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Maleah Tate Monica Denise Arnold Brown was born October 24, 1980. Monica is a professionally known R&B artist "Monica (entertainer)." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2011. . Monica was born and raised in College Park. She began performing as a child and was a part of a traveling gospel choir by the time she was 10. At age of thirteen she signed with Artist Records and released her debut album Miss Thang in 1195. She was the youngest recording artist to have won two chart topping hits in the U.S. In 1998 she produced her second album called The Boy is Mine "Monica (entertainer)." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2011. . During her third album Monica experienced troubles and her career was going down. In 2003 she produced her forth album After the Storm which had a successful single called So gone. Her latest album is called Still Standing was released in 2010. Monica has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, with 5 million units in the United States alone. Her career has lasted over 15 years and she is still continuing to do her best. Monica was the oldest and only child of her mother Marilyn Best, she also has a younger brother who was born in 1983. At the age four two Monica followed in her mothers footsteps with regular performances at the Jones Hill Methodist Church. Her parents separated in 1987. Monica began training herself in singing and became a frequent talent show contestant, winning over twenty local singing competitions throughout her early teenage years "Monica (entertainer)." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2011. . Monica’s Fiancé is a producer named Rodney "Rock" Hill who produced many songs for people and also has some singles out himself.("Monica Denise Arnold". http://basicfamouspeople.com). They both have one child together named Ramone Hill the third who was born on May 21, 2005, later they had another child. ("Monica Denise Arnold". http://basicfamouspeople.com). In the 1990's Monica made her acting debut on an episode of Living Single. In 2000, Monica made her film debut in the third drama from MTV films, Love Song, as Camille Livingston. The film debut the song "What my Heart Says" with promotion to her third album All Eyes on Me "Monica Biography - Newsmakers Cumulation." Encyclopedia of World Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2011. . She also did guest appearances on several television shows such as Living Single, Beverly Hills, 90210, Felicity and many more. Monica joined the production of the BET network "Monica Biography - Newsmakers Cumulation." Encyclopedia of World Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2011. .k for her own series Monica: Still Standing, named after her single on latest album . This show focused on searching for a hit single for her fifth album release and balancing her personal life of being a fulltime mother and troubled past .In 1998 Monica won the Grammy Award for the best R&B due with Brandy. Monica’s career saw troubles in 1999 when she was going through up and down relationships and the death of her boyfriend Jarvis Weems. On July 18, 2000 the couple was together at the graveside of his brother who died from a car accident and out of nowhere he pulled a gun out and shot himself in the head Nero, Mark Edward. "Monica Bio." R&B and Soul Music - Soul and R&B Music. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2011. http://randb.about.com/od/gthroughm/p/MonicaProfile.htm. Monica was devastated and spent the first few months in a depression. After that she recovered and met rocky and had two children. They split in October of 2009 and Monica began seeing the NBA player Shannon Brown. In 2010 they got married. Through all Monica’s trials and tribulations she is still making singles and continuing to be a full time mother to this day Nero, Mark Edward. "Monica Bio." R&B and Soul Music - Soul and R&B Music. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2011 ..... Read More »
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