The Boy Is Mine

song performed by Brandy & Monica
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1088774
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The Boy Is Mine

Summary

The Boy Is Mine is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,312 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Boy Is Mine's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Boy Is Mine's composer is recorded as Brandy Norwood[4].
  • The Boy Is Mine's composer is recorded as Japhe Tejeda[5].
  • The Boy Is Mine's composer is recorded as Rodney Jerkins[6].
  • The Boy Is Mine's composer is recorded as LaShawn Daniels[7].
  • The Boy Is Mine's composer is recorded as Fred Jerkins III[8].
  • The Boy Is Mine's genre is popular music[9].
  • Among the performers on The Boy Is Mine was Brandy Norwood[10].
  • Among the performers on The Boy Is Mine was Monica[11].
  • The Boy Is Mine is part of Never Say Never[12].
  • The Boy Is Mine's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Boy Is Mine was released on 1998[14].
  • The Boy Is Mine's lyricist is recorded as Brandy Norwood[15].
  • The Boy Is Mine's lyricist is recorded as Japhe Tejeda[16].
  • The Boy Is Mine's lyricist is recorded as Rodney Jerkins[17].
  • The Boy Is Mine's lyricist is recorded as LaShawn Daniels[18].
  • The Boy Is Mine's lyricist is recorded as Fred Jerkins III[19].
  • The Boy Is Mine's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Boy Is Mine'}[20].
  • The Boy Is Mine's form of creative work is recorded as song[21].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[22]

  • Genre(s): contemporary r&b, pop, soul[23]

  • Community tags: contemporary r&b, pop, soul[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 83e9c955-4a35-4d35-93fd-9b51598e3036[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Brandy Norwood[10] and Monica[11].

Publication

The Boy Is Mine was published on 1998[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is popular music[9]. It is part of Never Say Never[12].

Why It Matters

The Boy Is Mine ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,312 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iswc T-070.885.354-6, T-931.296.025-1
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T9312960251, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
  2. 4w ago · Sin bin im the teal one · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lyricist Brandy Norwood, Japhe Tejeda, Rodney Jerkins +2
    Publication date +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Composer Brandy Norwood, Japhe Tejeda, Rodney Jerkins +2
    Genre
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1476]]: The Boy Is Mine"
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