A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Monday honoring Brandy for a more than three-decade career that has made her one of the best-selling female singers of all time.<\/p>\n
Singer\/music producer Kenneth \u201cBabyface\u201d Edmonds and actress, writer and producer Issa Rae were among those joining Brandy at the ceremony at 6201 Hollywood Blvd., near Arygle Avenue.<\/p>\n
Edmonds wrote and produced \u201cSittin\u2019 Up in My Room,\u201d which brought Brandy a best female R&B vocal performance Grammy nomination in 1997. Rae has said she was inspired by Brandy\u2019s 1996-2001 UPN comedy \u201cMoesha.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ceremony came one day before the release of Brandy\u2019s memoir \u201cPhases.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandy called the honor \u201cmind-blowing.\u201d She said growing up near Hollywood made her dreams \u201cfeel close enough to touch.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing the stars on the Walk of Fame let something in me,\u201d she said. \u201cIt made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life \u2014 I\u2019m going to sing my way onto one of these stars. And I did. That is what makes this moment so profound for me, so full circle, so sacred. I am beyond grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cA star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn\u2019t just celebrate your success. It cements your story. It doesn\u2019t just honor your work. It immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says you didn\u2019t just arrive, you endured. You didn\u2019t just dream. You became. \u2026 It means you made it in a way that stands the test of time, not just in popularity, not just in the moment, but in a way that leaves fingerprints on culture, on art and on history. That humbles me deeply.\u201d<\/p>\n
The star is the 2,839th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the initial 1,558 stars.<\/p>\n
Born Brandy Rayana Norwood on Feb, 11, 1979, in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Carson, Brandy began singing when she was 2 years old. She released her self-titled debut album in 1994. It sold 6 million copies worldwide. Its U.S. sales of 2.1 million gave it four-time platinum status according to the trade group, the Recording Industry Association of America.<\/p>\n
Brandy received the first two of her 13 Grammy nominations in 1996 for best new artist, which was won by the rock band, Hootie & the Blowfish, and best female R&B vocal performance for \u201cBaby.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to her nomination for \u201cSittin\u2019 Up in My Room,\u201d she was also nominated in 1997 for best pop collaboration with vocals for \u201cMissing You,\u201d when she was a late replacement for Mary J. Blige, in joining Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan for \u201cMissing You.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandy won her lone Grammy in 1999 for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal when she teamed with Monica for \u201cThe Boy is Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n
The nomination was one of four for Brandy that year. She was also nominated for best R&B song and record of the year for \u201cThe Boy is Mine\u201d and best R&B album for \u201cNever Say Never,\u201d her second album, which included \u201cThe Boy is Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNever Say Never\u201d sold 4.6 million copies in the U.S., achieving five-time platinum status.<\/p>\n
Brandy was nominated for best female R&B vocal performance in 2000 for \u201cAlmost Doesn\u2019t Count\u201d; best contemporary R&B album in 2003 for \u201cFull Moon\u201d and in 2005 for \u201cAfrodisiac.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her most recent Grammy nominations came in 2019 for best R&B performance for \u201cLove Again\u201d and in 2024 for best pop duo\/group performance for a remix of \u201cThe Boy is Mine\u201d with Ariana Grande and Monica.<\/p>\n
Brandy received a Black Music Icon Award from the Recording Academy on Jan. 29. The award recognizes Black music creators \u201cwhose artistry, innovation and service have shaped the industry and inspired generations around the world,\u201d according to the academy.<\/p>\n
Brandy became the first Black actress to play the role of Cinderella in the 1997 ABC made-for-television movie. She reprised the role in the 2024 Disney+ musical teen fantasy comedy film \u201cDescendants: The Rise of Red\u201d and will return to the role in \u201cDescendants: Wicked Wonderland,\u201d set to premiere this summer on Disney Channel.<\/p>\n
Her other acting credits include the 1998 slasher film \u201cI Still Know What You Did Last Summer,\u201d the BET comedy-drama \u201cThe Game,\u201d the 2016 BET comedy \u201cZoe\u201d; the Fox musical drama \u201cStar\u201d; and the 2021-22 ABC musical drama \u201cQueens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Monday honoring Brandy for a more than three-decade…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":693317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[12005,1582,276,17746,131423,2961,224,5337,581,44225,79783],"class_list":["post-693316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-brandy","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-fame","tag-honoring","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-star","tag-unveiled","tag-walk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116320264971767806","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}