Bobby Brown Net Worth (2024)
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Bobby Brown Solo Career

Brown’s second album, Don’t Be Cruel (1988) was a commercial success, featuring five Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles, such as the number one hit “My Prerogative” and the Grammy Award-winning “Every Little Step.”

Bobby Brown produced two tracks for the Ghostbusters II soundtrack back in 1989. 

He also appeared in numerous movies such as A Thin Line Between Love and Hate and Two Can Play That Game, among others. 

New Edition

Candy Girl was a top-20 hit on Billboard’s R&B Singles Chart in 1983, with Brown singing co-lead featuring Bell and Tresvant on the opening track.

With their self-titled second album, the band had become a mainstream phenomenon. Brown also co-wrote and co-led the breakout hits “Cool It Now” and “Mr. Telephone Man” on the record.

But, then things tend to go southways, sometimes… 

Though popular, Brown believed they’re never fairly compensated for their efforts, stating: “The most I saw from all the tours and all the records we sold was $500 and a VCR.” 

Brown is said to have grown envious of the publicity lavished on fellow New Edition member Ralph Tresvant, and during most of the band’s tour shows, he’d frequently step out of his place and act out of turn, singing and acting seductively, raising concerns among the management team.

Moreover…

The manner in which Brown was excluded from the party sparked some debate.

Some believe that Brown asked for it, but according to a VH-1 Behind the Music documentary on the band, Brown was evicted by the band through their management team, despite the fact that the members, especially Tresvant, were opposed to it. 

Which leads us to…

…Bobby Brown’s solo career journey. After his exit from New Edition, Bobby Brown immediately signed a record deal with his former band’s recording label, MCA. 

Here’s the best part…

In 1986, the company produced his debut album, King of Stage. Brown had a number-one R&B single with the ballad “Girlfriend”, however the album struggled to make record sales well.

Brown rested for a while and focused on his follow-up album. Don’t Be Cruel.

Released in 1988, the album generated numerous top ten hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100, such as the number-one song, the self-penned “My Prerogative”, which became, together with “Every Little Step”, trademark hits for the artist. 

Acting Breakthrough

Bobby Brown made his acting debut with a guest appearance as the Mayor’s doorman in the 1989 film hit Ghostbusters II. 

He played all three roles of the Three Blind Mice in the HBO children’s film Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme the following year.

Brown negotiated a partnership with Bravo in 2005 to organize the reality series Being Bobby Brown, however it’s reported that he’d have to persuade producers that his ex-wife Whitney Houston will also join the show. 

What’s the wife got to say?…

Later, Whitney Houston revealed to Oprah Winfrey that she decided to do it because she “loved him” and “did everything he wanted because I was his wife.” 

The program was described as “unquestionably the most hideous and lamentable series ever to drip its way into television” by the Hollywood Reporter.

Soon after, the couple divorced.