It proved to be more successful than her debut album. She didn’t suffer from the sophomore jinx with this album. She worked with heavy hitters like David Foster, Diane Warren, Rodney Jerkins, Dallas Austin, Harvey Mason Jr. She released her sophomore album Never Say Never in 1998. She couldn’t let music go so she decided to get back in the studio. She co-starred with her idol Whitney Houston. She made history as the first African American actress to portray Cinderella in 1997. The show came out in 1996 and lasted for six seasons.
The acting bug bit her again when she starred on her own TV show Moesha. It was a massive hit single for the r&b princess. She sang the song “Sittin’ Up in My Room”. Whitney Houston personally picked her to perform on the soundtrack. She contributed a song on the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack.
This album helped establish Brandy as a successful r&b artist. “Best Friend” and “Brokenhearted” also appeared in the top 10 on the r&b charts. “I Wanna Be Down” and “Baby” reached number one on the r&b charts. Two of the songs on this album were number one r&b singles. The sales for this album were initially slow, but it proved to be a little-engine-that-could. It received positive reviews from the critics.
The songs on this album were a mix of soft hip-hop soul, pop and r&b. She released her self-titled album in 1994. She was signed to Atlantic Records in 1993. She didn’t let the failure of that show stop her. She appeared on the TV show Thea in 1993. Many people may assume that she started her career as a singer, but she didn’t. Tennessee leads the country in enacting new laws that target transgender people, including banning transgender athletes from playing girls' public school sports.Brandy was born Brandy Rayana Norwood on February 11, 1979. TJ Osborne’s decision to come out publicly also led them to address the divisive political conversations about LGBTQ issues, especially in Tennessee. However, when you go to shows, you see people of all walks of life enjoying it.” “But there has been this kind of undercurrent of… there’s a vault and only certain people are allowed in. “Country music is a beautiful genre,” said John Osborne. While there are many other openly gay artists and songwriters currently working in country music, including Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Brooke Eden, Shane McAnally and Lily Rose, Osborne is one of the most prominent. Other country artists waited years to publicly come out, such as Chely Wright and later on Ty Herndon, citing concerns about the effect it might have on their careers. While TJ Osborne was open about his sexuality with his close friends and family, doubts kept him from deciding on when to publicly announce it. “I was like, this might actually be the last record we ever do in our life, and let’s record it as if it is. “So there was an element to recording ‘Skeletons’ that it felt like it was the end of times, you know,” said John Osborne. When they resumed recording, TJ was waylaid by salmonella poisoning, then a tornado struck Nashville in March of 2020, knocking out power to the East Nashville neighborhood where they were recording.īy the time they went back to finish the album, the coronavirus pandemic and shutdowns had begun. One thing he learned, and kept learning later when COVID-19 hit, was the world wasn’t going to end if he hit the pause button. I had to be away from family,” said John Osborne. They had to initially delay recording while John Osborne took time off for therapy to deal his depression and anxiety that had gotten so bad he was seriously reconsidering his musical career.
Even recording their album felt like a series of hurdles to overcome.