14 years after their award winning 'The Boy Is Mine' topped the charts, Brandy and Monica have teamed up again to give fans the follow up.
Titled 'It All Belongs To Me' and produced by Rico Love, the track sees the ladies come together this time as they both leave their men instead of fighting over the same one.
Although not quite on the same level as 'The Boy Is Mine', the record is still a good one.
Monica shows us that there's still some life in R&B with her latest offering that is 'Until It's Gone'.
Taken from her forthcoming album 'New Life', which is now due out in December, the track sees Monica get emotional with the song's lyrical content and her always amazing accompanying vocals.
Monica takes us back to 90s with the help of Rick Ross in this new single, 'Anything (To Find You)', from her brand new studio album 'New Life', dropping November 29th.
10 years ago today, the music industry lost one of its most promising stars. Aaliyah Dana Houghton was tragically killed on August 25th 2001, aged just 32, when her plane crashed shortly after its departure from The Bahamas.
Recognising the late singers 10th anniversary, Billboard spoke to some of R&B's favourite ladies today to find out how Aaliyah's legacy has had an influence on their lives and the current music industry.
With a new album in the works, it seems Monica felt it only right to switch up her hair style too! Check out the singer's lighter and shorter look which she revealed via twitter!
Monica is said to be 'beyond hurt' after hearing that Lil' Kim's verse on her new single, 'Anything (To Find You)'.
The single samples the Notorious B.I.G and so needed to be cleared by his mother, Ms. Wallace, who is in control of the Biggie Estate.
Unfortunately, clearance was not given to Kim's use of 'Who Shot Ya' that appears in her verse, resulting in the entire verse being removed from the track.
Monica took to her twitter to publicly address the issue.
"I am just finding out what has happened to my single and myself & Missy are beyond hurt that @LilKim was removed. She’s our friend, a legend & @LilKim will get the respect she deserves at all cost. The clearance was revoked & I’m fighting to get it reinstated by the Biggie Estate."
"We respect all parties involved & were gonna do WHATEVER to keep the song as is because @lilKim the bizness on the record. I am as thorough as they come and I LOVE @LilKim bottom line is Ms Wallace hasthe finalsay and she said No. If we put it out we get SUED."
The song, which also features Rick Ross, is the first track to be lifted from Monica's new project, 'New Life', which is due out on October 18th.
This past weekend saw R&B singer Monica get married to L.A Lakers Shannon Brown. Despite being already legally married, the couple tied the knot again in front of family and friends.
With Ciara amongst the wedding party, and guests including LL Cool J and Lala Vasquez, the ceremony really was a star studded event.
Check out Monica's exclusive interview with 'The Insider'.
Monica has revealed, via a Ustream with fans, that her new album, 'New Life', is likely to be released on October 4th. This will be her 7th studio album, the follow up to 'Still Standing' which she released last year.
"The label [J Records] has asked me, do I want to take an October 4 date. Over the next month I’ll decide because as of right now, we’re pressing up the newsingleand trying to get some clearances which are very difficult, so if anything changes it will only be because of that. We’re working on it and I’m thinking that I will keep that October 4 date."
The first single from the album is due out in a matter of weeks.
Are you excited for some new material from Monica?
While others were busy performing at Hot 107.9's Birthday Bash in Atlanta on Saturday night, Antonia 'Toya' Carter and Mickey 'Memphitz' Wright were busy getting married!
The pair, who have been dating for a while now, tied the knot in a ceremony with guests including Monica and Shannon Brown, Lauren London and Tamar Braxton.
Despite officially being husband and wife, the pair are said to be preparing for their second wedding which will take place on July 9th.
Monica is set to join the long list of celebrities venturing into the business of beauty. Signing a deal with Orly, Monica and her cousin have come up with a nail polish line named "Nail Inspirations".
As well as creating a line of polishes with great colours that look great, Monica hopes to motivate and empower women by putting an inspirational quote on each bottle.
Watch the video below to see a video of Monica speaking about the new line.
Monica is back with a music video for her brand new single 'Everything To Me'. The music video seems to be inspired by the movie, 'Obsessed', which stars Idris Elba and Beyonce. This is a good video and the storyline is great...we like the twist!
The video has been dedicated to Alexander McQueen.
'Everything To Me' will be on Monica's new album, 'Still Standing', which will be released on March 23rd.
Keri Hilson had dropped her new video for her new single, 'Slow Dance', with cameo appearances from Monica and Chris Brown.
She definitely gets her 'sexy on' in this video....and she's wearing that snakeskin dress that Amber Rose was rocking one day this week. See Amber don't always set the trend....
In what was rumoured to be a show in tribute of the great Michael Jackson, the BET Awards 2009 was boring.....very boring.....they should've let Chris Brown perform his MJ tribute, but they axed him lastmin.com.......
The night started off with a mediocre performance by New Edition, singing a medley of Jackson 5 hits, such as 'I Want You Back' and 'ABC'. Hosted by funny man Jamie Foxx, who opened the show donning a red leather jacket and sequined glove, Micheal Jackson style.
The host then moonwalked across the stage and had the crowd laughing throughout the show.
Keri Hilson channeled her inner Micheal Jackson by dressing up in clothing that resembled MJ's 'Bad' outfit in her performances of 'Turning Me Off' and 'Knock You Down'. She even tried to add a few MJ dance moves to her performance, which really didn't work. Ne-Yo gave a powerful rendition of Jackson's 'Lady In My Life', which was one of the best tributes to MJ given at the show.
Jamie Foxx, then gave his performance of his club hit, 'Blame It', featuring T-Pain and guest appearances from Snoop Dogg (who didn't rap, but 'Drop It Like It's Hot was mixed into 'Blame It'), and Travis Barker on the drums, who gave a great performance.
Queen Bey gave a sweet performance of 'Ave Maria' and 'Angel', but it was a shame that she didn't give a rendition of an MJ song - she would've given it the justice it deserved! Ciara sang MJ's 'Heal The World' donning some MJ clobber; she looked real good, but sounded bad "real bad, real bad Micheal Jackson".
Ne-Yo, once again, returned to the stage - oh did I forget to mention he was donning his bald head ALL night, no hats in any performance! - with a medley of his favourite stars, such as Keith Sweat, Guy and Bel BivDevoe, which was a great performance.
Jay Z had everybody bopping away, and even had his wife Beyonce singing along to his new single, 'Death Of Autotune' - Great performance!
Ladies favourite Maxwell sang his new single, 'Pretty Wings' and hot newcomer, Drake, alongside with Lil' Wayne, Baby and Young Money, gave one of the most driest performances ever, particularly because Drake sat through the whole of his performance due to injuring his Achilles Heel.
Janet Jackson made an emotionalappearance towards the end of the show, on the behalf of the Jackson family, which made everybody shed a tear, just to thank everybody for their support. Her emotions were a stark contrast to her fathers', Joe Jackson, who was also at the awards show, smiling, laughing and plugging his new record label, even though his son only died 3 days ago......
The finale of the show was performed by Ne-Yo (again) and Jamie Foxx with a duet of the Jackson 5 hit, 'I'll be There'.
The awards show was dire, and I know that BET only had 3 days to turn the whole show around with the news of Micheal Jackson's death, but they did okay, but could've done better.
Here's a list of all the winners on the night:
Best Male R&B Artist - Ne-Yo Best Female R&B Artist - Beyonce Best Group - Day 26 Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best Female Hip Hop Artist - M.I.A. Best Male Hip Hop Artist - Lil Wayne Best New Artist - Keri Hilson Best Collaboration Jamie Foxx f/ T-Pain - Blame It Viewer's Choice T.I. f/ Rihanna - Live Your Life Video Director of the Year - Benny Boom Video of the Year Beyonce - Single Ladies Best Actress - Taraji P. Henson Best Actor - Will Smith Best Female Athlete - Serena Williams Best Male Athlete - LeBron James Centric Award - Jazmine Sullivan
Here's some performance, some of which I haven't mentioned
