Chris Brown Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A Pop music, pop and hip-hop-influenced contemporary R&B, R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "Honorific nic ...

is an American R&B singer-songwriter and actor who has appeared in many

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s. His videography consists of 99 music videos (including 119 as a featured artist), 19 guest appearances, 4

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s, 8 film appearances and 11 television appearances. Brown's first music video was for his debut single "

Run It! "Run It!" is the debut single by American singer Chris Brown featuring American rapper Juelz Santana. It was produced by Scott Storch, who wrote the song alongside Sean Garrett and Santana. The song appeared on Brown's self-titled debut albu ...

", taken from his

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debut album. Directed by

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, the video "introduced the world" to Brown's dance moves. White and Brown directed the accompanying music video for the second single "

Yo (Excuse Me Miss) "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" is a song by American singer Chris Brown. It was written by Johntá Austin along with Dre & Vidal, Andre Harris and Dre & Vidal, Vidal Davis from production duo Dre & Vidal for Brown's Chris Brown (album), self-titled debut ...

", which made reference to

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. Some of Brown's other videos have been noted for its similarities to Jackson's work, including his music videos for " Wall to Wall" (2007), "

Yeah 3x "Yeah 3x" (pronounced "Yeah three times", "Yeah Yeah Yeah", or “Yeah three-x”); sometimes stylized as "Yeah 3X") is a song by American singer Chris Brown, released as the lead single from his fourth studio album ''F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown alb ...

" (2010), "

She Ain't You "She Ain't You" is a song by American singer Chris Brown. The mid-tempo R&B record was written by Brown, Jean Baptiste, Ryan Buendia, Kevin McCall and Jason Boyd, and was produced by Free School. It was sent to urban contemporary radio in the U ...

" (2011) and " Turn Up the Music" (2012). In 2007, Brown made his acting debut in the film, ''

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'', as Duron. That same year, he also appeared in '' This Christmas'' as Michael "Baby" Whitfield. Brown's music video for the single "

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" (2008) was directed by Joseph Kahn and was "highly regarded as one of the best videos of 2008". It earned Brown three nominations at the

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in the categories of

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and Video of the Year. Joseph Kahn also directed the music videos for the singles "

I Can Transform Ya "I Can Transform Ya" is a song by American singer Chris Brown from his third album ''Graffiti''. The song features vocals from American rappers Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz. The artists co-wrote the song with Lonny Bereal, Trayce Green, and Jason " ...

" and "

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", taken from Brown's third studio album ''

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'' (2009). In 2010, Brown appeared in the film, ''

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'', as Jesse Attica. Which he produced as well His music video for " Look at Me Now" (from his fourth studio album '' F.A.M.E.'') was well received by critics for displaying various colors and intricate routines performed by Brown and several dancers. It won Video of the Year at the

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Colin Tilley Colin Tilley (born June 27, 1988) is an American filmmaker, music video director, and television commercial director. Tilley is the CEO and owner of Boy in the Castle Productions. He has directed more than 300 music videos. Tilley directed, pr ...

directed the video for " Next to You" — a collaboration with

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, which was set in a post-apocalyptic environment. The music video for " Beautiful People" featured personal footage of Brown's everyday life and cameo appearances from

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, Bow Wow,

T-Pain Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), known professionally as T-Pain, is an American singer and rapper. He is known for popularizing creative use of Auto-Tune pitch correction, often used with extreme parameter settings to create electro ...

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and

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, among others. In 2012, Brown starred in the film, ''

Think Like a Man ''Think Like a Man'' is a 2012 American romantic comedy film directed by Tim Story, written by Keith Merryman and David A. Newman, and produced by Will Packer. It was based on Steve Harvey's 2009 book '' Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man''. The f ...

'', as Alex.

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