Her fifth studio album, The Makings of Me, released in 2006, was considered a commercial failure and was left uncertified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album became the singer's first album to debut at number-one on the Billboard 200 chart and eventually sold more than a million copies stateside, with its single " So Gone" becoming Monica's biggest-selling singles in years. Īfter a label switch to J Records, Monica released After the Storm in 2003, a retooled version of her third album, All Eyez on Me (2002), which had received a Japan-wide release only after its first single's commercial failure and an early leak via the internet. Pushed by its same-titled number-one hit, a massive commercial success duet with fellow R&B teen singer Brandy, it spawned five commercially released singles, including further chart-topper " The First Night" and " Angel of Mine".
It peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 and was certified three-times platinum in the United States and Canada. Her second album The Boy Is Mine was released in 1998 and earned her major international chart success. In 1997, Monica released the top five single " For You I Will", which originated from the sports comedy film Space Jam and its soundtrack and became another platinum seller. It produced five top ten singles, including debut single " Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" and follow-up " Before You Walk Out of My Life", both of which made her the youngest artist ever to have two consecutive chart-topping hits on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. Monica's debut studio album, titled Miss Thang was released in July 1995, selling about 1.5 million million copies in the United States.
With a career lasting over 20 years, Monica became the first artist to top the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Since the beginning of her career in 1995, she has sold 5.3 million albums in the United States, In 1999, Billboard included her among the top twenty of the Top Pop Artists of the 1990s, and in 2010, the magazine ranked her 24th on its list of the Top 50 R&B and Hip Hop Artists of the past 25 years. Monica performing in New York City in December 2015.Īmerican R&B singer Monica has released 8 studio albums, one extended play, and 35 singles (including six as a featured artist).
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