Brandy and Monica Are Bringing “The Boy Is Mine” Magic to Dancing With the Stars Grammy Night

Key Facts: Brandy and Monica will perform live on Dancing With the Stars’ first-ever Grammy Night on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+. They join Maren Morris and Sheryl Crow as the night’s live performers. The seven remaining couples will dance to Grammy-winning songs, then face off in dance-offs set to the live performances. Which songs Brandy and Monica will sing has not yet been announced.

The Brandy and Monica Dancing With the Stars booking feels like it was made for this theme. On November 10, the ballroom stages its first Grammy-themed night. Few acts fit the occasion better than the duo behind one of the most famous Grammy-winning duets of all time. Brandy and Monica won the 1999 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group for “The Boy Is Mine.” Now, nearly three decades later, they return to a stage built around music’s biggest night.

For Brandy, the night also marks a homecoming. She competed on Dancing With the Stars season 11 in 2010, partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and finished fourth. She was widely seen as a frontrunner that season. Her return — this time as a performer rather than a competitor — carries a nice sense of full circle. Meanwhile, Monica brings her own history to the ballroom. Together, the pair arrive fresh from a high-profile reunion: reports noted they appeared together just days ago at the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York.

What is Brandy and Monica’s Dancing With the Stars Grammy Night performance?

Here is what is confirmed so far. Grammy Night is the final theme night of season 35 before the semifinals. The seven remaining couples will each perform a solo routine to a Grammy-winning song. After that, the couples will compete in dance-offs. The live performances from Brandy, Monica, Maren Morris, and Sheryl Crow will provide the soundtrack.

There is one important exception. Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson earned immunity from the dance-off portion after posting the highest scores on Disney Night. That matters because the dance-off is an extra routine on top of an already demanding week. In addition, the show returns to its regular Tuesday slot for Grammy Night. Disney Night aired on Monday, November 2, because of Election Day.

What has not been confirmed is the setlist. Reports have not yet named the songs Brandy and Monica will perform. The show has not issued a full press release for the episode either. So fans should treat any song predictions online as speculation for now. The safest expectation is a performance that leans into their shared history — but the official announcement, when it comes, will settle it.

Brandy and Monica Dancing With the Stars: the reported Grammy Night lineup

The reported solo lineup shows just how wide the Grammy Night songbook stretches. It moves from Beyoncé to Janet Jackson, and from Evanescence to Sisqó. Every routine pairs a Grammy-winning track with a demanding ballroom style. Here is the lineup as reported:

That list also explains why the immunity prize matters so much. Shum and Johnson can focus on a single salsa, while their rivals must prepare a solo routine and a dance-off. On Disney Night, Shum and Johnson earned a perfect score for a Dick Van Dyke-inspired jazz routine. Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy also scored perfectly for their “Beauty and the Beast” quickstep. Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa were eliminated that night, leaving the final seven.

Why “The Boy Is Mine” still defines Brandy and Monica

To understand why this booking lands so well, it helps to revisit the song that made them a duo in the public imagination. Released in May 1998, “The Boy Is Mine” spent 13 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became the best-selling song of the year in the United States, and it won the pair their first Grammy together in 1999.

The song’s clever trick was its premise. Brandy and Monica played two singers arguing over the same man. The playful rivalry in the lyrics fed a media narrative about a real rivalry between them. In reality, the duet worked because their voices fit together so naturally. Brandy’s smooth, layered harmonies met Monica’s richer, grounded tone, and the result became a defining sound of late-1990s R&B.

The story did not stop in 1998. The duo reunited on stage and in the studio across the decades. Their first-ever co-headlining tour last fall showed how durable the partnership remains. More recently, they appeared in Ariana Grande’s “the boy is mine” video and joined her on a remix. That remix earned them another Grammy nomination together at the 2025 ceremony — more than 25 years after their original win. That long arc is exactly why a Grammy-themed night is the right stage for them.

What’s next for Dancing With the Stars season 35?

How to watch Grammy Night

Grammy Night airs live on Tuesday, November 10, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with episodes available the next day on Hulu. After that, the season heads into the semifinals, so the stakes on November 10 are higher than a typical theme night. A weak solo routine, a lost dance-off, or a missed connection with the live music could end a couple’s run. It could end just short of the finale.

For Brandy and Monica, however, the night is already a win. A Grammy-themed episode needs performers whose Grammy history audiences instantly recognize. Few bookings deliver that as cleanly as this one. If they do revisit “The Boy Is Mine” in the ballroom, it will be a full-circle moment. It would be a Grammy-winning duet, performed live, on a night built to celebrate Grammy-winning music. If they choose something else, it will still be a rare live reunion on one of television’s biggest stages. Either way, November 10 just became must-see TV. That is why the Brandy and Monica Dancing With the Stars announcement has landed so well with fans.

For more on music’s biggest nights, see CelebWatch’s timeline of iconic red carpet looks by decade, our recap of the 2026 MTV VMAs winners, and our report on Taylor Swift’s inaugural VMA Artist Director Honors.

Sources

Sources: That Grape Juice, “Brandy & Monica Set to Perform on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ GRAMMY Night” (November 4, 2026); TheWrap, “DWTS Week 8: Harry Shum Jr. Nabs Another Perfect Score” (November 3, 2026); the reported Grammy Night song lineup (November 4, 2026); Rated R&B and MGM Resorts on “The Boy Is Mine” chart history and the duo’s co-headlining tour. Song selections for the live performances have not been officially announced. That Grape Juice, TheWrap, Rated R&B.

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