Every R&B singer has stated her as an influence. She has smashed countless times with classic hits such as the boy is mine and put it down. She starred in an iconic Tv show and has been referenced in popular culture endlessly. So can we safely say Brandy is the biggest R&B icon of the last 20 years?

No.

queen i love her

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She's had some impact & her music+style of singing>

Has Ashanti ever smashed as hard as Brandy and Monica's smash duet "the boy is mine"? Brandy stays winning.

Last 20 years = 1993-2013

BEYONCÉ is more iconic. Janet Jackson is certainly a bigger icon and legend and has certainly had more influence/impact. Whitney Houston. Mariah Carey. TLC.

Brandy's not even the biggest icon of the 90s teen female R&B trio. Aaliyah is more remembered and well-known to today's Urban audiences than Brandy (whether it be because of her death or not).

Brandy is...a pop culture icon. Meaning she has her place as being a 90s teen sensation and R&B icon OF THE 90s. But she's not iconic. Does that make sense?

Well I hear "Foolish" on the radio way more than that other song.

Cut the bull****.

No.

Brandy's driving skill is iconic

No, you said it, aint nobody was thinking about her until she opened her legs to Kells and then passed away. Nobody was messing with Brandy in the mid to late 90s, not Aaliyah and def not the convicts wife Monica. No ma'am.

That's Mary J Blige, lol.

That's because of her death. Brandy sold more records, had a TV show, movies, dolls, CoverGirl contract, etc.

The people you named are pop stars.

Its actually Mary J Blige, she made a bigger impact than Brandy. Brandy is too local.