Some of yall need a life and my question is if you dont like Monica why would u come to a page about her, read the title seeing it is about her, continue reading and then leave a message on a page and article about MONICA. Do not compare Monica to Rihanna they are two TOTALLY DIFFERENT artist. Monica is str8 r&b Rihanna is pop. Then u compare the amt of albums Rihanna sold in 5 yrs annnnnnnnnnnnnnd Monica has been in the business for 15 yrs yes but she has had years gaps between albums the most being 4 years isnt that almost how long Rihanna has been in the business. Give it a break I dont really care for Rihanna but I do like her ALOT better then most of the females on top and currently out and I wont even say the girl whose name starts with a B....Monica has a very good r&b album and if you like good solid r&b tracks this is the album that has that from start to finish. I believe her record label under estimated her sales by far here in Seattle it was difficult to get her album ANYWHERE. I bought mines digitally but my Aunts and Momz wanted a copy we had to drive 1 hour away from home to get it at a Best Buy and had to have them hold 3..the lst 3 on the shelf and that was at 11am the day it came out. J records is a joke I refuse to buy any albums from them anymore and I really want Alicia Keys cd but in thru Whitney form hell to the no Ill burn it. Congrats Mo hell everyone selling records in this day and age of RECESSION. Selling 500 cd's is good I think