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.

Chris Brown
Studio album by Chris Brown
Released	November 29, 2005
Recorded	2004-2005
Genre	Hip hop crunk R&B
Length	55:44
Label	Jive Zomba
Producer	Chris Brown Tina Davis Mark Pitts (co-exec.) Scott Storch Jermaine Dupri Bryan-Michael Cox Kendrick Dean The Underdogs Dre & Vidal Shea Taylor Tyler Matthews Cool & Dre Sean Garrett Nick Pope Hunter Atkins Dabling Harward Shannon "Slam" Lawrence Oak Eddie Hustle Carlos Paucar LRoc
Chris Brown chronology
Chris Brown (2005) Exclusive (2007)
Singles from Chris Brown
"Run It!" Released: May 19, 2005 "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" Released: December 13, 2005 "Gimme That" Released: March 1, 2006 "Say Goodbye" Released: August 8, 2006 "Poppin'" Released: November 21, 2006

Track listing

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Christopher Brown Edmund Clement	Eddie Hustle	0:56
2.	"Run It!" (featuring Juelz Santana)	Scott Storch Sean Garrett LaRon James	Scott Storch Sean Garrett*	3:49
3.	"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"	Johntá Austin Andre Harris Vidal Davis	Dre & Vidal	3:49
4.	"Young Love"	Vinny Barrett Antonio Dixon Bobby Eli Keri Hilson Harvey Mason, Jr. Patrick "J. Que" Smith Damon Thomas	The Underdogs Antonio Dixon	3:38
5.	"Gimme That"	Scott Storch Sean Garrett	Scott Storch Sean Garrett*	3:06
6.	"Ya Man Ain't Me"	Erik Dawkins A. Dixon D. Thomas H. Mason, Jr. Steve Russell Durrell "Tank" Babbs	The Underdogs Antonio Dixon*	3:34
7.	"Winner"	C. Brown Bryan-Michael Cox Kendrick Dean Adonis Shropshire	Bryan-Michael Cox Kendrick "WyldCard" Dean*	4:04
8.	"Ain't No Way (You Won't Love Me)"	Warren Felder Zhang Fuquan S. Garrett	Sean Garrett Oak*	3:23
9.	"What's My Name?" (featuring Noah)	C. Brown Andre Lyon Stephens Noah Marcello Valenzano	Cool & Dre	3:52
10.	"Is This Love?"	E. Dawkins A. Dixon H. Mason Jr. S. Russell D. Thomas	The Underdogs	3:17
11.	"Poppin'"	J. Austin A. Harris V. Davis	Dre & Vidal	4:25
12.	"Just Fine"	C. Brown Daniel Glass Lance Bennett Michael Winans Peter Zora Shannon Lawrence	Lance Bennett Mike Winans Shannon "Slam" Lawrence	3:52
13.	"Say Goodbye"	B. Cox K. Dean A. Shropshire	Bryan-Michael Cox	4:49
14.	"Run It! (Remix)" (featuring Bow Wow and Jermaine Dupri)	Jermaine Dupri S. Garrett Shad Moss S. Storch	Jermaine Dupri^ Scott Storch LRoc*^ Sean Garrett*	4:04
15.	"Thank You"	C. Brown Tina Davis Lamont "LA" Fleming Shea Taylor	Shea Taylor	4:27
16.	"Gimme That (Remix)" (featuring Lil Wayne)	S. Storch S. Garrett Dwayne Carter	Scott Storch	3:56
Total length:				55:44

• (*) 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[1]	57
Austrian Albums Chart[2]	66
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[2]	47
Dutch Albums Chart[2]	47
European Top 100 Albums[3]	42
French SNEP Albums Chart[2]	51
German Albums Chart[2]	31
Irish Albums Chart[2]	71
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[2]	8
Swiss Albums Chart[2]	18
UK Albums Chart[2]	29
U.S. Billboard 200[4]	2
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[4]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5]	Gold	35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[6]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[7]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[8]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone

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