In 2008, she released her debut, self-titled EP, Brianna Taylor,[2][3] on Chamberlain Records; according to that label's website, she was later signed to Universal Music.

[10] 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.

[4][11] In the third episode of that season, she reveals that she had battled an addiction to crystal meth and cocaine as recently as two months prior to being cast on the show.

[15][16] Taylor returned to MTV 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.

On October 13, 2009, Taylor released her first full-length debut album, Fireworks at the Fairground via Chamberlain Records, featuring her new single Criminal.