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Bobby Brown

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BDance-popHip hop

Bobby Brown is a Contemporary R&B and Dance-pop act. Their catalogue also touches Hip hop and Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Babyface, Ja Rule, Glenn Medeiros, New Edition and Shock G. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby Brown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ralph Tresvant, Al B. Sure!, Bell Biv DeVoe, Color Me Badd and Blackstreet, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Charlie Puth, Gym Class Heroes, El DeBarge, Justin Bieber and Alyson Williams, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 62 connections around Bobby Brown, reaching back through Babyface and forward to Charlie Puth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Bobby BrownBabyfaceJa RuleGlenn MedeirosNew EditionShock GTeddy RileyVal YoungSugeCharlie PuthGym Class HeroesEl DeBargeJustin BieberAlyson WilliamsSWVRuben StuddardI'm Your Baby TonightRalph TresvantAl B. Sure!Bell Biv DeVoeColor Me BaddBlackstreetPebblesTroopDeBarge

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Bobby Brown connections

Bobby Brown grew out of Babyface, Ja Rule, Glenn Medeiros and New Edition, shares an orbit with Ralph Tresvant, Al B. Sure!, Bell Biv DeVoe and Color Me Badd, went on to shape Charlie Puth, Gym Class Heroes, El DeBarge and Justin Bieber. 62 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Bobby Brown

Roots18

Sounds and acts that shaped Bobby Brown.

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Kindred17

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Bobby Brown.

Bands Bobby Brown shaped

Legacy27

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