Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), known professionally as Brandy, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, television entertainer, actress, and film producer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran’Nu. Born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Carson, California, the RIAA ranks Norwood as one of the best-selling female artists in American music history, having sold over 10.5 million copies[3] of her five studio albums in the United States and over 25 million albums worldwide, to date.