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 * //__Brandy__//**

Brandy Rayana Norwood was born on February 30th, 1979 in McComb, Mississippi to Willie Norwood, Sr. and Sonja Bates-Norwood. Her mother knew when Brandy was born that she would grow to be a star. Therefore, Sonja began training Brandy to sing. Ironically, Brandy began singing before she could even talk. Brandy continued singing but never believed that she would one day be a superstar. When Brandy became a teenager, a manager named Chris Strokes discovered Brandy and beagn scouting her for record labels. Eventually she was signed to Atlantic Recording Corporation at the age of 14. From that point on Brandy has been a huge success in the music industry recording five award winning albums. She also expanded her career to act in movies such as "Cinderella."

__Citations__ //Brandy Norwood//. The New York Times Company. Web. [].