. Chris Brown started out as such a good, church-going young artist.
