Chris Brown serenade’s Katina of Bronx, New York as he stops by MTV’s Total Request Live October 4, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
Chris Brown performs onstage at the 20th Annual Soul Train Music Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on March 4, 2006 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Chris Brown appears onstage during a special Video Music Awards nominee taping of MTV’s Total Request Live August 7, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Chris Brown performs on NBC’s ‘Today Show’ Concert Series at Rockefeller Plaza, August 31, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
Chris Brown has endured the past few years of media scrutiny with the support of his mother/manager Joyce Hawkins, also known by her multitude of Twitter followers as “mombreezy”. (Photo by Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)
Singer Chris Brown performs during the 17th annual MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on June 1, 2008 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Chris Brown (L) and actor Will Smith arrive at Nickelodeon’s 2008 Kids’ Choice Awards held at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)
Chris Brown accepts the Best Male R&B Artist award onstage during the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Rihanna and Chris Brown perform on stage during Z100’s Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Chris Brown arrives for his sentencing for assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna, at Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Chris Brown performs a tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Chris Brown performs to TEAM BREEZY fans by hosting secret album listening sessions across the country this week as he preps for the release of his album next Tuesday F.A.M.E. at 595 North on March 15, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Getty Images)
Chris Brown leaves the ‘Good Morning America’ taping at the ABC Times Square Studio on March 22, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)
Kevin Hart, left, and Chris Brown are seen onstage at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 26, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Chris Brown performs at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 26, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Looking back at Chris Brown career, we see the growth of a talented young boy into more sophisticated adult artist. Starting with his self-titled Chris Brown album in 2005, which feature hits like “Run It”, to his captivating performance at the 2011 BET awards, Brown has had a career filled with success, fame and at times controversy. His widely reported physical abuse of Rihanna, as well as his more recent temper tantrum on Good Morning America, have both surprised and shocked fans. Yet Brown always seems to be able to pull himself up and move past his mistakes. Maybe this is the reason why many always have, and always will love Chris Brown.
