From Detective Sergeant to the Charts: Monique Nikkole Lands Two UNDENIABLE Entries

Monique Nikkole does not fit the mold, and that is precisely the point.

Her official artist biography describes a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and entrepreneur whose story is the definition of NY Strong — and a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. Before all of that, she was a detective sergeant. The Hype Magazine profiled exactly that arc, from law enforcement to a Grammy-nominated career, and it is the reason her records land with a weight that has nothing to do with marketing.

Two records, two charts

The UNDENIABLE charts are now carrying four of her titles:

• "We Are One" — No. 7 on the UNDENIABLE Spotify chart, charting since July 18, 2026
• "Say Yes" — No. 9 on the UNDENIABLE Amazon chart, charting since August 15, 2026
• "Baby It's You" — No. 17 on the UNDENIABLE Spotify chart
• "Red Bottoms and Lingerie (feat. Lil Flip)" — No. 112 on the UNDENIABLE Amazon chart

Two top-ten placements, on two different platforms, from one artist. That kind of spread is hard to fake and harder to buy.

How it's moving on UNDENIABLE

• "Say Yes" — 212,581 spins
• "What I Feel Is Real" — 192,583 spins
• Combined platform streams: 405,164
• "We Are One" added 1,670,064 streams in the current tracking period
• "Say Yes" added 842,995 streams in the same window

The two records are running almost neck and neck, which is rare. Usually one song carries a release; here the audience is splitting its attention, and both sides are growing.

The Lightshow (Deluxe)

"Say Yes" and "What I Feel Is Real" both come from The Lightshow (Deluxe) — the 2025 project that brought her back into the release cycle with new material. "We Are One" followed as a 2025 single, complete with an unplugged video that drew coverage from HipHopSince1987 and a live rendition that showed off the vocals without any studio safety net.

That mix — a compilation-era single, a stripped-back ballad, and a Lil Flip collaboration sitting in the same catalog — is why she is difficult to file under one genre, and why she keeps showing up on charts that do not usually share a page.

Why it matters

Monique Nikkole is the case study for what a second-act career can look like when the artist owns the whole operation. The award recognition came from the work; the chart entries came from the rollout. UNDENIABLE tracks the second half of that equation — and right now it is tracking two top-ten records at once.

Listen now

"We Are One," "Say Yes," "What I Feel Is Real" and "Red Bottoms and Lingerie (feat. Lil Flip)" are all live in the UNDENIABLE record store. Start with "We Are One" — the record that is climbing.

Platform figures as of September 26, 2026.