The police report shows that Brown punched and pushed Ocean. Later this month, he and Frank Ocean fight over a parking spot in West Hollywood.
January 2013: Reports surface that show Brown possibly lied about his community service-claiming hours when he was, in fact, outside the U.S. October 2012: Brown violates Rihanna’s restraining order and shows up at her Halloween party dressed as a terrorist.
July 2012: His fifth album, Fortune, debuts at number-one on the Billboard charts, and includes appearances from Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean and Nas. June 2012: Brown gets into a fight with Drake at a club in New York, allegedly over Rihanna, but no charges are laid and he and Drake eventually reconcile. Henson, Gabrielle Union and Kevin Hart in the romantic comedy, Think Like A Man. Tyga, T-Pain and Kelly Rowland all join him on the album tour.įebruary 2012: Brown makes his first GRAMMYs performance since the 2009 assault, and he takes home the award for Best R&B Album.Īlso in February 2012, Brown i s accused of stealing a phone from a fan who snapped a photo of him, but he is never charged with any crime.Īpril 2012: Brown is cast alongside Taraji P. June 2011: Brown wins five BET Awards for his fourth studio album, F.A.M.E., which also earns him a number-one spot on the Billboard charts. March 2011: After an interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, Brown apparently breaks a window his dressing room, seemingly agitated by a question about the 2009 assault. June 2010: Brown pulls off an intense tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards, where he chokes up while singing “Man in the Mirror.” People see it as a heartfelt apology for his assault of Rihanna, and it marks a huge turning point on his quest for forgiveness. It becomes Brown’s lowest-selling album, and critics give it negative reviews, but it debuts at number seven on the Billboard charts, and is the week’s second highest-selling debut. Although a lot of radio stations pull his songs following his sentencing, it still becomes his eighth top-20 hit on the Billboard charts.ĭecember 2009: Graffiti is released. September 2009: Brown drops “I Can Transform Ya,” the first single off his new album, Graffiti. Rihanna gets a restraining order against him. June 2009: After being charged in March, he pleads guilty to felony assault.Īugust 2009: Brown gets five years’ probation, 180 days of community service, and has to attend an anti-violence program for a year. He is supposed to appear at the 2009 GRAMMYs later this month, but he backs out.
Shocking photos of her puffy and bruised faced circulate on the internet Brown turns himself in to the LAPD, and is arrested.
Here, we chart how Brown’s infractions have been peppered with success, and how he’s managed to maintain a much better social standing than he deserves.įebruary 2009: Rihanna is hospitalized after an argument with then-boyfriend, Brown, turned physical. He has the support of fellow artists and producers even after, time and time again, he proves that he’s a troubled, violent person with a massive temper who has repeatedly assaulted women, and some men. Then, when he took his relationship with Rihanna public in 2007, it was like an R&B fairytale come to life.īut that all came crashing down in 2009 when he assaulted Rihanna, the first in a steady string of charges that have spanned the past decade, right up to today, when Brown was detained in Paris-alongside two other unnamed individuals-over allegations of sexual assault.Īnd although none of his albums have matched the success of his self-titled debut, Brown has still had a pretty stellar career, both with music and acting. He belted out the bops, and his dance moves drew comparisons to Michael Jackson. When Chris Brown released his first album in 2005, people were floored by the then 16-year-old’s talent.
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