Brandy & Monica

Biography

"The Boy Is Mine" is a song recorded by American R and B singers Brandy and Monica. Actually penned by LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and Brandy for her second studio album Never Say Never (1998), it was eventually released as the lead single from both singers second albums during the second quarter of 1998 (see 1998 in music). The songs lyrics tell a story about two women disputing the love of a man and were inspired by Paul McCartney and Michael Jacksons 1982 duet "The Girl Is Mine."[1]

Co-produced by Brandy, Darkchild, and Dallas Austin, "The Boy Is Mine" was the first number-one record for both artists, both stateside and internationally. Exploiting the medias presumption of a rivalry between the two young singers,[2] the song rose to one of the most successful records of the year, spending record-breaking thirteen weeks on top of the U.S. Billboard charts, and reaching the top five on most of all other charts it appeard on.[2] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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