Monifah is an American

United States

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 female R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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.

Career

In 1996, her debut album, Moods...Moments

Moods...Moments

Moods...Moments is the debut album by R&B singer Monifah. It was released on March 26, 1996 through Uptown Records and was mostly produced by Heavy D, with additional production by Poke & Tone...

was released. In 1997, she contributed the Heavy D. produced

Record producer

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 "I Still Love You" to the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 of the film

Film

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, Sprung

Sprung (film)

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. Monifah's second album was Mo'hogany

Mo'hogany

Mo'hogany is the second album by R&B singer Monifah. It was released on August 25, 1998 through Uptown Records and featured production from Heavy D, Mario Winans and N.O. Joe...

. Released in the last quarter of 1998, it featured "Touch It

Touch It (Monifah song)

"Touch It" was the lead single from Monifah's second album, Mo'hogany. The R&B/dance hybrid was produced and written by Jack Knight and Screwface, who used a sample of Laid Back's 1983 hit, "White Horse"....

". The track peaked at #29 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in January 1999. Monifah's third album Home

Home (Monifah album)

Home is the third and final album released by R&B singer Monifah. It was released on October 17, 2000 through Universal Records, with Teddy Riley serving as both an executive producer and producer for the album...

, released in 2000 contained "I Can Tell", "Brown Eyes" and "Fairytales." In 2003, she played a supporting role in Michael Baisden

Michael Baisden

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's Men Cry In the Dark stage play.

Monifah is currently working on her fourth studio album 'MidNite', which is due sometime in 2012.

Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions		Certifications (sales thresholds Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... )
		U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	U.S. R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
1996	Moods...Moments Moods...Moments Moods...Moments is the debut album by R&B singer Monifah. It was released on March 26, 1996 through Uptown Records and was mostly produced by Heavy D, with additional production by Poke & Tone... Released: March 26, 1996 Label: Uptown Uptown Records Uptown Records was an American record label, founded by Andre Harrell in 1986. It went on to become one of the most popular Hip-Hop and R&B labels of the late 1980's and early 1990s. Featured on the roster were such luminaries as Guy, Heavy D & The Boyz, Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, and Soul for Real...	42	6
1998	Mo'hogany Mo'hogany Mo'hogany is the second album by R&B singer Monifah. It was released on August 25, 1998 through Uptown Records and featured production from Heavy D, Mario Winans and N.O. Joe... Released: August 25, 1998 Label: Uptown	96	42	US Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : Gold
2000	Home Home (Monifah album) Home is the third and final album released by R&B singer Monifah. It was released on October 17, 2000 through Universal Records, with Teddy Riley serving as both an executive producer and producer for the album... Released: October 17, 2000 Label: Universal Universal Records Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...	151	39

Singles

• 1996: "I Miss You (Come Back Home)
• 1996: "I Miss You (Come Back Home)" remix
  Remix
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   featuring AZ
  AZ (rapper)
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• 1996: "You"
• 1996: "You Don't Have to Love Me"
• 1997: "I Still Love You"
• 1998: "Touch It
  Touch It (Monifah song)
  "Touch It" was the lead single from Monifah's second album, Mo'hogany. The R&B/dance hybrid was produced and written by Jack Knight and Screwface, who used a sample of Laid Back's 1983 hit, "White Horse"....
  
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• 1999: "Bad Girl"
• 1999: "Suga Suga" produced by Rob Fusari
  Rob Fusari
  Rob Fusari is a record producer and songwriter, possibly best known for his work with American recording artist Lady Gaga.-Early life:Born and raised in Livingston, New Jersey, Fusari began studying classical piano at age eight, and became so skilled as a pianist, that he started performing in...
  
  
• 2000: "I Can Tell" produced by Rob Fusari
• 2001: "Brown Eyes"
• 2001: "Fairytales"