Celebrated Name: | Bobby Brown |
Real Name/Full Name: | Robert Berisford Brown |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 55 years old |
Birth Date: | February 5, 1969 |
Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Nationality: | America |
Height: | 1.78m |
Weight: | 90Kg |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Married |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | Whitney Houston (m.1922;div.2007)
Alicia Etheredge-Brown(m.2012) |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown, Cassius Brown, Landon Brown, LaPrincia Brown, Robert (Bobby) Brown Jr.) |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | No |
Is Bobby Brown Gay?: | No |
Profession: | singer, actor, songwriter and dancer |
Salary: | N/A |
Net Worth in 2024: | $3 million |
Last Updated: | December 2024 |
Robert Berisford Brown is an American singer, actor, songwriter, and dancer. He started singing while he was a young boy. He rose to fame in the late 80s when he was a part of the R&B boy band new edition, and this is before achieving solo stardom. Brown was an energetic performer known for his energetic dance moves and was appropriately labeled as the “king of R&B” Brown became renowned for hits in the ’80s and ’90s, including “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Humpin’ Around.”
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Early Life & Biography
Robert Beresford Brown was born on February 5, 1969, to his parents Herbert Brown, a construction worker, and Carole, a schoolteacher. Brown is an American singer, actor, songwriter, and dancer. He is the seventh of eight children. Little is known about his school days, but while he was still young, he was a petty thief. Suddenly things changed when he saw his friend being stabbed. This experience changed his life. He decided together with several friends, to form a singing group that started out performing harmony covers of Larry Graham and Donny Hathaway records.
Personal Life
Brown’s first encounter with Whitney Houston was at the Soul Train music awards in 1989. they dated ad later they married at Houston’s estate on July 18, 1992. The following year they welcomed their daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Both Houston and Brown were singers who collaborated on the hit single “something in common ” they featured their daughter in the video. All the way through their marriage, they encountered periods of infidelity, domestic violence, and drug abuse. Houston filed for legal separation in September 2006, and their divorce was concluded on April 24, 2007. Brown’s wife, Houston, died on February 11, 2012.
Brown has fathered seven children. His eldest child being Landon, was born 1986 to Melika Williams. With girlfriend Kim Ward, he had daughter La’Princia born in 1989 and son Bobby Jr. born in. 1992. Brown and Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was born on March 4, 1993. Brown has three children with Alicia Etheredge son Cassius born on May 31, 2009, daughters Bodhi Jameson Rein Brown born on July 9, 2015, and Hendrix Estelle Sheba Brown born on July 21, 2016.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on February 5, 1969, Bobby Brown is 55 years old as of today’s date 20th December 2024. His height is 1.78M tall, and his weight is 90 kg.
Career
Robert Brown was in a group R&B boy band Getting he was kicked out of the group because of drug and substance abuse. He decided to make a mega-successful solo career. After his first album did not do well, his next release, Don’t Be Cruel, was released in 1988 and made him be on the top of the charts. Five songs from Don’t Be Cruel l made it to the top of Billboard 100 charts. He later released three more additional albums, but he was unsuccessful because Drugs and alcohol would engulf the singer’s career all through to the late 90s and early 2000s, as well as several stints in jail.it took him a decade to sober up.
In 1989 Brown made his acting debut with a cameo appearance film, Ghostbuster II, he played the Mayor’s doorman. In 1990, he appeared in the HBO kid’s show, Mother Goose rock playing all three characters of Three Blind Mice. He made another guest appearance in the film, panther in 1995, and took up a major role in the Martin Lawrence film ‘a thin line between love and hate.’
He made other guest appearances in other films like Two Can Play That Game, Nora’s hair salon, and Go for Broke and Gang of roses. In 2005, Brown signed a deal with Bravo to take up the direction of the television reality series, Being Bobby Brown, but had to convince his then-wife Whitney Houston to appear on the show. But in 2006, Houston refused to appear in a second season. The couple divorced shortly after. In June 2007, Brown took part in the ITV television series “24 hours with…” Brown’s later tenures in reality shows included appearances on celebrity fit club, gone country, and Real Husbands of Hollywood.
Awards & Achievements
He won his first Grammy award in 1990 for the best R&B vocal performance, and in 1989 he won the American Music Award for Favorite Male Artist-Soul/Rhythm & Blues.
Net Worth & Salary of Bobby Brown in 2024
As of December 2024, Brown’s net worth is estimated to be $3 million. His music business paced him on high ranks with his third album “Bobby” sold 3 million copies, Candy Girl, sold more than a million copies. He also decided to diversify and became a businessman; this contributed to his net worth. In 2014, he launched Bobby Brown Foods focusing on making special sauces that comprised of sauces and spices. His sauce became a top-seller. Brown engaged in executive producing. He created two biopics, namely the New Edition Story and Every Little Step.
Brown was introduced to singing by his mother at the age of 3. He dropped out of school to pursue music. He was a very violent man, which led him to be behind bars for petty reasons. Brown has reformed from drug and substance abuse.