Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11 1979), known professionally as Brandy, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, and film producer. Discovered by Atlantic Records when she was a member of a youth singing group, she released her self-titled debut album in 1994 at the age of fifteen. Following a major success with "The Boy Is Mine," a duet with singer Monica for which she won a Grammy Award, and her second album Never Say Never in 1998, a series of hit records established her position as one of the most successful of the new breed of urban R&B female vocalists to emerge in the mid-to late 1990s.

While maintaining a recording career Norwood also gained fame for starring in several film and television productions, including popular UPN sitcom Moesha (1996-2001), a supporting role in the 1998 horror sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and starring roles in a 1997 version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and Double Platinum, two of televisions highest rated special programs.

The RIAA ranks Norwood as one of the best-selling female artists in American music history, having sold over 10.5 million copies of her four studio albums in the United States and over 25 million albums worldwide. Additionally, she has won over 100 awards as a recording artist.

Brandy is both an actress and an R&B singer. She is best known for her starring role in the UPN sitcom Moesha, and for hit records such as “Sittin’ Up in My Room”, “Have You Ever”, and “The Boy is Mine.” Throughout her career, she has received eleven Grammy nominations. When Brandy was 15, she was able to land a record deal with Atlantic Records, and in 1994 her first album, Brandy, was released, reaching gold status in less than two months, and quadruple platinum status soon after