23 years ago in 1999 Brandy released the mega single "Almost Doesn't Count"
Brandy performed it for the first time ever 23 years ago this day at The Beacon Theatre in New York and since that first performance it has gone on to be Brandy's #2 most performed song
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I use to love this song. Perfect fit to showcase her tone.
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(https://i.discogs.com/54zfR2d642v9RmjY6q92i996XIrJCUfutAEUPlImduk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:525/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1Njc1/ODgtMTMzNjk3NDM0/MS04MTgwLmpwZWc.jpeg)
(http://images.45worlds.com/f/ca/brandy-almost-doesnt-count-album-version-atlantic-ca.jpg)
The perfect single. Beautiful voice and amazing lyrics. It never gets old.
I wish all the EP's of this single were available on iTunes and other streaming platforms. The Almost Doesn't Count Remixes were everything to me in 99
Random Facts:
The songwriting team behind this song gave Christina Aguilera the mega hit "What A Girl Wants" the following year after Almost Doesn't Count
A country singer covered it in 2000 and had a Top 20 Country hit with it.
Kevin Bray the Music Video's Director also directed videos for Whitney Houston, Robyn, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion and Monica and has gone on to have quite a career Directing such TV-Series as: CSI NY, Heroes, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Game & Black-Ish
Quote from: long-timeFullMoonFan on April 13, 2022, 04:41:41 PM
Random Facts:
The songwriting team behind this song gave Christina Aguilera the mega hit "What A Girl Wants" the following year after Almost Doesn't Count
A country singer covered it in 2000 and had a Top 20 Country hit with it.
Kevin Bray the Music Video's Director also directed videos for Whitney Houston, Robyn, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion and Monica and has gone on to have quite a career Directing such TV-Series as: CSI NY, Heroes, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Game & Black-Ish
Nice! I never researched
I used to love What a girl wants. I see they also wrote I turn to you and Come on over. And a less known track Aaliyah- Turn the page
Kevin Bray also worked for Whitney that era
1998
Brandy – "Have You Ever?"
1999
Jennifer Lopez – "No Me Ames"
Savage Garden – "I Knew I Loved You"
Whitney Houston – "I Learned from the Best"
Brandy – "Almost Doesn't Count"
Whitney Houston – "My Love Is Your Love"
Whitney Houston – "It's Not Right But It's Okay"
Whitney Houston, Faith Evans and Kelly Price – "Heartbreak Hotel"
He also shot music videos for If I told you that, One of those days and Watchulookinat
Written by Shelly Peiken
I remember they used this in a lot of tribute videos.
The inspiration and story behind Almost doesn't count
Quote from: Annie on April 13, 2022, 03:54:36 PM
(https://www.crownnote.com/sites/default/files/Almost%20Doesn%27t%20Count%20%28UK%20Single%20II%29.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Brandy_Norwood_%E2%80%93_Almost_Doesn%27t_Count.jpg)
(https://i.discogs.com/54zfR2d642v9RmjY6q92i996XIrJCUfutAEUPlImduk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:525/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1Njc1/ODgtMTMzNjk3NDM0/MS04MTgwLmpwZWc.jpeg)
(http://images.45worlds.com/f/ca/brandy-almost-doesnt-count-album-version-atlantic-ca.jpg)
Beautiful pics
photographs by Marc Baptiste
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(https://64.media.tumblr.com/5805df3dc70cd754f78323f717c053b3/tumblr_nmo1ixGOqT1qilxguo1_1280.pnj)
He posted them on Getty, unfortunately a lot of them are not on Google anymore https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/brandy-news-photo/627731340
I don't know if we got this one in color
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This is another old NSN promo pic by
Reisig & Taylor, don't know if I have seen it before
Quote from: Annie on April 13, 2022, 05:53:18 PM
The inspiration and story behind Almost doesn't count
Ah, cool. I wonder why she never connected with Shelly again?
Quote from: Annie on April 13, 2022, 05:33:32 PM
Kevin Bray also worked for Whitney that era
1998
Brandy – "Have You Ever?"
1999
Jennifer Lopez – "No Me Ames"
Savage Garden – "I Knew I Loved You"
Whitney Houston – "I Learned from the Best"
Brandy – "Almost Doesn't Count"
Whitney Houston – "My Love Is Your Love"
Whitney Houston – "It's Not Right But It's Okay"
Whitney Houston, Faith Evans and Kelly Price – "Heartbreak Hotel"
He also shot music videos for If I told you that, One of those days and Watchulookinat
He also directed the video for Have You Ever
The anniversary was March 3rd no? I have all the almost doesn't count singles! The Behind the Music outtakes to this video still sends me, I wonder if there's a directors cut version besides the 2 ADC videos we know of.
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I have part 2 but I haven't opened it yet.
Quote from: Annie on April 13, 2022, 06:41:51 PM
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This is another old NSN promo pic by
Reisig & Taylor, don't know if I have seen it before
I remember when they posted this one! this era!!!
Quote from: Annie on April 13, 2022, 05:57:27 PM
photographs by Marc Baptiste
(https://64-media-tumblr-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/64.media.tumblr.com/3fe6b0009ee97d51f50324569f683930/tumblr_o05b63zxFa1ufz1d0o1_1280.jpg)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/5805df3dc70cd754f78323f717c053b3/tumblr_nmo1ixGOqT1qilxguo1_1280.pnj)
He posted them on Getty, unfortunately a lot of them are not on Google anymore https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/brandy-news-photo/627731340
I don't know if we got this one in color
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/3b2825b59ddac12b3b9da97b43e501e4/tumblr_mrfinnlXKk1qilxguo1_1280.jpg)
I've always loved these shots!