| Artist: | Monica |
| Studio: | 8 |
| Video: | 8 |
| Singles: | 48 |
American R&B singer Monica has released 8 studio albums, one extended play, and 48 singles (including six as a featured artist). Since the beginning of her career in 1995, she has sold 5.3 million albums in the United States,[1] In 1999, Billboard included her among the top twenty of the Top Pop Artists of the 1990s,[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
Monica's debut studio album, titled Miss Thang was released in July 1995, selling about 1.5 million million copies in the United States.[5] It produced three 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.[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. Her second album The Boy Is Mine was released in 1998 and earned her major international chart success. It peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 and was certified three-times platinum in the United States and Canada. 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".[7]
After 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.[8] 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.[9] 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).[9] [10]
In 2009, Monica's duet with singer Keyshia Cole, "Trust", reached the top five of Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The recording of her 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.[9] Still Standing was eventually certified gold by the RIAA, with domestic shipments of 500,000 copies, and also produced the R&B top ten hit "Love All Over Me".[11] In 2012, Monica's seventh album New Life was released to moderate sales. Its four singles, including lead single "It All Belongs to Me", another duet with Brandy, failed to achieve any Billboard Hot 100 entry. In 2015, her eighth studio album Code Red was released.[12]
| Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| US [13] | US R&B [14] | AUS [15] [16] | CAN [17] | GER [18] | JPN [19] | NL [20] | NZ [21] | SWI [22] | UK [23] | |||||
| Miss Thang | 36 | 7 | 125 | 20 | — | — | 41 | 9 | — | — |
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| The Boy Is Mine |
| 8 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 34 | 69 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 52 |
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| All Eyez on Me |
| — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | 88 | — | |||
| After the Storm |
| 1 | 2 | 192 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | 136 |
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| The Makings of Me |
| 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — |
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| Still Standing |
| 2 | 1 | — | 191 | — | 129 | — | — | — | — |
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| New Life |
| 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Code Red |
| 27 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [30] | US R&B [31] | AUS | CAN [32] | GER [33] | IRL [34] | NL | NZ | SCO [35] | UK | ||||||
| "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" | 1995 | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | 20 | 5 | — | 32 |
Gold[36] | Miss Thang | ||
| "Like This and Like That" | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 33 | |||||
| "Before You Walk Out of My Life" | 60 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 78 | 22 |
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| "Why I Love You So Much" | 1996 | 9 | 3 | 96 | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — |
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| "Ain't Nobody" (featuring Treach) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Nutty Professor OST | ||||||
| "For You I Will" | 1997 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 75 | 80 | — | 51 | 2 | 78 | 27 |
| Space Jam OST and The Boy Is Mine | ||
| "The Boy Is Mine'" (with Brandy) | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
Gold[39] Platinum[40] | The Boy Is Mine | ||
| "The First Night" | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 63 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 29 | 6 |
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| "Angel of Mine" | 1999 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | — | — | — | 36 | 81 | 55 |
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| "Street Symphony" | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Inside" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Just Another Girl" | 2001 | 64 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Down to Earth OST | |||
| "All Eyez on Me" | 2002 | 69 | 32 | 39 | — | 81 | — | — | 29 | — | — | All Eyez on Me | |||
| "So Gone" | 2003 | 10 | 1 | 72 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | After the Storm | |||
| "Knock Knock"/"Get It Off" | 75 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "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) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Trust" (with Keyshia Cole) | 2009 | 70 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Different Me | |||
| "Everything to Me" | 2010 | 44 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Still Standing | |||
| "Love All Over Me" | 58 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Anything (To Find You)" (featuring Rick Ross) | 2011 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | New Life | |||
| "Until It's Gone" | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "It All Belongs to Me" (with Brandy) | 2012 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Without You" | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Just Right for Me" (featuring Lil Wayne) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Code Red | |||
| "Commitment" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan = "8" | |||
| "Me + You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Trenches" (featuring Lil Baby) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | ||||
| "Pink"[42] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | |||||
| "Friends" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | ||||
| "Trusting God" (with James Fortune) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | ||||
| "Letters" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | |||||
| "The Boy Is Mine (Remix)" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | × | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart, were not released in that country or did not receive a certification. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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| US | US R&B | US Gospel [43] | GER | |||||||
| "Freedom" (with Various artists) | 1995 | 44 | 18 | — | — | Panther OST | ||||
| "I've Got to Have It" (Jermaine Dupri and Nas featuring Monica) | 2000 | — | 67 | — | 76 | Big Momma House OST | ||||
| "Wake Up Everybody" (with Various artists) | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | Wake Up Everybody | |||
| "Always" (Trina featuring Monica) | 2010 | — | 42 | — | — | Amazin' | ||||
| "Hold On" (James Fortune featuring Monica) | 2012 | — | 57 | 2 | — | Identity | ||||
| "Do Me Like That" (Trendsetter Sense featuring Monica, Yo Gotti and Jeezy) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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| US | JPN [44] | KOR [45] | ||||||||||||
| "Gone Be Fine" (featuring OutKast) | 1999 | — | — | — | The Boy Is Mine | |||||||||
| "Right Here Waiting" (featuring 112) | 2000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Too Hood" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) | 2002 | — | — | — | All Eyez on Me | |||||||||
| "I Ain't Trying to Hear It" (Dirtbag featuring Monica) | 2007 | — | — | — | Dirty Business | |||||||||
| "Still Standing" (featuring Ludacris) | 2008 | 74 | — | — | Still Standing | |||||||||
| "One in a Lifetime" | 2010 | — | 66 | — | ||||||||||
| "Here I Am" | 83 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Believing in Me" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Lesson Learned" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Take a Chance" (featuring Wale) | 2012 | — | — | 20 | New Life | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Artist(s) | Album | ||
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| "Slow Jam'" | 1997 | Usher | My Way | |
| "Streets Keep Callin'" | 1999 | C-Murder, Daz Dillinger | Bossalinie | |
| "Grown-Up Christmas List" | 2000 | Platinum Christmas | ||
| "Don't Be Cruel" | 2003 | Beenie Man, Missy Elliott | This Is Not a Test! | |
| "Class Reunion" | Wyclef Jean | Preacher's Son | ||
| "Don't Gotta Go Home" | DMX | Grand Champ | ||
| "For My Niggaz" | 2005 | Do or Die, The Legendary Traxster | D.O.D. | |
| "I'll Give All My Love to You" | 2007 | Keith Sweat | Sweat Hotel Live | |
| "Thugs Need Love Too" | 2008 | Rocko | Self-Made | |
| "How I Like It" | 2010 | Wild Life | ||
| "Can't Live Without You" | Ludacris | Battle of the Sexes | ||
| "I Want It All" | Trina | Amazin' | ||
| "Closer" | 2013 | LL Cool J | Authentic | |
| "Ocean Skies" | 2015 | Ludacris | Ludaversal | |
| "Forgive Me" | Jeezy | Church in These Streets | ||
| "Burglar Bars" | 2017 | 2 Chainz | Pretty Girls Like Trap Music | |
| "We Ride" | Gucci Mane | Mr. Davis | ||
| "Big A$AP" | 2020 | A$AP Ferg | ||
| "Pray" | 2021 | Jimmie Allen, Little Big Town | Bettie James: Gold Edition | |
| "Love Me Enough" | 2023 | Nicki Minaj and Keyshia Cole | Pink Friday 2 |
| Year | Artist(s) | Album | |
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| "Let's Straighten It Out" | 1995 | Usher | Panther |
| "Missing You" | 1996 | Fled | |
| "Somebody Bigger than You and I" | Whitney Houston, Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown | The Preacher's Wife | |
| "Slow Jam" | Usher | Soul Food | |
| "Angel" | 2000 | Love Song | |
| "This Boy Here" | Akon | ||
| "What My Heart Says" | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | ||
| "Angel of Mine" | Wings of the Crow | ||
| "Uh Oh" | 2002 | Drumline | |
| "Can I Walk By" | 2004 | Jazze Pha | |
| "Sick & Tired" | 2005 | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | |
| "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 2013 | The Best Man Holiday |
| Year | DVD | |
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| 1999 | Angel of Mine Tour | |
| 2003 | Get It Off/Knock Knock |
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