This forthcoming album follows his Grammy award-winning album 11:11 (Deluxe) (for Best R&B Album), which had the RIAA Platinum hit single “Residuals.” Chris Brown was also the musician with the most wins last year at the NAACP Image Awards garnering three awards, including one for Outstanding Male Artist, which he’s won four times and is tied with Usher for winning the most times. Chris Brown also won two more awards at the 2025 BET Awards – Best Male R&B/Pop Artist and Viewer’s Choice Award (for “Residuals”).
To date, Chris Brown currently stands as the R&B singer with the most Hot 100 entries in Billboard history and is in the top 10 of all artists across all genres with the most RIAA multi-Platinum certifications.
Last year, Chris Brown dropped two singles — “It Depends,” which got an alternate version featuring Bryson Tiller & Usher (click here to listen), and “Holy Blindfold” (click here to listen). All three tracks dropped during Chris Brown’s global stadium tour, Breezy Bowl XX, that celebrated the 20th anniversary of his first album release and his career. Breezy Bowl XX is Brown’s best-selling and highest-grossing tour to date and, became the highest-grossing tour ever by a solo Black American male artist, earning nearly $300 million and drawing 2 million fans across stadiums in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. 
Grammy winning R&B artists Chris Brown and Leon Thomas reunite for Chris Brown’s new single “Fallin’” — click here to listen. This latest single, alongside previously released single “Obvious” and Grammy nominated track “It Depends” featuring Bryson Tiller, will be on Chris Brown’s forthcoming 12th solo studio album, BROWN, set to be released May 8th via Chris Brown Entertainment/RCA Records — click here to pre-save/pre-order the album.
In addition to the new album, Chris Brown and Usher jointly posted a commercial on Instagram recently (click here to watch) to announce their North American stadium tour, The R&B Tour (Raymond & Brown) — for more information/to purchase tickets, click here. The now 40-date outing, with the 7 extra shows newly announced, kicks off on Friday, June 26 at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, making stops in major cities including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami and more.
