Chris Brown is the self-titled debut album by American R&B singer Chris Brown, released on November 29, 2005 in the United States on Jive Records. It was a commercial success, certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for scanning two million in the United States and sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

In 2006 a CD/DVD set entitled Chris Brown's Journey was released, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and commentary from Brown. Chris Brown was also released twice in DualDisc format.

Chris Brown, born in small-town Tappahannock, Virginia, started as a rapper. He switched over to singing in his preteen years when his mother Joyce Hawkins noticed his talent and soon begun looking for local producers. At age 13 in 2002, Brown was discovered in his birth father's gas station by a production team who were looking for local talent. They were connected with Timmy Allen, an music producer for Jive Records who lived in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City, New York. Brown moved in, only returning to Virginia for holidays, school and basketball season. He bonded with Allen's son, T.J., an aspiring rapper who went under the name "T-Breezy", as Allen begun to shop both of their demo CDs around to music labels.