Monica discography

Monica discography

Monica performing at the DC Black Pride 2007 in Washington, D.C.
Releases
↙Studio albums	6
↙Compilation albums	1
↙EPs	1
↙Singles	22
↙B-sides	3
↙Video albums	1
↙Music videos	19
↙Soundtracks	12

This is a discography by American R&B singer Monica. She has released six studio albums, one extended play, twenty-three singles, and one DVD single on Rowdy Records, Arista Records, J Records, and her current label RCA Records. In total, Arnold has sold over 5.3 million albums in the United States.^[1]

Originally signed to the Rowdy label, Arnold's debut studio album, Miss Thang, was released in July 1995. It sold about one and a half million million copies in the US.^[2] It produced four singles, both certified platinum "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" and "Before You Walk Out of My Life", which made her the youngest recording act to ever have two consecutive chart-topping hits on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.^[3] Her second album The Boy Is Mine was released in 1998 and earned her major international chart success. Pushed by its same-titled number-one hit, a Grammy Award-winning duet with singer Brandy, it spawned five commercially released singles, including further chart-topper "The First Night" and "Angel of Mine".^[4]

After a label switch to J Records, Arnold 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 failure and an early leak via the internet.^[5] 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.^[6] Her fifth studio album, The Makings of Me, released in 2006, was considered a commercial failure and failed to produce any top forty hit, selling 323,000 copies in the US^[6][7]

The recording of Arnold's sixth studio album Still Standing (2010) was chronicled by her BET reality series of the same name. 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.^[6] The second single, "Love All Over Me" was a top-ten hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, with domestic shipments of 500,000 copies.^[8]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Sales
		US [9]	US R&B [9]	AUS [10]	CAN [9]	FRA [11]	GER [12]	NL	NZ [13]	SWI [14]	UK [15]
Miss Thang	Released: July 18, 1995 Label: Rowdy Formats: cassette, CD	36	7	—	58	—	—	41	9	—	—	US: 3× Platinum[16] CAN: Gold [17]	US: 1,451,000[18]
The Boy Is Mine	Released: July 14, 1998 Label: Arista Formats: cassette, CD	8	2	8	10	20	17	6	16	3	52	US: 3× Platinum[16] CAN: 3× Platinum[17]	US: 2,016,000[18]
All Eyez on Me	Released: October 21, 2002 Label: J Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	88	—
After the Storm	Released: June 17, 2003 Label: J Formats: CD, digital download	1	2	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: Gold[16]	US: 1,023,000[18]
The Makings of Me	Released: October 3, 2006 Label: J Formats: CD, digital download	8	1	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—		US: 328,000[18]
Still Standing	Released: March 23, 2010 Label: J, RCA Formats: CD, digital download	2	1	—	191	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: Gold[16]	US: 530,000[18]
New Life	Released: February 21, 2012 Label: RCA Formats: CD, digital download	To be released
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Boxsets and compilations

List of albums, with selected details

Album details
After the Storm / Miss Thang Released: October 7, 2008 Format: Double CD[19] Label: Sony Music

Compilation albums

• Super Hits^[20]

Extended plays

• Dance Vault Remixes: Get It Off/Knock Knock

Mixtapes

• Monica: Made Mixtape^[21]

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions									Certifications	Album
		US	US R&B [22]	AUS	CAN	GER	IRL	NL	NZ	UK [23]
"Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)"	1995	2	1	7	—	—	—	20	5	32	US: Platinum[16]	Miss Thang
"Like This and Like That"		7	1	—	—	—	—	—	18	33	US: Platinum[16]
"Before You Walk Out of My Life"				—	—	—	—	—	8	22	US: Platinum[16]
"Why I Love You So Much"	1996	9	3	—	—	—	—	—	22	—	US: Gold[16]
"Ain't Nobody" (featuring Treach)2				—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: Gold[16]	The Nutty Professor OST
"For You I Will"	1997	4	2	45	—	80	—	51	2	27	US: Platinum[16]	Space Jam OST
"The Boy Is Mine" (duet with Brandy)	1998	1	—	3	1	5	1	1	1	2	US: 2× Platinum[16] AUS: Platinum[24] CAN: Platinum[25] GER: Gold[26] NZ: 2× Platinum[27] UK: Gold[28]	The Boy Is Mine
"The First Night"		1	1	30	6	63	30	22	15	6	US: Platinum[16]
"Angel of Mine"	1999	1	2	12	10	22	—	—	36	55	US: Platinum[16] AUS: Gold [29]
"Street Symphony"		—	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Inside"4		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Just Another Girl"	2001	64	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Down to Earth OST
"All Eyez on Me"	2002	64	—	39	—	81	—	—	29	—		All Eyez on Me
"Too Hood" (featuring Jermaine Dupri)3		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"So Gone"	2003	10	1	—	17	—	—	—	—	82		After the Storm
"Knock Knock"		75	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Get It Off"2			—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"U Should've Known Better"	2004	19	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Everytime tha Beat Drop" (featuring Dem Franchize Boyz)	2006	48	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Makings of Me
"A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)"		—	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sideline Ho"	2007	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Hell No (Leave Home)" (featuring Twista)3		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Trust" (with Keyshia Cole)	2009	70	5 [30]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		A Different Me
"Everything to Me"	2010	44	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Still Standing
"Love All Over Me"		58	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Until It's Gone"	2011	—	35[31]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		New Life
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, were not released in that country or did not receive a certification.

As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions									Album
		US	US R&B	AUS	CAN	GER	IRL	NL	NZ	UK
"Freedom" (with Various artists)	1995	44	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Panther OST
"I've Got to Have It" (Jermaine Dupri & Nas featuring Monica)	2000	—	67	—	100	76	—	—	—	—	Big Momma House OST
"Wake Up Everybody" (with Various artists)3	2004	—	119	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Wake Up Everybody
"I Aint Trying to Hear It" (Dirtbag featuring Monica)3	2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Dirty Business
"Always" (Trina featuring Monica)	2010	—	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Amazin'
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Notes

• ¹ "Like This and Like That"/"Before You Walk out of My Life" and "Why I Love You So Much"/"Ain't Nobody" were released as a double A-side single in the US, however, in the UK and New Zealand the songs were both released separately.
• ² The song was a released as a double A-side single in the US.
• ³ Sent to radio only.
• ⁴ "Inside" was a Europe-wide release only.

Other charted songs

List of non-single songs, with selected chart positions, showing album name and the year the album was released

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		US	US R&B	JP [32]
"Gone Be Fine" (featuring Outkast)	1999	—	—	—	The Boy Is Mine
"Right Here Waiting" (featuring 112)	2000	—	—	—
"Keep It to Myself"[33]		—	—	—
"Still Standing" (featuring Ludacris)	2008	—	74	—	Still Standing
"One in a Lifetime"	2010	—	—	66
"Here I Am"		—	83 [22]	—
"Anything (To Find You)" (featuring Rick Ross)	2011	119	25 [34]	—	New Life
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Album appearances

List of non-single songs with guest appearances by Monica

Title	Year	Artist(s)	Album
"Streets Keep Callin'"	1999	C-Murder, Daz Dillinger, Monica	Bossalinie
"Grown-Up Christmas List"	2000	Monica	Platinum Christmas
"Don't Be Cruel"	2003	Beenie Man, Missy Elliott, Monica	This Is Not a Test!
"Class Reunion"		Monica, Wyclef Jean	Preacher's Son
"Don't Gotta Go Home"	2004	DMX, Monica	Grand Champ
"The Boy Is Mine"	2005	Brandy, Monica	The Best of Brandy
"I'll Give All My Love to You"	2007	Keith Sweat, Monica	Sweat Hotel Live
"Thugs Need Love Too"	2008	Monica, Rocko	Self-Made
"How I Like It"	2010	Monica, Rocko	Wild Life
"Can't Live Without You"		Ludacris, Monica	Battle of the Sexes
"I Want It All"		Monica, Trina	Amazin'

Soundtrack appearances

List of non-single songs on soundtrack appearances by Monica

Title	Year	Artist(s)	Album
"Let's Straighten It Out"	1995	Monica, Usher	Panther
"Missing You"	1996	Monica	Fled
"Somebody Bigger than You and I"		Monica, Whitney Houston, Various Artists	The Preacher's Wife
"Slow Jam"		Monica, Usher	Soul Food
"Angel"	2000	Monica	Love Song
"This Boy Here"		Akon, Monica
"What My Heart Says"		Monica
"Angel of Mine"		Monica	Wings of the Crow
"Uh Oh"	2002	Monica	Drumline
"Can I Walk By"	2004	Jazze Pha, Monica	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
"Sick & Tired"	2005	Monica	Diary of a Mad Black Woman

DVDs

Year	DVD
1999	Angel of Mine Tour Video Collection Released: 2000 (Japan) Formats: VHS, DVD, VHS
2003	Get It Off/Knock Knock DVD Single Released: 2003 Formats: DVD

See also

• List of Monica songs
• Monica videography

References

General

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External links

• Monica official website
• Monica discography at Discogs