Monica Denise Arnold
Monica
Monica Denise Arnold (born October 24, 1980), professionally known as Monica, is an American RnB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress.
Monica has worked on "hundreds of songs" with producers and songwriters such as Johnta Austin, Babyface, Bryan-Michael Cox, Drumma Boy, Jermaine Dupri, Los Da Mystro, Ne-Yo, Polow da Don, Stargate, Soulshock & Karlin, and WyldCard as well as artists Keyshia Cole and Ludacris.
Her team also was in negoations with R. Kelly to contribute to Still Standing.
In an interview with Versus Magazine, Lil Jon moreover stated that he was "about to do some work with Monica. Productionwise, the album is expected to orient on earlier projects: "I am going back to where I started," Monica said in an interview with Concrete Loop in fall 2007. "The next album I would like people to get more songs like "Why I Love You So Much," "Angel of Mine," or the things they really, really love from me." Originally titled Lessons Learned Monica decided to change the project recently as she felt that Still Standing was more appropriate for the body of work that she and Bryan-Michael Cox pulled off.
Although the debut episode of the reality television show Monica: The Single on Peachtree TV was filmed to promote the release of the album's leading single, no track has been picked yet, as the label and the singer were not in agreement with the album's title track "Still Standing" becoming the first single. As a result, Monica set up additional sessions with longtime contributor Missy Elliott to find new singles. As part of her reality TV series, Monica revealed that she was planning to record all of her own backing vocals for the album.
Several tracks from the album's recording sessions have leaked which sparked a response from Monica on the episode eight of her reality TV show.
Monica's new album is currently scheduled for release on February 8, 2010.
