Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.
So, as our retrospective segments, ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay,’ allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our latest feature – Chart Rewind – serves as a variation of our Retro Rewind assay to salute an entire era of music history.
This week, we have to give it up for ‘Have You Ever’ – the inaugural solo Hot 100 chart-topper of R&B veteran songstress Brandy.
After watching her ‘Boy is Mine’ co-star Monica quickly follow the gargantuan success of their history-making duet with a solo Hot 100 #1 (‘The First Night’) in late 1998, the pressure was undoubtedly upped for Brandy to do the same.
Though she found critical and international success with the Mase-assisted ‘Top of the World,’ the second single from her sophomore album ‘Never Say Never,’ the tune failed to impact the Hot 100 due to chart rules around its release. Undeterred, Norwood lifted the soaring ballad ‘Have You Ever?’ as the official third single from ‘Never.’ Penned and produced by two of the most lauded music craftspeople in history – Academy Award-nominated & GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren and Academy Award-nominated & GRAMMY Award-winning producer David Foster – ‘Have’ was shipped to radio in October of that year.
Accompanying its release with a Kevin Bray-directed music video, the song was an out-of-the-box success – boasting a #15 premiere on the Hot 100 (and jumping into the top 10 just the next week).
By this week in 1999, ‘Have’ had hopped to #1 on the tally. Marking a career milestone for B-Rocka in the process (as her first solo chart-topper), the tune would go on to reign for two weeks before being dethroned by Britney Spears‘ inaugural hit, ‘Baby One More Time’ (which was eventually unseated by Monica’s ‘Angel of Mine’).
Hot 100 This Week in 1999
Hot 100 This Week
Click here to see this week’s full chart recap via TGJ Chart Check!
Monica could never
LMAO read the article…. Monica did and beat her too it
Mixed if you know Brandy’s discography you know “Have you Ever?” was her first solo single after The Boy is mine.
So both of them got their first solo #1 after Brandy’s song featuring Monica was out!
Oh and moonigger? A yodeling flop could nevaaa
Where’s that trifling goonica stan now . Lol Monica’s sitting alone in a dirty gutter ..in the trenches where she belongs! Old flop even named the pushed back album after both locations of her vocals and career! Yikes
Do you all fact checking? Diane Warren is not an academy award winner, there are numerous articles about her nominations and no wins! Fact check!!
Monica is a FLOP! You can fact-check THAT!
Ugly ass Biætch Monique could nevaaaaa
This is Brandy post, idiots
Monica is Monica with her own achievements
Celebrate real music of the 90s!!!
What achievements? The Grammy for Brandy’s song? 😂😂
For the record the last time Monique was nominated to a Grammy was in 2011, brandy was nominated in 2020!
The only achievement she has is being Ludacris’ and Polow Da Don’s cousin 🙌🏻
Monica could never quite keep up on the sales tip. She’s so ghetto with those trifling tattoos.
Awaiting that deranged Monica stan to come in here foaming at the fingers
That’s the last like Murderdy was real avant…..1999😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Monica last no 1 hit was 2019 lol. THATS WHY THE F*** YALL B****** MAD.
Monica wins 💅
Don’t mind typos YALL GET THE MESSAGE B******
#1 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs, dumb b****! #21 on the R&B chart! Cry about it! 🤣🤣🤣
A #1 is a #1! When’s the last time Brandy had one? I’ll wait……………………….
The song is dated terribly… lame as f u c k 💅🏾
Lame just like that limp dïck you got between your legs, trañny.
I see you Monigga stan. Stupid b I t c h stupid troll accounts. You are so predictable 💅🏾
My favorite Brandy song!!!!! You guys do know you can talk about Brandy without mentioning Monica right? Let it go.
Isn’t this also her only Solo number one?
Yes and they call Monica a flop 🤣 The delusions of the f****** on this site. Monica has had #1 singles in four decades. That goes to show her relevance. On the other hand Brandy ain’t been popping since 1998. Her current TV show is flopping and will not be renewed for a second season. Everything she touches flops or dies! Monica is unbothered, rich & living her best mf life. Still selling records and selling out shows. Brandy couldn’t even sell out a closet in 2022. Her so call comeback album only did 25k first week and fell off the charts. But Monica is the flop? Each and every one of y’all haters need to do your research and know who the queen is & it ain’t Brandy the killer widow.💯
Brandy is good for a classic R&B joint….
Broken-hearted
Almost Doesn’t Count
Have U Ever
When U Touch Me
Who Is She 2 U
I mean look at the material, so many gems!!! Hate her all you want. You can’t deny it…..
Look at how diverse the charts were back then! Every genre had a chance to chart on the Hot 100. These days……..NVM. I miss good music. Brandy was our original t*** queen triple threat. Put some respeck on her name.
Have You Ever spent 9 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and would have been #1 on the Hot 100 for that long had Atlantic not pulled the retail single from stores.
Top Of The World didn’t chart on the Hot 100 because Atlantic didn’t issue it as a retail single in the US and therefore was ineligible to chart.
Atlantic also failed to issue a retail single for Almost Doesn’t Count which would have been another top 5 single for her if they had.
Ya’ll Brandy fans are delusional and pressed always bringing up Monica! Clearly y’all can’t read! It says Monica beat her to the solo #1 with the first night going #1 in 1998! Then in 1999 Monica went #1 again knocking Brittany off #1 with Angel of Mine! #Factsmatter Y’all will deal!!
They insecure Bc Brandy is a washed up ass flop. Monica or the doves ain’t worried about her or her gay trash ass fans……🤣😂😂😂
Monigga Stan is in hiding I see. Come and get these draggings ashy. We won’t jump you.
Never cared for this song. A little too sappy for me. Now “Almost Doesn’t Count” is my JAM!!!