Television
November 2010, V V Brown was featured on the MTV series World of Jenks. The documentary series followed her as she tried to break into the U.S. music scene.
Her music has also been synched in several American TV shows and movies across America such as CSI, Sex In The City, Ugly Betty, The Back Up Plan, Lesbian Vampire Killers and several more.
V V Brown had her TV debut in the UK on Jools Holland in 2008 and also appeared on other T.V shows such as The Alan Carr Show, The album Chart Show, T4, GMTV.
She made her French TV debut on Taratata in 2009 of which the following day the album debut at number 1 on the digital chart. It led to other TV shows such as Le Grand Journal and other huge French TV shows which solidified a strong success for Brown in this territory.
V V Brown is currently in talks for doing a voice over for a huge French animation movie. " I am absolutely excited about this. This is something that has been on my tick list for quite sometime."
Brown landed 2 huge advertisement deal with the French bank "BNP" and a very reputable French furniture company, off which her song LEAVE was used for 2 years contributing to her general awareness and success in France.
Brown's American TV Debut happened on the Rachael Ray show leading to several other TV shows such as David Letterman, Carson Daly and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She also performed on the BET show Black Girls Rock in 2010 performing alongside artists like Keyshia Cole, Jill Scott, Keri Hilson and Mary J. Blige. Brown states "I found this a great opportunity as a black woman to be positive about other black women in music and the general black community."
In February 2011 Brown's song, "Travelling Like the Light", was synched in the new BT advert in the UK as well as landing a huge 2 year synch deal on Canadian television for a car advertisement. Despite a lack of enormous awareness internationally Brown remains to have a consistent career in synch ability and has been used in many advertisements, films, fashion shows and art exhibitions.
The song, "L.O.V.E." is currently being used in commercials for Unilever's Best Foods/Hellmann's Mayonnaise in the United States.
Brown is also one of the women to represent Marks & Spencer clothing alongside Dannii Minogue and other various women. She has appeared in their latest TV advertisements.
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