Multi-Platinum Artist's Epic Records Debut Album, 'Human,' Available Online
& In Stores Tuesday, November 11
NEW YORK, Aug. 15 -- Epic Records proudly announces the
release of "Human," the new full-length studio album from the
multi-platinum-selling Grammy-winning R&B/pop music mavin Brandy,
available on-line and in stores on Tuesday, November 11.
Brandy's Epic Records debut and first new album since 2004's
Grammy-nominated RIAA gold-certified "Afrodisiac," "Human" is a bold new
solicitation of songs reflecting the artist's phylogenesis as a musician and an
item-by-item.
"'Human' is my most personal album to date," said Brandy. I have grown
so much since my last album. Being able to express myself and my journey
through my music is a feeling I can't describe. With this new chapter of my
life it feels good to take Rodney, a familiar face, by my side once more. He
brings out emotions in me like nobody else."
Reunited with executive producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, wHO first
collaborated with Brandy on her 1998 multi-platinum-selling collection
"Never Say Never," Brandy has created the nearly emotionally resonating album
of her vocation with songs and performances reflecting the truth and
complexity of her experiences.
"It feels good to be back in the lab with Brandy over again," said Rodney
Jerkins. "We've always made great records and I'm low and honored to be
continuing our legacy. The sound might be fresh, bigger, and more uplifting
but we've kept our musical promise by making great songs and great music
once again. There is no musical combination like ours!!!"
The album's title is a material life mirror of Brandy as a woman, an
artist, a musician and a performer, communicating what it agency to be fully
"Human": stiff yet vulnerable, candid and triumphant, in love with life
and in touch with the things of the spirit.
"Right Here (Departed)," the first unmarried from "Human," will impact Pop
radio on September 16. The single and ringtone are scheduled to be released
on August 26, with a digital pre-order for the album slated the same day.
Other key tracks on "Human" include "Fall," which Brandy co-wrote with
the chart-topping British dance/pop singer/songwriter Natasha Bedingfield,
as well as the new songs "Long Distance," "Piano Man," and "Torn Down."
Brandy's other musical collaborators on Human include Brian Kennedy
(Rihanna/"Disturbia"), emerging production hotshot RedOne (Kat DeLuna, 2006
World Cup Official Single "Hips Don't Lie" with Shakira & Wyclef Jean), and
James Fauntleroy (Jordin Sparks/"No Air").
Born Brandy Norwood in McComb, Mississippi, Brandy moved to California
with her family at the age of 4. She was 15 when her first album, the RIAA
4x platinum certified "Brandy," was released in 1994, generating her first base
four hit singles: "I Wanna Be Down" (#6 - Hot 100, #1 - R&B); "Baby" (#4 -
Hot hundred, #1 - R&B); "Best Friend" (#34 - Hot 100, #7 - R&B); and
"Brokenhearted" (#9 - Hot 100, #2 - R&B), her duo with Wanya Morris of
Boyz II Men.
Her irregular album, 1998's "Never Say Never," reached #2 on the Billboard
Top 200, earned her five-spot Grammy nominations, is certified 5x atomic number 78 in
the U.S., has sold more than than 14 million copies worldwide and introduced
"The Boy Is Mine," her blowout smash duo with Monica. The first-class honours degree Brandy
single to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, "The Boy Is Mine" remained in
the top time slot for 13 straight weeks, achieved RIAA double atomic number 78 status
and took home a server of awards including Billboard's R&B Sales Single of
the Year, Billboard's Hot 100 Sales Single of the Year, the MTV Award for
Best R&B Video and the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or
Group with Vocal.
Her third album, 2002's "Full Moon," hit #1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip
Hop Albums chart, #2 on the Top 200, and became her third straight
platinum-selling album.
Having sold more than 25 meg albums world-wide -- with 10.5 million
of those in the U.S. alone -- since the beginning of her career, Brandy is
one of the top-selling female recording artists in pop music history.
Concurrent with her music career, Brandy has enjoyed on-going success as
an actress, notably as the star of the UPN sitcom "Moesha" and the lead in
the two-hour Emmy-winning Disney limited "Cinderella" as well as a change
of big-screen roles.
Over the course of her career as a recording artist, player and
actress, Brandy has taken home more than 100 awards worldwide notably:
1995
Billboard Music Award
Best New R&B Artist
Best R&B Female
Best New Clip, Rap, "I Wanna Be Down"
Best New Clip, R&B/Urban, "I Wanna Be Down"
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Singer
Soul Train Music Awards
R&B-Hip-Hop New Artist of the Year
R&B/Soul Artist, Female, "I Wanna Be Down"
1996
American Music Award
Favorite New Artist Soul/R&B
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
Favorite Female Artist, R&B
Favorite Female-New Artist
BMI Pop Award
"Sittin' Up in My Room"
NAACP Image Award
Outstanding New Artist
Outstanding Youth Actress in a Television Series for "Moesha," Won
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Song, "Baby"
Favorite Singer
Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Award
Best R&B/Soul New Artist
Best R&B/Soul Album of The Year, Solo, Brandy
Best R&B/Single, Solo, "I Wanna Be Down"
Best R&B/Soul Song of The Year, "I Wanna Be Down"
1997
MTV Movie Award
Best Song from a Film, "Sittin' Up in My Room" (from "Waiting To Exhale")
NAACP Image Award
Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress, "Moesha," Won
Soul Train Music Awards
The Aretha Franklin Award for Entertainer of the Year
1998
Billboard Music Award
Dance Maxi Sales Single of the Year, "The Boy Is Mine"
R&B Sales Single of the Year, "The Boy Is Mine"
Hot C Sales Single of Year, "The Boy is Mine"
MTV Europe Music Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, "Moesha," Won
Favorite International Singer, Brandy
1999
BMI Pop Award
for "The Boy Is Mine"
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
Favorite Actress - Horror, "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer"
Grammy Award
Best R&B Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal, "The Boy Is Mine"
Image Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, "Moesha"
Teen Choice Award
Choice Female Artist
2000
BMI Pop Award
for "Almost Doesn't Count"
for "The Boy Is 452% Congress of Racial Equality Awards
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award
2001
Stellar Award
Most Notable Achievement, The Norwood Kids Foundation
2002
BMI Urban Award
for "What about Us?"
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