Mary Brown (songwriter) explained

Mary Yvette Brown
Birth Place:	New Jersey, United States
Background:	person

Mary Brown is an American singer-songwriter best known for co-writing Destiny's Child "No, No, No", as well as Jaheim's "Fabulous".^[1] Brown was originally a member of girl-group trio Abstrac, signed to Reprise Records in 1989,^[2] which evolved into new jack swing duo M&M signed to Atlantic Records in 1990 as a result of shifting group membership. Both iterations of the group were able to release albums: An eponymous trio album in 1989 for Reprise, and a 1992 M&M album Get To Know Ya Betta on Atlantic. Brown moved into songwriting and background vocals when the group dissolved in 1992.^[3]

Songwriting and production credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.

Title	Year	Artist	Album	Label
"This Is Not A Goodbye"	1995	Subway	Good Times	Biv Ten / Motown
"This Time"	1997	Taral Hicks	This Time	Motown
"Lose My Cool" (Featuring Redman)		SWV	Release Some Tension	RCA Records
"No, No, No (P.1)"^[4]	1998	Destiny's Child	Destiny's Child	Columbia Records
"No, No, No (P.2)" (Featuring Wyclef Jean)
"Never Had A Love Like Mine" (Unreleased)^[5]
"Monifah's Anthem"/"Bad Girl" (Featuring Queen Pen)		Monifah	Mo'hogany	Uptown / Universal Records
"Suga Suga"
"Monifah's Anthem"/"Bad Girl II" (Featuring Queen Pen)
"If You Only Knew"		Tatyana Ali	Kiss the Sky	MJJ Music / Epic Records / Sony Music
"Dance Wit Me" (Featuring Doug E. Fresh)		Miss Jones	The Other Woman	Motown
"What Ya Gonna Do" (Featuring Inaya Day)		Queen Latifah	Order in the Court	Flavor Unit / Motown
"So They Say"	1999	Diana Ross	Every Day Is a New Day	Motown
"911" (Featuring Mary J. Blige)	2000	Wyclef Jean		Columbia Records
"Dear Diary"		3LW	3LW	Epic Records
"Fabulous" (Featuring Tha' Rayne)	2002	Jaheim	Still Ghetto	Divine Mill / Warner Bros Records
"Put That Woman First"
"Past 12"		Kelly Rowland	Simply Deep	Columbia Records
"Stronger"	2003	Gloria Gaynor	I Wish You Love	Logic Records
"You Keep Running"
"Mm Mm Mm"	2004	Patti LaBelle	Timeless Journey	Def Soul Classics / Def Jam Recordings
"For My Girls"		Tiffany Villarreal	Tiffany Villarreal	Universal Records
"Nine Months"
"Mr. Fix It"		The Temptations	Legacy	Motown
"R U Awake (LP)"	2005	Kieran Roberts	Breathe	Black Rain Records
"Bump"
"R U Awake (Remix)" (Featuring Jadakiss)
"More" (Featuring Anthony Hamilton)		Syleena Johnson		Jive Records
"Shoo Be Doo"	2007	Macy Gray	Big	Will.i.am Music Group / Geffen Records
"Bad Girl" (Featuring Missy Elliott)	2008	Danity Kane	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Bad Boy / Atlantic Records
"Secret Place" (Interlude)"
"Ecstasy" (Featuring Rick Ross)
"Not a Love Song"		Donnie Klang	Just a Rolling Stone
"Got Me Going"		Day26	Day26
"One More Drink"	2010	Heidi Montag	Superficial	Warner Music Group
"Remix This Heart"	2015	Kenny Lattimore	Anatomy of a Love Song	Sincere Soul / eOne
"Still (Family)" (With Ty Dolla Sign)	2021	YBN Nahmir	Visionland	Atlantic Records
"Talk of the Town"	2022	Jack Harlow	Come Home the Kids Miss You	Generation Now / Atlantic Records

Background vocals

Title	Year	Artist	Album	Label
"D-O-G Me Out"	1990	Guy	The Future	Uptown Records
"Long Gone"
"One More Night"	1992	Bobby Brown	Bobby	MCA Records
"The Other Woman"		Jacci McGhee	Jacci McGhee
"Das da Way We Like 'Em"		TLC	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip	LaFace Records
"Crossroads"	1993	LL Cool J	14 Shots to the Dome	Def Jam / Columbia Records
"Smile Again"	1994	Usher	Usher	LaFace / Arista Records
"Papa Luv It"	1995	LL Cool J	Mr. Smith	Def Jam / PolyGram
"Get It Together	1996	702	No Doubt	Motown
"Seven Days" (Featuring George Benson)	1997	Mary J. Blige	Share My World	MCA / Universal Music Group
"Before We Start"	1998	McGruff	Destined to Be	Uptown Records
"Damn (Should've Treated U Right)" (Featuring Ja Rule)	1999	So Plush	Blue Streak (soundtrack)	Epic Records
"Another Lover" (Jerry Duplessis Mix)"	2001	Dane Bowers	Facing the Crowd	Northwestside / Arista Records
"Whatever Happens"		Michael Jackson	Invincible	MJJ Music / Epic Records
"Thug Like Me"	2002	Wyclef Jean	Masquerade	Columbia Records
"She Is"	2004	Carl Thomas	Let's Talk About It	Bad Boy Records
"Catch My Breath"	2008	Donnie Klang	Just a Rolling Stone	Bad Boy / Atlantic Records

Guest appearances

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Year	Other performer(s)	Album
"Down With You"	1998	Montell Jordan	I Got the Hook-Up (soundtrack)
"On The Phone"	2010	Aasim	Off The Shelf

Awards and nominations

Year	Awarding Body	Award	Result	Ref
1999	BMI Urban Awards	Award-winning Songs ("No, No, No")		^[6]
1999	BMI Pop Awards	Award-winning Songs ("No, No, No")		^[7]
2001	BMI Urban Awards	Award-winning Songs ("911")		^[8]
2004	BMI Urban Awards	Award-winning Songs ("Fabulous")		^[9] ^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mary Brown | MusicWorld . BMI.com . 2008-08-27 . 2023-01-03 . January 3, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230103013821/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/mary_brown . live .
2. Web site: Hot R&B Songs, 1943-2010 . January 3, 2023 . December 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203154707/https://recordresearch.directfrompublisher.com/sites/recordresearch.directfrompublisher.com/files/previews/Hot_R%26B_Songs_1942_2010.pdf . live .
3. Web site: Billboard - Google Books . 1997-10-11 . 2023-01-03 . November 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231115223648/https://books.google.com/books?id=6wkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=mary+brown+songwriter&pg=PT29#v=onepage&q=mary%20brown%20songwriter&f=false . live .
4. Web site: Rob Fusari Interview - Writing Hits for Destiny Child, Will Smith . December 4, 2013 . January 3, 2023 . January 3, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230103074814/https://www.songwriteruniverse.com/fusari.htm . live .
5. Web site: Repertory . January 4, 2023 . June 12, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160612055619/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx#/ace/search/workID/917115860 . live .
6. Web site: Mary Brown "Mean Pen Game" on Instagram: "My buddy @thebowlegged1 Lou sent this to me last week. I had to post-my beginning as a writer winning my 1st two @bmi Awards for @destinyschild first #1 hit "No,No,No"? in 1998 @therealpaulanthony and @thebowlegged1 won for All Cried Out. I love these guys – #greatmemories #bigbrothers #stillfriends Thanks @officialvincentherbert for believing in me. @destinyschild Talented Women! I'm proud of each member and their journey's @beyonce @kellyrowland @michellewilliams @letoyaluckett @iamlatavia @robfusari @wyclefjean @princewonda @woadysworld #blessed #support #platinumsongwriter #hits #1 #singer #musicproducers #meanpengame #msmarysmusic" . Instagram . 2023-01-03 . January 3, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230103082833/https://www.instagram.com/p/ByHKGLtgM-a/ . live .
7. Web site: Billboard - Google Books . 1999-05-29 . 2023-01-03 . November 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231115223804/https://books.google.com/books?id=mg0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=47th+bmi+pop+awards&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q=47th%20bmi%20pop%20awards&f=false . live .
8. Web site: BMI Urban Award Winners Announced: Winners List | Press . BMI.com . 2001-10-03 . 2023-01-03 . January 3, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230103080812/https://www.bmi.com/press/entry/534730 . live .
9. Web site: 2004 BMI Urban Awards: Song List | News . BMI.com . 2004-08-26 . 2023-01-03 . January 3, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230103013822/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2004_bmi_urban_awards_song_list . live .
10. Web site: BMI Celebrates Urban Music at 2004 Awards with Top Writers, Producers, Publishers | News . BMI.com . 2004-08-26 . 2023-01-03 . May 23, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170523035713/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20040827_bmi_celebrates_urban_music_at_2004_awards_with_top_writers_pr . live .