Titan3510
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I doubt it. Monica was a one trick pony and had no crossover appeal so had she be given a show it still would have fallen flat.
Once you have heard one Monica song you have basically heard them all. Monica is today coasting on the "The boy is mine" success which Brandy put her on. Had Brandy had enough confidence in her own success she would never have shared some of her shine with Monica because now some (including mo) are delusional in thinking that her success was ever on the same level as Brandy's.
Monica was not a one trick pony. She has several Top 10 hits on both the R&B charts and the pop charts.
And if she had multiple hits on the R&B and pop charts, that automatically gives her crossover appeal.
"Once you have heard one Monica song you have basically heard them all."
That might be true here and now in 2012 but that wasn't the case with her first couple of albums. At all.
Stop. There have been plenty of albums that have sold millions but lack quality. If it was that simple, I would've never made this thread.
Brandy was marketed to appeal to the Pop crowd. She was the "Girl Next Door"whereas Monica was "Miss Thang" and Aaliyah was the "Tom Boy".
Brandy's team's mission was to make her a pop crossover success. So of course she sold more. Stop undermining Monica's success. She was successful as well.
None of that sh!t matters today as both are in the same boat as far as sales and popularity go.
I agree with this. You can see the difference in their audiences by looking at their debut album covers and the title.
Most of Brandy's music on her debut was very jazzy and very family-oriented/kid-friendly. And then her second album was heavily influenced by mid 90s Mariah.
Monica had a jazzy tune or two (namely Before You Walk Out My Life) but it was a mix between gospel and street. And Monica had a Miss Thang attitude; it was cute but her album was called Miss Thang.
What do you think appeals more to white audiences (AKA the audience with the most purchasing power) [MENTION=53004]delicious11[/MENTION]?
Brandy had more crossover appeal than Monica. But Monica had more than Aaliyah.
Aaliyah was pretty much unknown to pop (AKA white) audiences until 2000 when she came out with Try Again and the Romeo Must Die movie. And then she died tragically before she could actually crossover.
You can't just look at sales and then jump to the conclusion that person A had better music than person B on that.
You have to look at the reason why the sales are the way they are.