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)PeakpositionAustralian ARIA Album Chartshttp://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060410-0000/issue833.pdf57Austrian Albums Chart66Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)47Dutch Albums Chart47European Top 100 Albums42French SNEP Albums Chart51German Albums Chart31Irish Albums Chart71New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart8Swiss Albums Chart18UK Albums Chart29U.S. Billboard 2002U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums1

Certifications

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

References

Category:2005 albums
Category:Debut albums
Category:Hip hop albums
Category:Crunk albums
Category:R&B albums