music wise, yea, but brandy had a much higher profile across the industry. she had a show, did movies, was an industry darling and taken under the wing of whitney, i feel like brandy was promoted to older audiences more, and then she also had the more bubblegum/clean image as opposed to Monica's "miss thang" image. then when aaliyah came back with one in a million, i also feel that pushed monica further behind brandy as aaliyah and brandy were bigger pop icons
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