Chris Brown has come a long way.
The Indigo artist walked the red carpet at the 2020 Grammys hand-in-hand with his 5-year-old daughter, Royalty Brown, his eldest child and the namesake of his 2017 album Royalty.
He kept it award-show-caliber casual in black trousers and a yellow-and-white-striped sweater, while Royalty was the epitome of pint-size Grammy chic in a white dress and cozy coat, paired with black lace-up boots.
Brown is nominated for Best R&B Song for “No Guidance,” featuring Drake, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 to become his biggest hit in years, along with fellow songwriters Drake, Tyler James Bryant, Nija Charles, Anderson Hernandez, Michee Patrick Lebrun, Joshua Lewis, Noah Shebib and Teddy Walton.
Brown has called fatherhood “humbling,” telling Ryan Seacrest on his morning KIIS-FM show back in 2015, “Being able to be a father and seeing my daughter from those gradual stages—from crawling, to walking, to saying words, to learning different things every day—is kind of teaching me patience, and it’s been great.”

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Royalty is Brown’s daughter with ex Nia Guzman, and he welcomed a son, Aeko Catori Brown, in November with Ammika Harris.

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Watch E!’s Live From the Red Carpet 2020 Grammy Awards coverage Sunday, Jan. 26 starting at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT followed by the Grammys telecast at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS. And for a recap of music’s biggest night immediately following the show, don’t miss the E! After Party special at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT, only on E!