The Boy Is Mine

E34881

single song

"The Boy Is Mine" is a 1998 R&B duet by Brandy and Monica that became a major international hit and one of the defining songs of late-1990s pop and R&B.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Boy Is Mine (album)	2
The Boy Is Mine (song)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
album	Never Say Never (album) ⓘ surface form: Never Say Never The Boy Is Mine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Boy Is Mine (album)
artist	Brandy ⓘ Monica ⓘ
award	Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ
awardYear	1999 ⓘ
certification	2× Platinum (RIAA) ⓘ Gold (IFPI Sweden) ⓘ Platinum (ARIA) ⓘ Platinum (BPI) ⓘ Platinum (RMNZ) ⓘ
chartPositionARIASinglesChart	1 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadianSinglesChart	1 ⓘ
chartPositionDutchTop40	1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart	2 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSHotR&BHipHopSongs	1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	one of the defining songs of late-1990s pop and R&B ⓘ
era	late 1990s ⓘ
format	12-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ pop ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	The Boy Is Mine music video ⓘ
inspiredBy	Brandy and Monica’s rumored rivalry ⓘ The Girl Is Mine ⓘ
label	Arista Records ⓘ Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	4:51 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector	Joseph Kahn ⓘ
nominatedFor	Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
performer	Brandy ⓘ Monica ⓘ
producer	Brandy Rayana Norwood ⓘ surface form: Brandy Norwood Dallas Austin ⓘ Fred Jerkins III ⓘ LaShawn Daniels ⓘ Rodney Jerkins ⓘ
recordedIn	1997 ⓘ
releaseDate	1998-05-19 ⓘ
theme	romantic rivalry ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUSBillboardHot100	13 ⓘ
writer	Brandy Rayana Norwood ⓘ surface form: Brandy Norwood Dallas Austin ⓘ Fred Jerkins III ⓘ LaShawn Daniels ⓘ Mekaal Hasan (credit: Mekaal)? ⓘ Rodney Jerkins ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Boy Is Mine → album → The Boy Is Mine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Boy Is Mine (album)

Brandy → awardReceivedFor → The Boy Is Mine ⓘ

Never Say Never (album) → hasPart → The Boy Is Mine ⓘ

subject surface form: Never Say Never

Monica → notableAwardWork → The Boy Is Mine ⓘ

Never Say Never (album) → notableSingle → The Boy Is Mine ⓘ

subject surface form: Never Say Never

Brandy → notableWork → The Boy Is Mine ⓘ

Brandy Rayana Norwood → notableWork → The Boy Is Mine ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Boy Is Mine (song)

Monica → notableWork → The Boy Is Mine ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Boy Is Mine (album)

Have You Ever? → previousSingle → The Boy Is Mine ⓘ