Once he started a solo career, Bobby Brown enjoyed commercial and critical success with his second album Don't Be Cruel which spawned five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including the number one hit "My Prerogative", and the Grammy Award-winning "Every Little Step".
59 Facts About Bobby Brown
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In 1989, Bobby Brown contributed two songs to the soundtrack of Ghostbusters II.
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Also in 1992, Bobby Brown married the superstar singer Whitney Houston, with whom he later had a daughter named Bobbi Kristina Bobby Brown.
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Bobby Brown appeared in the films A Thin Line Between Love and Hate and Two Can Play That Game.
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Bobby Brown returned to New Edition for a reunion album and tour from 1996 to 1997, and returned with all six members for another stint in 2005.
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Bobby Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts, as one of eight children.
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Bobby Brown joined the church choir, where he recognized and developed his singing abilities.
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Bobby Brown's first full lead vocal performance was on the New Edition ballad "Jealous Girl", which was a minor hit when it charted in 1983.
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Bobby Brown was featured on two more New Edition albums before leaving the group in early 1986.
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Bobby Brown later said he felt that the group's management treated them "like little slaves by people who were only interested in money and power, and not in the welfare of New Edition".
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Some controversy arose over the way Bobby Brown was removed from the group.
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Bobby Brown laid low for more than a year while working on his follow-up album.
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In 1989, Bobby Brown contributed two songs to the soundtrack of Ghostbusters II, and he had a cameo role in the film.
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In 1990, Bobby Brown performed "Tap into My Heart" at the 1990 MTV Awards, and was set to release the album Mystical Magic, but it was eventually shelved for reasons unknown and wasn't released.
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In 1990, Bobby Brown was featured on the number-one hit "She Ain't Worth It" by Glenn Medeiros, making it his second number 1 hit on the pop chart, and collaborated with Babyface for the remix of the latter's single "Tender Lover" that same year.
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Bobby Brown received his third American Music Award in January 1993.
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Bobby Brown was signed to Murder Inc Records, but that label had already begun to dissolve, so Bobby Brown's tenure with them was brief.
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In 2006, Bobby Brown appeared adding vocals to Damian Marley's song "Beautiful" on Marley's album, Welcome to Jamrock.
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When controversial comments that Bobby Brown made about his ex-wife, Whitney Houston, were leaked to the media, he backed out of the project.
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In 2010, Bobby Brown was featured in a duet with singer Macy Gray on the song "Real Love" on Gray's album The Sellout.
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Bobby Brown's fiancee is one of my best friends in the whole world.
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On February 14,2017, Bobby Brown performed at the Valentine's Day Music Festival with Keith Sweat, Avant and El DeBarge.
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Bobby Brown made his first reunited appearance with New Edition at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Bobby Brown contributed lead vocals on two hit singles, "Hit Me Off" and "You Don't Have to Worry".
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Bobby Brown later admitted that he was struggling with drug addiction and alcoholism during the tour.
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In 2005, at the BET 25th Anniversary Special, Bobby Brown again reunited with New Edition.
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Bobby Brown made his acting debut with a cameo appearance in the 1989 film, Ghostbusters II, playing the Mayor's doorman.
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Bobby Brown made other guest appearances in the films Two Can Play That Game, Gang of Roses, Nora's Hair Salon and Go for Broke.
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In June 2007, Bobby Brown took part in the ITV television series 24 Hours With.
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Bobby Brown was furious and threatened to beat Campbell up live on air.
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In 2021, Bobby Brown competed in season five of The Masked Singer as the wild card contestant "Crab".
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At one point after performing Rick James's song "Give It to Me Baby", Bobby Brown had to be briefly taken to his dressing room when he became overheated and short of breath in his costume.
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Bobby Brown was later eliminated on Week 7 alongside Tamera Mowry as "Seashell".
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Bobby Brown is an executive-producer of both the documentary-style and reality television series about his life.
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In 1995, Bobby Brown was with Steven Sealy when Sealy was targeted in a drive-by shooting.
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Bobby Brown first met Whitney Houston at the Soul Train Music Awards in 1989.
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In 1991, Bobby Brown proposed marriage to Houston and the couple married at Houston's estate on July 18,1992.
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Houston and Bobby Brown later collaborated on the hit single "Something in Common", which included their daughter at the end of the music video.
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In 2003, Bobby Brown was charged with battery after an altercation with Houston.
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In 2005, the couple participated in the reality show Being Bobby Brown, which gave a picture of their lives behind the scenes.
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Houston told Winfrey that Bobby Brown had been abusive during their marriage and even spat on her on one occasion while drunk.
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Bobby Brown then excused himself from the stage and New Edition finished the remainder of the show.
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Bobby Brown appeared at Houston's memorial service in New Jersey but was asked to leave by the family's security.
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In 2009, Bobby Brown had a son named Cassius with his partner of two years, manager Alicia Etheredge.
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Bobby Brown's eldest, Landon, was born on June 22,1986 to Melika Williams.
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Bobby Brown has two children with Kim Ward, whom he met around 1980; daughter La'Princia was born on 1989 and and son Bobby Brown, Jr.
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At two months pregnant, Ward found out Bobby Brown was engaged to Whitney Houston.
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Bobby Brown's only child with Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was born on March 4,1993.
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Bobby Brown has three children with Alicia Etheredge: a son born in 2009, and daughters born in 2015 and 2016.
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Bobby Brown rushed to his daughter's side and released a statement to the press requesting them to respect the family's privacy.
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Bobby Brown said that his drug of choice was marijuana and that he had developed alcoholism at an early age.
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Bobby Brown claimed Houston introduced him to cocaine shortly before their wedding in 1992.
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Since 1989, Bobby Brown has been arrested multiple times for various offenses:.
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Bobby Brown popularized the Roger Rabbit dance, as performed in the music video for his song "Every Little Step", along with the Gumby-style hi-top fade.
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Bobby Brown has claimed that he taught Michael Jackson how to do the moonwalk.
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Bobby Brown was spoofed by Aries Spears on MADtv, with Whitney Houston portrayed by Debra Wilson.
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Bobby Brown was spoofed by Tracy Morgan and Finesse Mitchell on Saturday Night Live.
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Bobby Brown is portrayed by Ashton Sanders in the Whitney Houston biopic, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, that was released Christmas 2022.
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However, Bobby Brown wore a less sagging variation during some concerts and in music videos, such as "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step".