  Monica (Arnold) was born October
24, 1980, in Georgia. In the mid-90s, Monica
gave R&B a new young face with a mature
songstress attitude. But Monica's roots began
in the church, where she started singing at
the age of 4. At the age of 10, Monica
brought the house down with her rendition of
"Greatest Love Of All."
At the age of 12, Monica was
discovered by Dallas Austin at a talent show
in Atlanta, Georgia. The discovery led to a
record deal with Arista Records and Queen
Latifah as her manager.
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
Monica hit the Top 40 with
"Don't Take It Personal
(Just One Of Dem Days)."
Monica hit the Top 10 with "Don't Take It Personal
(Just One Of Dem Days)."
Monica topped the Billboard
Singles Sales chart for a week, the R&B
Singles chart for 2 weeks, and the R&B
Singles Sales chart for a week with "Don't Take It Personal
(Just One Of Dem Days)."
 Monica released her debut LP, Miss
Thang and hit the Top 10 with the
single "Don't Take It Personal
(Just One Of Dem Days)."
Monica appeared on L.L.
Cool J's Mr.
Smith and went on her first concert
tour.
Vibe described Monica
as, "...a precociously soulful voice
with a bluesy resonance that suggests
experiences and authority beyond her
years..."
The single "Don't Take It Personal
(Just One Of Dem Days)" is certified
platinum.
Miss
Thang was certified gold.
Monica hit the Top 40 with
"Before You Walk Out Of
My Life."
Monica hit the Top 10 with "Before You Walk Out Of
My Life."
 # 52
Singles Artist of the Year
Monica was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B New
Artist.
The single "Before You Walk Out Of
My Life"
was certified gold.
When the follow-up single from Miss
Thang, "Before You Walk Out Of
My Life"
was released, Monica became the youngest
artist to have 2 consecutive #1 hits on
Billboard's R&B chart.
Monica topped the Billboard Hot
R&B Singles chart for 2 weeks with "Before You Walk Out Of
My Life
/ Like This And Like That."
Miss
Thang was certified platinum.
The single "Before You Walk Out Of
My Life"
was certified platinum.
 Monica hit the Top 40 with
"Why I Love You So Much."
Monica could be heard on The
Nutty Professor soundtrack with "Ain't
Nobody."
The single "Why I Love You So Much" was certified
gold.
 # 39
Singles Artist of the Year
 Monica hit the Top 40 with a
track from the Space
Jam soundtrack - "For You I Will."
Monica hit the Top 10 with "For You I Will."
Monica graduated from high
school in Atlanta with a 4.0.
Monica also appeared on the Soul
Food soundtrack and Usher's LP, My
Way.
 The single "For You I Will" was certified
platinum.
 # 15
Singles Artist of the Year
Monica hit the Top 40 with
"The Boy Is Mine" (with Brandy).
 Miss
Thang was certified 2x platinum and
the single "The Boy Is Mine" was certified
platinum and hit the Top 10.
"The Boy Is Mine" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 13 weeks,
the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 9 weeks,
the R&B Singles chart for 8 weeks, the
R&B Singles Sales chart for 7 weeks, the
R&B Singles Airplay chart for 5 weeks,
and the Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 21
weeks.
 Monica hit #1 with the duet "The Boy Is Mine" with Brandy (which was certified
2x platinum).
Monica released her sophomore
LP, The
Boy Is Mine.
The second single off the LP,
"The
First Night," hit the Top 40.
The
Boy Is Mine was certified gold and the
single "The
First Night" was certified gold.
"The
First Night" topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles Sales chart for 6 weeks and the
R&B Singles Sales chart for 4 weeks.
Monica was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best R&B Video and Video of the Year ("The Boy Is
Mine" (with Brandy)).
Monica hit the Top
10
with "The
First Night."
The
Boy Is Mine was certified platinum and the
single "The
First Night" was certified platinum.
"The
First Night" topped the Billboard
R&B chart for 6 weeks.
"The
First Night" topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles chart for 5 weeks.
 Monica won 3 Billboard Music
Awards with Brandy for "The Boy Is Mine"
"The
First Night" topped the Billboard
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week.
Monica hit the Top 40 with
"Angel Of Mine."
"The Boy Is Mine" was the
top-selling single of the year with sales of
2.6 million.
Monica topped the Billboard Year-End
Charts
with the Top Hot 100 Single Sales, Top Hot
R&B Single Sales, and Top Hot Dance
Maxi-Singles Sales ("The Boy Is Mine"), and as the Top
Hot R&B Singles Artist - Female.
 # 46
Singles Artist of the Year
Monica was
nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite
Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite
Soul/R&B Female Artist.
Monica hit the Top
10
with "Angel Of Mine" (which went to
#1 on Billboard's pop chart).
Monica won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("The Boy Is Mine" (with Brandy)) and was also
nominated for Record of the Year ("The Boy Is Mine").
The single
"Angel Of Mine" was certified
platinum and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for
4 weeks and the Billboard Hot 100 Singles
Sales chart for 4 weeks.
"Angel Of Mine" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Airplay chart for 2
weeks.
The
Boy Is Mine was certified 2x platinum.
Monica
performed at some of the Lilith Fair dates.
Monica was
nominated for 3 Soul Train Lady of Soul
Awards for Best R&B/Soul Single ("Angel Of Mine"), Best
R&B/Soul Album (The
Boy Is Mine), and Best R&B/Soul Single,
Group, Band or Duo ("The Boy Is
Mine" with Brandy).
Miss
Thang was certified 3x platinum and The
Boy Is Mine was certified 3x platinum.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "The Boy Is Mine" at # 90.
Monica could be
seen starring in the made-for-TV movie Love
Song on MTV.
 # 119
Singles Artist of the Year
Monica hit the
Top 40 with "All Eyez On Me."
Monica was heard on the Drumline soundtrack with
"Uh Oh."
 # 99
Singles Artist of the Year
 Monica topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 5 weeks and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart
for 3 weeks with "So Gone."
Monica released
her long delayed LP, After
The Storm, in June. The delay of the LP
resulted in a major reworking of original
material set for release last year. Guests on
the LP include Missy
Elliott, DMX, Faith Evans,
and Tyrese. People
said of the LP: "...this album is truly
near perfect."
Monica hit the Top 40 with
"So Gone."
Monica topped the Billboard 200
LP Chart for a week with After
The Storm.
Monica topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music/Club Play chart for a week with
"So Gone."
After
The Storm was certified gold.
Monica performed as Mary
Wells on the NBC TV series American
Dreams.
Monica could heard on Missy Elliott's LP This
Is Not A Test on the track "Don't Be
Cruel."
 # 161
Singles Artist of the Year
Monica hit the Top 40 with
"U Should've Known
Better."
# 83 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Monica could be heard on the
soundtrack for Diary
Of A Mad Black Woman with the track
"Sick And Tired."
 Monica gave birth to a baby boy.
Monica released The
Makings Of Me.
Monica topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with The
Makings Of Me.
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