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This is a list of Brandy products.
Real-Life Cinderella: The Story of Brandy is a look at actress/singer Brandy Norwood and her rise to fame, including her time on the long-running UPN show Moesha . [1] As well as chronicling her career, the book offers a look at the television and music industries.
The reader is given a sense of what was faced by young stars trying to come up in the mid-1990s. The author explores the hard work that went into marketing Brandy; what worked for her, and how she (and others) pulled it off. Glimpses are given of Brandy's early love life; crushes, and parental intervention. The book has lists at the end, including a discography, a list of Brandy's TV and film credits, and a list of awards bestowed upon her.
Brandy: An Intimate Look is a look at Brandy, as shared by a personal friend of hers. It is a collection of facts and personal insight, and includes a look at Brandy's family. Each chapter explores an aspect of the life and career of Norwood.
The book has colour photographs of Brandy, and a collection of quotes from her.
The book features a list of Brandy's musical, television, and movie appearances.
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| 1997 | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
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| 1998 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
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| 1999 | The Videos
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| 1999 | Double Platinum
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| 2000 | VH1 Divas Live 99 (with Tina Turner, Whitney Houston & Cher)
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In 2005, Brandy became the spokesperson for Ultima, a company for hair weaves and wigs. As of 2012, she no longer represents them.
The Brandy doll are dolls made in her likeness.
In 1999, Mattel released the Brandy Doll. The first doll featured Brandy in a reddish brown blouse with an orange Mongolian faux fur scarf around the collar. The bottom half includes a long orange skirt with a pair of gold and orange Pedal pushers pants with gold wedge pumps. This doll also comes with a microphone, and a gold platform for brandy. An Autographed poster copy is included. Because of the success of this doll, a second doll "Super Star Brandy" was released. This doll featured Brandy In a colorful African abstract patterned spaghetti strap top with a neon green jacket and chunky platform heals to match, with purple faux leather pants. On the back of the "Super Star Brandy" doll box in the bottom left hand corner features a sneak peek of all Mattel brandy doll designs including a "Coming Soon" tag under the Singing Holiday Brandy Doll released in 2000. Two more dolls followed, including another "Super Star Brandy" in 2000 and a Stylin' Hair Brandy Doll also released in 2000. This doll also includes an autographed poster copy. Mattel has two unreleased Brandy dolls, Brandy as Cinderella from the ABC's Wonderful World of Disney TV movie Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella and a Final "Super Star Brandy" with a gold microphone. Millions of the dolls were distributed and sold from (1999-2003) they were one of the biggest selling toys for Mattel. In 2024, Mattel released an official Cinderella doll, as part of Norwood's role in the film Descendants: The Rise of Red .
Brandy Rayana Norwood, better known by her mononym Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson, California, beginning her career as a backing vocalist for teen groups. After signing with Atlantic Records in 1993, she released her self-titled debut album the following year, which sold six million copies worldwide. Brandy gained fame by starring in the UPN sitcom Moesha, and further recognition for her role in the television film Cinderella (1997) and the slasher film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). Her 1998 duet with fellow R&B contemporary Monica, "The Boy Is Mine", won a Grammy Award and became one of the best-selling female duets of all time. Her second album, Never Say Never (1998), sold 16 million copies worldwide.
Barbie is a fashion doll created by American businesswoman Ruth Handler, manufactured by American toy and entertainment company Mattel and introduced on March 9, 1959. The toy was based on the German Bild Lilli doll which Handler had purchased while in Europe. The figurehead of an eponymous brand that includes a range of fashion dolls and accessories, Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for over six decades. Mattel has sold over a billion Barbie dolls, making it the company's largest and most profitable line. The brand has expanded into a multimedia franchise since 1984, including video games, animated films, television/web series, and a live-action film.
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Brandy Norwood, an American singer, songwriter and actress, has released various music videos. She first appeared in the music video for her debut single "I Wanna Be Down (1994). The Keith Ward-directed clip won the Billboard Music Award for Best New Clip, R&B/Urban. A second version, shot alongside female rappers MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, and Yo-Yo for the Human Rhythm Hip Hop Remix of "I Wanna Be Down", earned Norwood her first MTV Video Music Award nomination in the Best Rap Video at the 1995 ceremony, and received Billboard Music Award and Billboard Music Video Award nods. Norwood's video for follow-up "Baby", a collaboration with director Hype Williams, garnered a Best Choreography nomination at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. Other videos from the album included for the singles "Best Friend", and "Brokenhearted".
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The Marvelous World of Shani, also known as Shani & Friends or simply Shani, was a fashion doll line manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched in 1991. The principal designer of the dolls was longtime Mattel toy designer Kitty Black Perkins, also responsible for designing 1980's First Black Barbie doll, and many other African American dolls in the Barbie line.
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