Background
Her mother, Yvonne, raised Brianna and her sister, Victoria, as a single mother.
Her mother, Yvonne, raised Brianna and her sister, Victoria, as a single mother.
Taylor attended Central Buckinghamshire High School East in Buckingham Township, Buckinghamshire County, Pennsylvania, graduating in 2005. She also attended Golden Slipper Camp for Boys and Girls.
In 2008, she released her debut, self-titled European Parliament, Brianna Taylor, on Chamberlain Records. According to that label"s website, she is now signed to Universal Music. Taylor is of African American, German, and Puerto Rican descent.
They lived first in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia before moving to Warrington Township.
There is where she found her love for singing. Before auditioning for The Real World and eventually being cast in its 20th anniversary season, Taylor was an exotic dancer for two years at Double Visions in Horsham Township, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
While living in Philadelphia, Taylor maintained a volatile relationship with an ex-boyfriend, and at one point, a violent argument resulted in Taylor"s arrest and eventual guilty plea to a reduced charge of harassment. The aftermath of the episode can be seen on her season of The Real World.
In the third episode of that season, she reveals that she had battled an addiction to crystal meth and cocaine as early as two months prior to being cast on the show.
During the show, Brianna develops a mutual attraction for fellow roommate Joey Kovar, but is later disturbed by how he behaves while intoxicated. She also returns to Philadelphia to resolve her legal troubles during the run of her season, and is picked up to record several songs of her own, as well as perform live with Alex Band, formerly of the band The Calling. In the show, she is also offered a song by Matthew Bair of the powerpop band Bandcamp.
Taylor"s debut self-titled European Parliament, Brianna Taylor, was co-produced by Tomas Costanza, of the band Diffuser, and Matthew Bair, who is now a guitarist with Eve 6.
The first single, "Summertime," was released in 2008. As of July 22, 2008, Brianna"s self-titled European Parliament was the 16th most-purchased album on iTunes and sold over 60,000 copies.
Taylor returned to Music Television in order to participate in the eighteenth season of the show"s long-running The Real World/Road Rules Challenge, which premiered on September 30, 2009. She was in the challenger"s team and was eliminated in the third episode.
On October 13, 2009, Taylor released her first full-length debut album, Fireworks at the Fairground via Chamberlain Records, featuring her new single "Criminal." Since then, not much has been heard of, at least career-wise, for Taylor.
She had a son in 2010, raising him as a single mother. In order to do so in the best way possible, once again, Taylor sought help for addiction, which reared its ugly head again, at some point after her album release.
