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Monica
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American singer and rapper (born 1980)
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Monica Denise Arnold is an American singer, songwriter, and composer. Born on October 24, 1980, in College Park, Georgia, she has resided in Atlanta and College Park. Arnold began her professional music career in 1993 and performs as a contralto. Her musical output spans genres including hip-hop, soul, jazz, and hip-hop soul, with additional classifications in contemporary R&B and pop. She has recorded for Arista Records, J Records, and RCA Records.
Arnold has received the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. She has also been nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, and the MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video. Her work is categorized under music composing, and she is married to Shannon Brown.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1967
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Das Ende einer Affäre
- Briḳ lein
- Brick Lane
- Love Marriage
- Untold Story
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · College Park, Georgia, USA
Known for
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Infamy: When Fame Turns Deadly — Self - Host2021
- Celebrity True Crime Story — Self - Host2021
- VERZUZ: Brandy vs. Monica — Self2020
- The Story of 'Miss Thang' — Herself2020
- VERZUZ — Self2020
- Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Mom2019
- RuPaul — Self2019
- Almost Christmas — Waitress2016
- VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens2016
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1980
Discography
- Before You Walk Out of My Life & Like This and Like That1995
- Before You Walk Out of My Life & Like This and Like That (remix)1995
- Don’t Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)1995
- Like This and Like That1995
- Miss Thang1995
- Why I Love You So Much / Ain’t Nobody1995
- Ain't Nobody1996
- Before You Walk Out of My Life1996
- For You I Will1996
- Angel of Mine1998
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 919,435
- Total plays
- 8,751,372
Tags
Monica Denise Arnold (born October 24, 1980), professionally known as Monica, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Arnold was a member of Charles Thompson and the Majestics, a traveling 12-piece gospel choir prior to signing a solo recording contract with Arista Records in 1995. In 1991, at the age of eleven, Monica was discovered by music producer Dallas Austin at the Center Stage auditorium in Atlanta performing Whitney Houston 1
via Last.fm · Monica
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
· 1997 · cited 16,333x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,802x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,205x
- The global distribution and burden of dengue
· 2013 · cited 8,225x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Monica Denise Arnold , ( 1980-10-24 ) October 24, 1980 (age 45) , College Park, Georgia , U.S.
- Education
- North Clayton High School
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter actress
- Years active
- 1991–present
- Works
- Discography filmography songs recorded
- Spouse
- Shannon Brown ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2019 ) Anthony Wilson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2025 )
- Relatives
- Polow da Don (cousin), Ludacris (cousin)
- Awards
- Full list
- Genres
- R&B soul hip-hop soul
- Instruments
- Vocals
- Labels
- MonDeenise Music RCA J Arista Rowdy
- Website
- monica .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Denise
- Family name
- Arnold
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- College Park
- Spouse
- Shannon Brown
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Discography
- Monica discography
- Official website
- www.monica.com
- Image
- Monica Sep 2019 (2).png
- Residence
- College Park
- Voice type
- contralto
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Monica (entertainer)
- date of birth
- 1980-10-24
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- birth name
- Monica Denise Arnold
- married name
- Monica Denise Brown
- pseudonym
- Monica
- has characteristic
- mononym
- social media followers
- 1360000
- writing language
- English language
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Monica Denise Arnold (formerly Brown; born October 24, 1980), best known mononymously as Monica, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and joined a traveling gospel choir by the age of ten. Monica signed with record producer Dallas Austin's label Rowdy Records in 1993, and gained prominence following the release of her debut studio album, Miss Thang (1995). Her follow-up albums were met with continued success; her second, The Boy Is Mine (1998) remains her best-selling album and spawned three Billboard Hot 100-number one singles: "The Boy Is Mine" (with Brandy), "The First Night " and "Angel of Mine".
She then parted ways with Arista and Rowdy Records in favor of Clive Davis's J Records upon the label's launch in 2000. Her Japan-exclusive third album, All Eyez on Me (2002), was met with a steep critical and commercial decline, although its partial re-issue, After the Storm (2003), served as her fourth album and became her first to debut atop the US Billboard 200. Its lead single, "So Gone", peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Her fifth and sixth albums, The Makings of Me (2006) and Still Standing (2010), debuted at numbers eight and two on the Billboard 200, respectively; the latter received two Grammy Award nominations. Her seventh, New Life (2012) debuted at number four on the chart despite unfavorable critical response; her eighth album, Code Red (2015) marked her final release with RCA.
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