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Still Standing (Monica Album)
''Still Standing'' is the sixth studio album by American R&B singer Monica. It was released on March 19, 2010, by J Records. Recording for the album began in 2007, in which the singer intended to take a more traditional approach to the genre and take away any "gimmicks". As executive producer of the album, Monica enlisted a variety of producers including involvement by Missy Elliott, Bryan-Michael Cox, Stargate, The Runners and Jermaine Dupri. Production on ''Still Standing'' was chronicled by Monica's BET reality series of the same name which aired between October 2009 and January 2010. The album received mostly positive reviews, based on an aggregate score of 71/100 from Metacritic, with critics perceiving its sound as "a return to the mid-'90s heyday" of contemporary R&B. It was a commercial success, debuting at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 184,000 in its first week, and reaching the top of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming Monica's second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica (singer)
Monica Denise Arnold (formerly Brown; born October 24, 1980) is an American singer, rapper and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir at the age of ten. Monica rose to prominence after she signed with Rowdy Records in 1993 and released her debut album ''Miss Thang'' two years later. She followed it with a series of successful albums, including the global bestseller '' The Boy Is Mine'' (1998) as well as the number-one albums '' After the Storm'' (2003), ''The Makings of Me'' (2006) and '' Still Standing'' (2010). Throughout her career, several of Monica's singles became number-one hits on the pop and R&B charts, including "Before You Walk Out of My Life", "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)", " Like This and Like That", " The Boy Is Mine" (with Brandy), "The First Night", "Angel of Mine", "So Gone", and " Everything to Me". Monica's popularity was further enhanced by her roles in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tha Bizness
Tha Bizness is an American record production and songwriting team from Seattle, Washington, composed of Justin "Henny" Henderson and Christopher John "Dow Jones" Whitacre. Tha Bizness have produced songs for several prominent artists, including Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Ice Cube, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar, among others. In 2009, they received a Producer of the Year nomination at the BET Hip Hop Awards. History Henny, who was previously a singer under the name "J Henn," and Dow Jones, who was previously a mixtape DJ, joined forces to form the production team "Tha Bizness." Dow used his mixtape series, titled "Play Your Position," to promote their beats. Eventually, they were noticed by West Coast artists, for whom they produced songs for mixtapes. In 2007, Sha Money XL contacted the duo via Myspace and offered the duo a production deal with G-Unit Records and Sha Money's management team, Teamwork Music. Tha Bizness achieved mainstream success with the product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States". RIAA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. RIAA was formed in 1952. Its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the stereophonic record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records. RIAA says its current mission includes: #to protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists #to perform research about the music industry #to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations, and policies Between 2001 and 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RIAA Certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets.RIAA certification criteria Retrieved on September 11, 2006 Other countries have similar awards (see music recording certification). Certification is not automatic; for an award to be made, the must first request certification. The audit is conducted against net shipments after returns (most often an artist's royalty s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, 1965 in an effort by the magazine to further expand into the field of rhythm and blues music. It then went through several name changes, being known as Soul LPs in the 1970s and Top Black Albums in the 1980s, before returning to the R&B identification in 1990 and affixing a hip hop designation in 1999 to reflect the latter's growing sales and relationship to R&B during the decade. From 1965 through 2009, the chart was compiled based on reported sales at a core panel of stores with a "higher-than-average volume" of R&B and/or hip-hop album sales to monitor buying trends of the African-American community. This panel included more independent and smaller chain stores compared to the high percentage of mass merchants that account fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its " number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, and acquired its current name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985) and ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales – both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Standing
Still Standing may refer to: Music Albums * ''Still Standing'' (Goodie Mob album) or the title song, 1998 * ''Still Standing'' (Jason & the Scorchers album), 1986 * ''Still Standing'' (Monica album) or the title song (see below), 2010 * ''Still Standing'', by Deadly Venoms, 2002 * ''Still Standing'', by Exile, 1990 * ''Still Standing'', by the Martins, 2018 * ''Still Standing'', an EP by Yellowcard, 2000 Songs * "Still Standing" (Hilltop Hoods song), 2009 * "Still Standing" (Monica song), 2008 * "Still Standing", by Kylie Minogue from ''Body Language'', 2003 * "Still Standing", by the Rasmus from ''Dead Letters'', 2003 Television * ''Still Standing'' (American TV series), a 2002–2006 sitcom * ''Still Standing'' (Canadian TV series), a comedy/reality show that premiered in 2015 * '' Monica: Still Standing'', a 2009–2010 American reality series * "Still Standing" (''Fear the Walking Dead''), an episode See also * "I'm Still Standing", a 1983 song by Elton John * ''I'm S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here I Am (Monica Song)
"Here I Am" is a song by American recording artist Monica, taken up from her sixth studio album, '' Still Standing'' (2010). It was composed by the former along with Ester Dean, Paul Dawson, Mark Hartnett, Jason Perry, and her cousin Polow da Don, featuring production by the latter. Chiefly written by Dean, the smoky downtempo song was initially written for and recorded by a male singer but partially reconstructed for Monica. Lyrically, "Here I Am" outlines a woman's physical desires over a dubstep-lite instrumental. The album version of the song was lined up for a dual single release along with "Nothing Like Me" to US radios in fall 2009. However, its release was scrapped twice in favor of " Everything to Me" and "Love All Over Me", both of which served as the first two singles from the album. Eventually picked as the third and final single from ''Still Standing'', the song was officially remixed with vocals from American singer Trey Songz. The duet version was released as a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love All Over Me
"Love All Over Me" is a song by American singer Monica. It was written by Crystal Johnson, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox for her sixth studio album '' Still Standing'' (2010), while production was helmed by Dupri, with Cox credited as co-producer of the song. Musically, "Love All Over Me" is a down-tempo R&B piece that rounds out ''Still Standing'' as another laid back, yet soulful track filled with admiration. The song was sent to rhythmic, urban, and urban adult contemporary airplay as the album's second single in the United States on May 31, 2010. Critics received the song positively. In the United States, "Love All Over Me" peaked at number 58 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also reaching number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the top of the Adult R&B Songs, becoming the album's second chart topper after lead single " Everything to Me" (2010). The song's accompanying music video, directed by Chris Robinson, features Monica pursuing her love interest in marriage. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything To Me (Monica Song)
"Everything to Me" is a song by American recording artist Monica. It was written by fellow singer Jazmine Sullivan and co-produced by Missy Elliott and Cainon Lamb for her sixth studio album '' Still Standing'' (2010), incorporating a sample of the 1981 recording " Silly" as penned by Fritz Baskett, Clarence McDonald, and June Deniece Williams and performed by Deniece Williams. Recorded during initially unplanned, additional recording sessions for the album, "Everything to Me" was released as the lead single from ''Still Standing'' in the United States on February 9, 2010 following a request campaign by fans on Twitter. The song garnered generally positive reviews by music critics, who noted it the album's standout track. Monica's first solo release in over three years, the song has peaked at number forty-four on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number-one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, becoming her first chart-topper in over seven years. The track was nominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
