Chris Brown (album)

***Chris Brown*** is the self-titled debut album by American R&B recording artist Chris Brown. It was released on November 29, 2005 by Jive Records. The album also earned Brown his first two Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2006. The album is mainly a hip hop and R&B album.

## Track listing

- (*) Denotes co-producer.
- (^) Denotes additional producer.

- Samples credits
- "Run It!" contains a portion of the composition from "I Know What Boys Like" as performed by The Waitresses, and written by Christopher Butler.
- "Young Love" samples "Sideshow" as performed by Blue Magic, and written by Bobby Eli and Vinny Barrett.
- "Ain't No Way (You Won't Love Me)" contains a portion of the composition from "Song of the Dragon & Phoenix" written by Zhang Fuquan.
- "Run It! Remix" samples "Jam-Master Jay" as performed by Run-DMC, and written by Darryl McDaniels, Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons, Larry Smith, Russell Simmons.

## Promotion

Through the winter, Brown joined the Scream V Encore Tour, featuring Ciara, Bow Wow, Omarion and Marques Houston, as a supporting act. Later, he headlined the Xbox 360 Presents: Chris Brown Tour, supported by T-Pain.

## Charts

|Chart (2005)|Peak position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Australian ARIA Album Charts|align="center"|57|
|Austrian Albums Chart|align="center"|66|
|Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)|align="center"|47|
|Dutch Albums Chart|align="center"|47|
|European Top 100 Albums|align="center"|42|
|French SNEP Albums Chart|align="center"|51|
|German Albums Chart|align="center"|31|
|Irish Albums Chart|align="center"|71|
|New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart|align="center"|8|
|Swiss Albums Chart|align="center"|18|
|UK Albums Chart|align="center"|29|
|U.S. _Billboard_ 200|align="center"|2|
|U.S. _Billboard_ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|align="center"|1|

## Personnel

- Executive producers: Chris Brown, Tina Davis, Mark Pitts
- Art direction: Courtney Walter
- A&R: Leticia Hilliard, Matt Schwartz
- Assistant engineers: Val Brathwrite, Vadim Chislov, Anthony G. Crisano, Patrick Magee, Lucas McClelland, Tadd Mingo, Aaron Renner
- Bass: David Cabrerra
- Design: Courtney Walter
- Engineers: Wayne Allison, Vincent Dilorenzo, Conrad Golding, John Horesco IV, Eddie Hustle, Charles McCrorey, Oak, Keith Sengbusch, Sam Thomas
- Guitar: Val Brathwrite, Aaron Fishbein

- Keyboards: Kendrick Dean
- Mastering: Herb Powers
- Mixing: Kevin "KD" Davis, Vincent Dilorenzo, Jermaine Dupri, Jean-Marie Horvat, Eddie Hustle, Rich Keller, Phil Tan, The Underdogs
- Mixing assistant: Val Brathwrite, Steve Tolle, Mike Tschupp
- Multi instruments: Bryan-Michael Cox, Vidal Davis, Kendrick Dean, Andre Harris
- Photography: Clay Patrick McBridge
- Remix producer: Jermaine Dupri, L-Rock
- Vocals (background): Steve Russell
- Vocal producer: Lamont "LA" Flemming, Shannon "Slam" Lawrence
- Vocal recording: Charles McCrorey
- Vocal tracking: Ian Crosse

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Chris Brown
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Chris Brown (entertainer), Chris Brown
- **released**: November 29, 2005
- **recorded**: 2004-2005
- **length**: 55:44
- **next title**: Exclusive (album), Exclusive
- **next year**: 2007