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It was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year and Best R&B Video.

The accompanying music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, starred the singers and Mekhi Phifer. Internationally, the single also achieved a strong charting, peaking at number one in Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand, while reaching the top five on most of the other charts on which it appeared.

It became the second song in the history of the chart to ascend directly to number-one from a previous position beneath the Top 20, at number 23, following The Beatles and the 27–1 leap of their single ' Can't Buy Me Love' in April 1964. Exploiting the media's presumption of a rivalry between the two young singers, 'The Boy Is Mine' became the best-selling song of the year in the US, selling 2.6 million copies, and spent 13 weeks at the top of the US Billboard Hot 100.

The song received generally positive reviews from music critics and was the first number-one pop hit for both artists, in the US and internationally. Inspired by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney's 1982 duet ' The Girl Is Mine', the lyrics of the mid-tempo R&B track revolve around two women fighting over a man. It was released as the lead single from both singers' second albums from 1998, Never Say Never by Brandy and the album of the same name by Monica. It was written by LaShawn Daniels, Japhe Tejeda, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins, and Brandy, while production was helmed by Jerkins, Brandy, and Dallas Austin. ' The Boy Is Mine' is a duet by American singers Brandy and Monica. From the album Never Say Never and The Boy Is Mine

Tank force of nature monica the boy is mine