Cheri Dennis

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Cheri Dennis
Birth name Cheri Dennis
Born (1979-08-07) August 7, 1979 (age 33)
Origin Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Genres R&B, pop
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Years active 1997–present
Labels Bad Boy/Atlantic
Associated acts Diddy, Danity Kane, Day 26, Da Band
Website CheriDennisOnline.com

Cheri Dennis (born August 7, 1979, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American singer.

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Early life [edit]

Cheri Dennis was born and raised in a housing projects of Cleveland, Ohio. She later moved to Shaker Heights, Ohio and was initially a member of a group named Spoiled. When the group broke up, Dennis left Shaker Heights and moved to New York where she began her recording career.

Career [edit]

Dennis first appeared on the Mase tracks "No Matter What", "All I Ever Wanted" and "If You Want to Party" from his album Double Up (1999), after running into Diddy during a party in New York. After appearing briefly on Puff Daddy's Forever album ("Is This the End? (Pt. 2)") also in 1999, in 2001 she reappeared signed to Bad Boy Entertainment with her first solo track "So Complete" from the P. Diddy and The Bad Boy Family album "The Saga Continues...". Afterwards she was heard on several mixtapes, before finally releasing her first single, that Ryan Leslie produced track "I Love You", in fall 2005. The single has peaked at #38 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks so far, a video was filmed in March and premiered on 106 & Park on May 1, 2006. The second single is Portrait of Love. Her song "Ooh La La" was originally used as an opener for Making The Band 3, which suggested that the final band recorded the song. The girls often referred to the song in competitions.

Discography [edit]

Albums [edit]

Information
In and Out of Love[1]
  • Released: February 26, 2008 [2]/November 13, 2007 (iTunes Exclusive Release)[3]
  • Chart positions: #74 Billboard 200 #11 R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
  • U.S. sales: 77,000+
  • RIAA Certification: N/A
  • Singles: "I Love You", "Portrait of Love","Pretend"

Singles [edit]

Year Title Chart position Album
US R&B/Hip-Hop Hot Adult R&B
2004 "Freak" (feat. Babs) In and Out of Love
2006 "I Love You" (feat. Jim Jones & Yung Joc) 38
2007 "Portrait of Love" (feat. Yung Joc & Gorilla Zoe) 55 22
2008 "Pretend" (feat. Maino) 116
"Ooh Ooh" [4]1 115
  • 1 "Ooh Ooh" appeared on the charts due to high download sales.

Guest appearances [edit]

Year Artist Album Title (s) Notes
1999 Mase Double Up "If You Want To Party", "All I Ever Wanted", "No Matter What"
Puff Daddy Forever "Is This The End (Pt. 2)"
2001 Faith Evans Faithfully "Faithful (Interlude)" Co-writer
P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family The Saga Continues... "Incomplete (Interlude)", "So Complete", "Back For Good Now"
Olivia Olivia "Look Around" Co-writer
2005 The Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter "Living The Life", "Spit Your Game"
Black Rob The Black Rob Report "B.R."
2006 Danity Kane Danity Kane "Back Up" Co-Writer, Originally recorded by Cheri Dennis
Yung Joc New Joc City "Flip Flop
Diddy Press Play Outro to "Diddy Rock"

References [edit]

  1. ^ [www.myspace.com/cheridennis Myspace.com]
  2. ^ Default Viral Title Player
  3. ^ Collect.myspace.com
  4. ^ Billboard.com

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