When Monica arrived with the multi-platinum Miss Thang (1995), the singer was among a class of teenaged pop-R&B newcomers. She stood out with distinctly Southern grit and boldness, as well as unmatched maturity and versatility that belied her age. Her follow-up, The Boy Is Mine (1998), also went multi-platinum, powered by the chart-topping and Grammy-winning Brandy duet of the... Wikipedia