Why Brandy and Monica Are on DWTS Grammy Night Nov. 10: The Timeline Explained

Brandy and Monica are back on the same stage. The R&B duo will perform live during the dance-offs on Dancing With the Stars' first-ever Grammy Night, airing Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, on ABC and Disney+, according to Entertainment Weekly and Parade. Both outlets posted the full song list on Nov. 4.

The booking makes sense once you see the receipts. Brandy and Monica's only shared Grammy win came from "The Boy Is Mine," and they spent late 2025 touring on that same song.

What we know

• The date: Grammy Night is week 9 of season 35. It airs Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+, then streams the next day on Hulu, per Parade.
• The performers: The three dance-offs will be set to live performances from Brandy and Monica, Maren Morris and Sheryl Crow, EW reported.
• The format: Seven couples remain. Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson sit out the dance-off because they earned immunity with the season's highest cumulative score on Disney Night, according to EW and Parade.
• The exit before it: Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa were eliminated on Disney Night (Monday, Nov. 2) after a paso doble to "Satisfied" from Hamilton that scored 33 out of 40, per EW.
• The R&B and rap-adjacent picks: Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas get an Argentine tango to Sisqó's "Thong Song." Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach do an Argentine tango to Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" (Remix). Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy dance jazz to Janet Jackson's "All for You." Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik tango to Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow."
• The rest of the list: Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson dance a salsa to Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' "Die With a Smile." Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold take on Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack," and Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov do a paso doble to Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life," per Cosmopolitan.
• What comes after: Cosmopolitan calls Grammy Night the season's last theme night before the semifinals.

Context: the timeline

1998: "The Boy Is Mine" comes out as the lead single from Brandy's Never Say Never and Monica's The Boy Is Mine. It goes to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, NewsNation noted.

41st Grammys: The song wins Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and gets a Record of the Year nomination, according to Monica's page on Grammy.com.

2012: The pair team up again on "It All Belongs to Me."

67th Grammys: Ariana Grande's "the boy is mine," with Brandy and Monica, gets a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, per Grammy.com. That gave the song a second run at the Grammys, 26 years after the first.

June 24, 2025: Brandy and Monica announce their first joint tour, the 24-city The Boy Is Mine Tour. It opened Oct. 16 in Cincinnati with Kelly Rowland, Muni Long and Jamal Roberts as support, NewsNation reported. On CBS Mornings, Brandy said a tour "just finally felt like the right time."

Nov. 4, 2026: EW and Parade publish the full Grammy Night song list, with the duo booked for the dance-offs.

For R&B fans, this is a prime-time network slot for a duo whose biggest hit is about two women arguing over the same guy, now booked as a package deal.

What's unconfirmed

• The setlist: None of the reports we checked say what Brandy and Monica will sing. "The Boy Is Mine" is the obvious guess, but nothing official confirms it.
• The matchups: The reports don't say which couples face off in which dance-off, or which act performs for each one.
• Who goes home: Votes cast during the live show get combined with the judges' scores to decide who is in danger, per Parade. We'll know Nov. 10.

What should Brandy and Monica sing: "The Boy Is Mine," or a deep cut from the tour?