Victoria Monét McCants (born May 1, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. First gaining recognition for her songwriting work, Monét pursued a recording career with the release of a series of

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s (EPs); her fifth, ''

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'' (2020) was met with critical acclaim. Her debut studio album, '' Jaguar II'' (2023) became her commercial breakthrough and was supported by the

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", which peaked within the top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and earned a

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nomination for

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. The nomination was among seven she received at the

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, from which she won

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, Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. She became involved in the performing arts at a young age, and embarked on a musical career in 2010. After performing as part of a short-lived girl group formed by record producer

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, she took to songwriting and began doing so in tandem with Jerkins and his associate, D'Mile. Monét became a frequent collaborator of singer

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, having co-written songs for each of her studio albums from her debut ''Yours Truly'' (2013) up to her sixth, ''Positions'' (2020). In 2019, Monét received three Grammy Award nominations (including Album of the Year) for her work on Grande's '' Thank U, Next''. That same year, Grande and Monét released the single "

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", which became a top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart. Throughout her career, Monét has worked on songs and albums for other high-profile acts including

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and

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. Her accolades include two

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, three Grammy Awards, and the Rising Star Award from ''Billboard'' Women In Music.

Early life

Monét was born in

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, on May 1, 1989, and moved to

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as a teen when her parents relocated for work. In Catholic elementary school, she appeared on stage in holiday plays, and in church she sang in the youth choir. In junior high school, she formed her own dance group; this led to teaching at two dance studios. She attended Sheldon High School in Sacramento after pleading with her mother to change their address so that she could participate in Sheldon's performing arts program.

Career

Outside of dance rehearsals, Monét began exchanging poetry with an older cousin and found a new passion. This soon translated into her writing her own music. A Sacramento-based producer who she had been working with educated her on the production world and learning about producers while making music at a local recording studio together. Through this experience she learned about

and added him on

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. Shortly afterwards, he invited her to come to

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and audition for a new girl group he was forming, Purple Reign. The group landed a record deal with

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a year later, but was dropped before releasing any music. After the group's disbandment, Monét turned to songwriting to earn money while she waited for her own music career to build up. The first song she worked on was a track for Diddy Dirty Money's 2010 album, '' Last Train to Paris''. She continued to write song hooks and sang the demos herself before sending them out. Her hope was that the labels would like her version enough that they would keep her on the track as a feature.

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CEO

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heard one of her demos in a meeting and offered her a record deal later that day. Even though she was signed, Monét acknowledged that her songwriting "took off" before her music, while she was working on both. Her songwriting remained her main form of income during the beginning of her music career.

2014–2018: ''Nightmares & Lullabies'' and ''Life After Love''

On October 30, 2014, Monét released her debut EP ''Nightmares & Lullabies: Act 1'' and on June 17, 2015, she released her follow-up EP ''Nightmares & Lullabies – Act 2'' under Atlantic Records. Monét chose the name as it represented the sound of the EPs: a dark beat mixed with soft melodies. Following the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the Dallas Police shooting, Monét released "Better Days" with

on July 10, 2016. Monét joined girl group

on the North American leg of the 7/27 Tour, which began on July 25, 2016, as an opening act along with pop singer JoJo. Grande joined Monét on one of the tour dates to perform "Better Days". On September 22, 2016, Grande announced on Twitter that Monét will serve as an opening act along with British girl group

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on the North American leg of the

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. Monét also supported Grande on the European leg of the tour alongside rapper Bia. In 2016, Monét released the promotional single "Do You Like It" which was followed by the single "Ready", which was released while on tour with

in April 2017. Both singles would later be included on ''Life After Love Pt. 2''. On February 23, 2018, Monét released the first half of her "Life After Love" series, ''Life After Love, Pt. 1.'' The project features the single "Freak", which was released on February 9 with the project's pre-order. A remix of the song featuring previous tour-mate Bia, was released on July 19, 2018, alongside a music video. The latter half of the "Life After Love" series, ''Life After Love, Pt. 2,'' was released on September 28, 2018, and was preceded by the single "New Love".

2019–present: ''Jaguar'' and ''Jaguar II''

On April 1, 2019, Victoria Monét and Ariana Grande released the single "

" while Grande was on her

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. The song debuted at No. 70 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 becoming Monét first entry on the chart as an artist; Monét also appeared at No. 16 on ''Billboard's'' Emerging Artists artist the same week. In late 2019, Monét released the single "Ass Like That". The song served as the lead single to her upcoming debut project. In early 2020, Monét released the single "Moment" followed by the promotional single "Dive". Monét was announced as

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's Up Next artist in February 2020. On June 19, Monét released the single "

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" with Khalid and

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and announced her debut project, ''

''. In an interview with

, Monét disclosed that ''Jaguar'' will be released in three separate parts which will eventually come together to form her debut

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. Part one of ''Jaguar'' was released on August 7. On October 4, Monét released the song "Politics" exclusively on

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, leaving a portion of the song fully instrumental, so listeners could add their own feature verse to the song. On October 8, Monét released a remix of the ''Jaguar'' track "Touch Me" featuring American singer-songwriter

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. In December 2020, Monét released a holiday instrumental edition of ''Jaguar'' called ''A Jaguar Christmas: The Orchestral Arrangements''. On February 1, 2021, Monét released the single "F.U.C.K." along with a

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-themed music video. On August 5, 2021, she released another single "Coastin" and a music video was released starring Rickey Thompson. In June 2022, Monét performed "Coastin" at the 22nd BET Awards pre-show and announced she was working on a follow-up project to her previous EP titled ''Jaguar II''. On March 24, 2023, Monét released the track "Smoke" featuring

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, as her first new single since 2021. "Smoke" was followed by the singles "Party Girls" (featuring

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) and "

", released on May 10 and June 16, respectively. A

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of "Party Girls" (additionally featuring Michaël Brun) was released on May 26. In July 2023, Monét was featured on the cover of the 125th edition of '' Clash''.

Songwriting

Monét has a long history of writing songs for other artists. In 2010, she helped pen "I Hate That You Love Me" by Diddy Dirty Money and went on to co-write songs such as " Be Alright", " Let Me Love You", " Thank U, Next", and "Monopoly" (featuring Monét) by

; " Memories Back Then" by

, B.o.B and

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; "Drunk Texting" by

; "Everlasting Love", "Them Girls Be Like", "Reflection", "We Know", and "No Way" by

; "You Wouldn't Understand" by

; "Sin City" by

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; "Visual Love" by

; "Live on Tonight" by T.I.; " Do It" by

; "Rather Be" by

; as well as "

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" by

and

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. For her work with Grande she was nominated for two awards at the

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for " 7 Rings" and Album of the Year for '' Thank U, Next'.'' The following year she was nominated in the Best R&B Song category for co-writing

's single " Do It".

Artistry

Influences

Monet has been described mainly as a R&B, pop and

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artist. She has also had numerous influences of

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in her music as well. Monét has frequently cited R&B/pop female artists such as

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, and

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as major musical and vocal influences. She also cited pop influence from

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and

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, while soul and jazz from

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and Sade. From her childhood she took influences from

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listening to

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and

. Monét mentioned

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and

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as an inspiration for "having both a successful songwriting career and a successful artist career". She referred to

's ''Lemonade'' and

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's ''

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'' as inspirations for her works for

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Personal life

Monét

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in 2018. In December 2020, she announced that she and her boyfriend John Gaines were expecting their first child. On February 21, 2021, Monét gave birth to a daughter, Hazel Monét Gaines. In November 2023, Hazel became the youngest Grammy Awards nominee in history for her laughter on Monét’s song "Hollywood", nominated for Best Traditional R&B Performance at the

. In September 2024, Monét announced on social media that she and Gaines had been broken up since 2023.

Discography

*'' Jaguar II'' (2023)

Tours

;Headlining * The Jaguar Tour (2023) ;Supporting *

– 7/27 Tour (2016) *

–

(2017)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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