Born Christopher Maurice Brown and raised in Tappahannock, Virginia, signs of Brown’s talent first came at age 11 when he was trying to mimic Usher on TV. At age 13, Chris was discovered by a local production team, which moved him to New York City to start his singing career. Chris Brown started recording with Jive Records at age 15 and released his first album titled Chris Brown. His album hit no. 2 on the top 200 charts almost instantly. The Chris and Rihanna situation got Chris in big trouble. After all the drama was over, Chris released his new album Graffiti and is not slowing down. His hot new singles “I Can Transform Ya” and “Crawl” are hitting the top charts hard.