This thread is a mess.
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In terms of overall popularity: Brandy >>>>>>Aaliyah >>>> Monica.
TBH, I don't remember Monica ever having any BIG hits besides "The Boy Is Mine", and she used that to push her entire album and still didn't do much.
Aaliyah's singles were released without a physical CD, causing some of them to chart from spins alone, so you can't really compare them singles-wise.
And Monica is NOT the "Rihanna of the '90s". Rihanna has never had a consistent sound with each of her albums amd Monica has never ventured too far off away from her fanbase, which isn't really an excuse for her album sales being so low.
Brandy
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