20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 1990s
Teen pop and R&B balladry dominate the Hot 100 in the Clinton years
1. Brandy and Monica, "The Boy Is Mine"
Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney launched Thriller's singles campaign with "The Girl Is Mine," playfully quarreling over a love triangle. Fifteen years later, two rising R&B stars created a more dramatic answer song, bigger than its inspiration, topping the charts for a whopping 15 weeks in the summer of 1998.