{{Short description|Canadian singer (born 1974)}} {{about|the singer|the former prostitute involved in the 1995 Hugh Grant scandal|Estella Marie Thompson}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Divine Brown | image = Divine Brown Feb. 2012.jpg | image_upright = 0.8 | alt = | caption = Divine Brown at The Heart Truth Celebrity fashion show in 2012. | birth_name = | alias = Divine Earth Essence | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|09|09}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | instrument = | genre = R&B, Soul, Neo soul, Jazz | occupation = Singer, theatre performer | years_active = 1997–present | label = Universal Music Canada | associated_acts = Quanteisha, Gowan | website = {{URL|divinebrown.ca}} }} '''Divine Brown''' (born September 9, 1974), previously known as '''Divine Earth Essence''', is a Canadian R&B and soul singer and theatre performer.
==Career== Brown is known for her 2005 Canadian radio hit ''Old Skool Love''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Divine Brown {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/divine-brown-mn0000714947/biography|access-date=2021-02-04|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>
In 2009, Divine Brown took part in an interactive documentary series called ''City Sonic''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citysonic.tv/films/Divine-Brown-at-The-Rex.php |title=Watch Divine Brown at The Rex Video | Toronto Music Mobile Video |publisher=Citysonic.tv |access-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref> Earlier that year, Brown was a headliner at the "Keeping the Dream Alive Dr. Martin Luther King Jr" tribute concert.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cullen|first=Joe|date=2009|title=Music Makers: Steel Pan - Some Reflections on Steel Band and the Martin Luther King Celebration 2009|journal=Canadian Music Educator|volume=50/3 Spring|pages=47–49|via=}}{{Full citation needed|date=April 2025|reason=Lacks URL}} </ref>
In January 2011, Brown recorded a tribute to Dennis Brown, ''Sitting & Watching''. Brown's third album ''Something Fresh'' was released in 2013.
In 2023, she portrayed Hélène Kuragina in the Canadian premiere of the musical ''Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812''.<ref>[https://musicalstagecompany.com/announcing-the-cast-of-natasha-pierre-the-great-comet-of-1812/ Announcing the Cast of Natasha, Piette & The Great Comet of 1812]</ref>
==Discography== * 2005: ''Divine Brown'' * 2008: ''The Love Chronicles'' * 2013: ''Something Fresh''
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- !width="40"|Year !Song !width="40"|Canada !Album |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|2005 |"Old Skool Love" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|''Divine Brown'' |- |"U Shook Me (All Night Long)" | style="text-align:center;"|— |- |"Help Me" | style="text-align:center;"|— |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2008 |"Lay It On the Line" | style="text-align:center;"|32 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|''The Love Chronicles'' |- |"Meet Me at the Roxy" | style="text-align:center;"|— |- | style="text-align:center;"|2009 |"Sunglasses" <br /> <small>(featuring Nelly Furtado)</small> | style="text-align:center;"|22 |}
==Awards== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Work ! Award ! Category ! Result |- | 2009 | The Love Chronicles | Juno Award | R&B/Soul Recording of the Year | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://junoawards.ca/nomination/2009-rbsoul-recording-of-the-year-divine-brown/|title = 2009 | R&B/Soul Recording of the Year | Divine Brown |}}</ref> |}
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==External links== {{Commons category|Divine Brown}} * [http://www.divinebrown.ca Divine Brown's website] * {{IMDb name}} * {{Twitter}} * {{YouTube|DivineBrownMusic |Divine Brown}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225137/http://www.muchmusic.com/music/artists/bio.asp?artist=1288 Profile and videos], on the website of MuchMusic
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