Monica

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Monica

Monica, is an American R&B singer who gained popularity in the 1990's. Early 2000's found Monica's career went down and on 2003, her career again blossomed with her album After The Storm. Overall, Monica went on to sell over 14 million singles and albums and 20 million worldwide.

[edit] About

In real life, Monica Denise Arnold professionally known as Monica was born October 24, 1979 in Oak Park located in Southern Georgia. Music runs in their family as her mother is a former church singer while her father a mechanic from an Atlanta freight company.

At age 2, her parents broke up and since then she had been following on her mother's regular performances in a local chapel. And this made her very passionate about singing where she started to train by the time she was 10 where she became the youngest member of a travelling gospel choir.

At 12, she was discovered by music scout Dallas Austin in Atlanta who was so amazed by her voice. Thus led him to offer a record deal to launch her firs album Miss Thang on 1995. The album soon was certifiec 3x platinum.

Her fame came to rise intially with :For You I Will" and then her hit single "The Boy is Mine" on 1998 after graduating high school at 16 where they teamed up with Brandy. This eventually became the biggest hit of the summer and the biggest hit of 1998 in the America staying a total of 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.

[edit] Awards & Certifications

Awards

Year	Award	Category
1996	Billboard	R&B Artist of the Year
1998	Billboard	Top Dance Maxi-Single for "The Boy is Mine" with Brandy
1998	Billboard	Best Clip (R&B/Urban) for "The Boy is Mine" with Brandy
1999	Grammy Award	Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group for "The Boy Is Mine" with Brandy

Certifications

Year	Album	RIAA
1995	Miss Thang	Certified 3x Platinum
1998	The Boy Is Mine	Certified 4x Platinum
2003	After The Storm	Certified Platinum

[edit] Chart Toppers

Year	Single	Album	Hot R&B	Billboard Hot 100
2006	Everytime Tha Beat Drop	The Makings Of Me	12	57
2004	U Should've Known Better	After The Storm	6	19
2003	Knock Knock	After The Storm	24	75
2003	So Gone	After The Storm	1	10
2001	Just Another Girl	The Boy Is Mine	34	64
1999	Angel Of Mine	The Boy Is Mine	2	1
1998	The First Night	The Boy Is Mine	1	1
1997	For You I Will	The Boy Is Mine	1	2
1996	Why I Love You So Much/Ain't Nobody	Miss Thang	3	9
1995	Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days)	Miss Thang	1	2

[edit] News

[edit] Announcements

Monica in Vibe Magazine

Check out Monica on the October issue of Vibe Magazine available in all newstands, be sure to grab your copy now!

Monica on Upscale Magazine

Check out the exclusive feature story of Monica in Upscale Magazine September/October issue.

Watch Videos on Yahoo Music

The following music videos: Everytime Tha Beat Drop, So Gone, Knock Knock/Get It Off, U Should've Known Better, All Eyez On Me are now available on Yahoo Music. Download it now!

[edit] Radio Appearances

October 10, 2006 KMEL House of Soul 2 Ruby Skye, San Francisco

October 21, 2006 WLLD Last Damn Show, St. Petersburg, Florida

October 25, 2006 PWR Powerhouse Concert, New York City

October 30, 2006 KYLD Bomb Show, San Francisco

November 3, 2006 KXJM Show, Portland

November 5, 2006 KBXX Car Show, Houston

[edit] Discography

[edit] Album

Year	Album	Release Date	Label
1995	Miss Thang	October 2, 1995	Arista
1998	The Boy Is Mine	July, 14, 1998	Arista
2002	All Eyez On Me	October 21, 2002	J-Records
2003	After The Storm	June, 17, 2003	J-Records
2006	The Makings Of Me	October, 03, 2006	J-Records