American R&B singer Monica has released 8 studio albums, one extended play, and 35 singles (including six as a featured artist). For varying reasons, the tracks were ultimately rejected and, as of 2016, remain either completely unreleased or have been leaked onto the internet and seen release on mixtapes such as Monica: Made (2007) without gaining an official release. [10] After the commercial failure of original lead single "All Eyez on Me," a sunny, upbeat groove with a pop feel of which the label thought that it had misled audiences into believing that she was trying to break away from her core R&B fan base with her new album,[10] Monica agreed that she would once again return to the studio, significantly raising the financial stakes of the project. [10] It was described as "erotic boogie fare,"[17] in which she sends away a lover who used to take her for granted. "Wake Up Everybody" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [6] She eventually resumed work on her third album in fall 2001, involving her usual stable of producers such as Dallas Austin, production team Soulshock & Karlin, Jermaine Dupri, and Rodney Jerkins and his Darkchild crew. The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream. A steady seller, the album became a commercial success as well. [33] On July 17, 2003, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for exceeding domestic shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. [6] 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. Miss Thang is the debut studio album by American R&B recording artist Monica. [11] Although the album was still planned to be titled All Eyez on Me until its completion, the singer decided to change the album title to a more personal one after years of private tribulations: "I wanted this to be more of my testimony," Monica told Jet Magazine in 2003. Tim Kelley – producer, arranger, drum programming, keyboards, Dallas Austin, Ron Gresham, Ron Gresham, Michael Patterson, Darin Prindle –, Naim Ali, Dallas Austin, Caron Veazey – creative director, This page was last edited on 3 October 2020, at 03:03. [6] Austin also consulted Flavor Unit, owned rapper Queen Latifah, to serve as Monica's management and arranged recording sessions with his in-house protégés Arnold Hennings, Tim & Bob, and Colin Wolfe for her debut. [4] Follow-up "Before You Walk Out of My Life," released on a double-A-side with "Like This and Like That" became a top ten hit in the US and, along with "Don't Take It Personal" made Monica, at the age of 14, the youngest recording artist to have two consecutive number-one hits on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs. [5] Additional reording sessions were set up with producers BAM & Ryan, Jasper DaFatso, and Jazze Pha,[5] with rappers DMX, Dirtbag, Busta Rhymes and Mia X, and singers Tweet and Tyrese joining. It was first released on June 17, 2003 through J Records. "[1] Throughout the recording process, Arnold ensured the album's music and lyrical content reflected her persona. In 1992, after winning a series of local talent contests, Monica was introduced to music producer Dallas Austin. [7] Her second album The Boy Is Mine was released in 1998 and earned her major international chart success. "[17], Miss Thang debuted and peaked at number 36 on the Billboard 200 and at number seven on Billboard's Top R&B Albums charts with first week sales of 31,500 units sold. [7][8] 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". Al Green wrote the lyrics for “Let's Stay Together” in five minutes after Willie Mitchell gave him a rough mix of a tune that he and drummer Al Jackson had developed. [4], In the following month, personal tribulations put a temporary halt on the album's production, when her friend and former boyfriend Jarvis "Knot" Weems committed suicide. 16 Songs — Monica was just 14 when she dropped her first album, Miss Thang. It spawned her biggest-charting single in seven years, "Everything to Me", her sixth number-one hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. 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"What Part of the Game" contains a sample of, Melinda Dancil – executive album coordinator, Marc Stephen Lee – engineering assistance, This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 14:30. As of November 2014, the album has sold 1,070,000 copies in the United States.