Update: Chris Brown’s Probation

Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Singer Chris Brown earned a glowing probation report six months after he was sentenced to “labor-oriented service” for assaulting his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna, the judge said Thursday.

Brown, 20, sat silently in court Thursday afternoon as Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg reviewed his probation report.

“It looks like you’re doing really, really well,” Schnegg said.

The police chief in Richmond, Virginia — where Brown is being allowed to complete his sentence — reported that he had worked 32 days of hard labor, she said.

Schnegg said when she sentenced Brown that she wanted to see him do “actual physical labor, as opposed to some type of community service.”

The report on his court-ordered domestic violence counseling said he had completed 17 out of 52 groups sessions, she said.

The agency running the sessions reported “you are participating and doing a very good job,” the judge said.

The judge rewarded Brown by signing an order allowing him to again travel outside the United States for concerts.

When Brown returns to court on May 11, 2010, for his next probation progress report, he will be “way over halfway there” to completing his sentence, she said.

Brown was sentenced in August to serve five years probation and to spend more than 1,400 hours in “labor-oriented service” for the assault conviction.