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Brittany Smith (born December 3, 1985), formerly known as Matisse, is an American singer. She gained prominence from a young age as one half of a modeling duo with her identical twin sister Alex, appearing in various commercials. They later went on to pursue a music career and form the pop duo Brit & Alex, who were active from 2002 until their 2009 disbandment.
As a solo artist, Smith released her debut single "Better Than Her" in 2010, which topped the US Dance Airplay charts. She later signed with Interscope Records to release her 2013 single, "Provocative (hiDhi)" (featuring will.i.am). Due to the song underperforming, Smith decided to leave the music industry. Following the release of JoJo Siwa's single "Karma" in April 2024, a version of the song recorded by Smith titled "Karma's a Bitch" went viral across social media platforms; she subsequently announced plans to return to the music industry.
After the duo broke up in 2009 due to Alex's decision to go to college, Brittany continued with her singing and acting career, signing with Jive Records and recording under the name Matisse, naming herself after the Henri Matisse. In 2010, Smith released her first single "Better Than Her" featuring Akon under Matisse. It was written and produced by Kevin Rudolf and Jacob Kasher and reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart. She was working on a self-titled full-length LP ( Matisse) that was to be released in 2011. Smith was signed to Jive Records. On October 7, 2011, labels such as J Records and Arista Records were sold to RCA Records, and all artists were merged to sign to RCA Records and other affiliated Sony Music Labels. Therefore, Smith was merged to sign to RCA in 2011; she signed with Interscope.
In July 2011, Smith, as Matisse, released a medley of Rihanna songs on YouTube.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The video was produced by Kurt Hugo Schneider.
In 2013, Smith released "Provocative" featuring will.i.am. Betty White appears in the music video.
Shortly after "Karma's a Bitch" out-charted Siwa's version on iTunes in the United States in April 2024, Smith shared that she is returning to the music industry via an announcement of her upcoming EP, scheduled to debut on May 17, 2024. On April 30, 2024, it was announced that Smith had signed the "Karma's a Bitch" single to the independent record label and music distributor Broke Records. On May 17, 2024, Smith announced that the release of her EP was delayed, but is expected to release soon. She also revealed that she would be releasing the single "Chocolates and Lies" that same day. The single "Chocolates and Lies" was released the next day on May 18, 2024.
| +List of singles, showing year released, chart positions and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album | |||
| "—" denotes songs which did not chart in that country. "*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time. | |||||||
| +Film roles ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Note | ||
| 1995 | A Goofy Movie | Photo Studio Girl | Voice role |
| 1996 | Pinocchio's Revenge | Zoe Garrick | |
| 1997 | Just in Time | Lily Bedford | |
| 1999 | Treasure of Pirate's Point | Flame | |
| 1999 | Fly Boy | Janey |
| +Television roles ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Note | ||
| 1991 | Lauren Colby | TV miniseries | |
| 1994, 1997 | Renegade | Amelia / Charlie Philips | 2 episodes |
| 1994-95 | Empty Nest | Shanna | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Something So Right | Girl / Goblin | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Alice | 1 episode | |
| 1997 | Night Man | Maddie Farrell | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Chicago Hope | Jessica Walters | 1 episode |
| 1999 | V.I.P. | Amelia Zane | 1 episode |
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