Over 20 years ago, a legion of Black girls marveled at Brandy’s curled microbraids cascading from her tiara as she played Disney’s first Black princess in the 1997 musical TV film Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella; Whitney Houston co-produced and starred as the Fairy Godmother.
At the time, Brandy was just 18, but her career was about to take off. The following year, the now icon scored her first Hot 100 No.
1 with "The Boy Is Mine" featuring Monica. The track also became Brandy’s first and only Grammy win thus far. It's been eight years since her last album (2012’s Two Eleven) -- in that time, Brandy starred in Broadway’s Chicago, collaborated with Daniel Caesar and launched her own imprint, Brand Nu -- but now she’s back with B7, the
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