- Brooke Valentine
Infobox musical artist
Name = Brooke Valentine
Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1985|10|5
Origin = Houston,Texas ,United States
Instrument = Vocals
Occupation =Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 2004-Present
Label = Subliminal Entertainment
URL = [http://www.brookevalentine.com Official website]Brooke Valentine (born October 5, 1985),Fact|date=September 2008 is an American R&B
singer-songwriter . She started her musical career as a member of the female group Best Kept Secret. [ [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/brooke_valentine/bio.jhtml Brooke Valentine biography] ] To pursue a solo career, she moved toLos Angeles, California and signed to Subliminal Entertainment/Virgin Records .She released her debut album "Chain Letter" in March of 2005. It sold 340,000 copies in the United States.Noah Berlatsky (August 17, 2007). [http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/musicreviews/2007/070817/ Get Big or Go Home] "Chicago Reader". Accessed September 4, 2008.] The album features her hit debut single, "Girlfight" released late 2004, in a collaboration with rappers
Big Boi andLil Jon , a song about tension between two girls which ends up in acatfight .The first single from her second album "Physical Education" was "
D-Girl " ("Dope Girl"), which did not chart, along with a second single, "Pimped Out ", in November 2006. The release of the album was canceled during the Capitol & Virgin Records merge in 2007, the future of the project is currently unknown. Valentine has been in the studio working on her next album, due out in 2009.Fact|date=October 2008Discography
Albums
* "Chain Letter"
** Released: March 15, 2005
** Label: Subliminal Entertainment/Virgin Records
** Chart Positions: #16 U.S. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:k1dqoarawijn~T50 U.S. album chart positions] ]
** U.S. Sales: 340,000
** Singles: "Girlfight", "Long as You Come Home "* "Physical Education"
** Released: Unreleased
** Singles: "D-Girl ", "Pimped Out "ingles
Album appearances
Extras
* 2006: "H-Town Shit" (Brooke Valentine featuring
Bun B )References
External links
* [http://www.brookevalentine.com Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/brookevalentine Brooke Valentine] atMySpace
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