Pop-oriented RB vocalist Chris Brown debuted with the Scott Storch-produced Run It and became the first male solo artist to release a single that went straight to the top of the Billboard singles chart Only 16 at the time Brown came from a small town…

A popular Hollywood burlesque act, the Pussycat Dolls emerged as mainstream fixtures when they became an outlet for big-name celebrities looking to embrace their inner sex kittens. As a musical act, the Dolls scored huge hits with a familiar albeit …

One of the more real urban songstresses out there in the mid-2000s Keyshia Cole worked her way up the industry ladder diligently yet quickly making her major-label debut in 2004 at age 21 Born on the other side of the California Bay -- the often toug…