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Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Danity Kane is an American R&B girl group signed to Bad Boy Records. Formed on the third installment of the Making the Band series, the quintet consists of Shannon Bex, Aundrea Fimbres, Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richard, and Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgette.

History

Making the Band 3

In 2005, rapper "Sean "Diddy" Combs" returned with Making the Band 3, this time searching for the next female supergroup. With the help of choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson, vocal coach Doc Holiday and talent manager Johnny Wright, he set out on a multi city search, subsequently finding 20 young singers. While seven girls remained, Diddy grew more and more unhappy with the level of talent throughout the season, and eventually decided not to form a band. He did however give a reprieve to three contestants who he felt deserved another chance (including Aubrey O'Day and Aundrea Fimbres) who all continued on to the following season.

Afterwards Diddy once again sent his team across the country to audition new girls for the group. Finally eighteen girls were chosen and moved into a loft in New York City. After weeks of dance and singing lessons, promotional appearances, and a performance in front of 20,000 at a Backstreet Boys concert at the Nissan Pavilions, eleven girls remained. The finalists were sent home for three months, told to polish up, and return for the final stretch in December 2005.

On the second season's finale on Thursday, December 8, 2006, five of the eleven were chosen: Aundrea Fimbres, Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Angelique Richard, Shannon Bex, and Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgette. The final five members of the group in place, Making the Band 3 tracked the development and struggles of the new band - from then on known as Danity Kane (a name, taken from a female anime superhero conceived by Dawn).

Debut: Danity Kane

Members of Danity Kane (from left) Shannon Bex, Aubrey O'Day, and Dawn Richard

After months of recording the band's debut album, Danity Kane, was released to mixed reviews on August 22, 2006 in the United States. Produced by Timbaland, Scott Storch, Rodney Jerkins, Mario Winans and Ryan Leslie among others, the album sold over 90,000 copies in the first day of release, and over 234,000 in the first week of release.[1] It eventually debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, knocking veteran Christina Aguilera's Back to Basics from the top spot and out-selling hip-hop duo OutKast.[1] The album received a platinum certification from the RIAA in November 2006.[2]

The album's lead and title single "Show Stopper", produced by Jim Jonsin, was serviced to radio on August 4, 2006 and subsequently debuted at number 17 on Billboard's Hot 100; it however peaked at number 8 on that particular chart.[3] Outside the United States, the song became a top 30 success in Germany and Lithuania. The selection for the album's second single, Bryan Michael Cox produced "Ride for You," was influenced by a fan poll that went around through e-mails, MySpace, and the group's official web site. The music video for the song premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on December 5, 2006, the same day the band released a self-penned holiday song "Home for Christmas".[4]

During early February 2007 to May 2007 Danity Kane performed as an opening act, along with the Pussycat Dolls, on Christina Aguilera's Back To Basics Tour. In the meantime the band has intensified work on their as-yet-untitled second album, which was initially scheduled for a late 2007 release, but was more recently pushed back to an early 2008 schedule.[5] Furthermore the quintet is under discussion about a fourth season of the Making the Band series on MTV They have agreed to do a new season of Making the Band and it will air in MTV on January 28, 2008, but this time around the Danity Kane will share the house with the winners of MTB 4 and Donnie with a race to see who will complete their albums first..[5]

Rumors and media speculation

In the summer of 2007, speculation by fans and the media circled the internet and entertainment news outlets concerning the possibility of Danity Kane splitting up. The rumors were fueled by quotes taken out of context (most notably when Aubrey O'Day was questioned by TMZ[6] about her relationship to the successful pop girl group the Pussycat Dolls and their television show Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll[7]) and by work the group members have done outside of Danity Kane since the release of their debut album. Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgette's association with another girl group, The Girl's Club, was specifically cited as adding credibility to break-up rumors. Additionally, reports of solo careers and of new groups forming from various combinations of members of the group were rampant. Over the course of these rumors, the members of Danity Kane often published personal online responses to the break-up speculation.[8][9][10][11] It was not until July 25, 2007 that Danity Kane released an official statement on their group MySpace page stating that they were still together and working on their second album.

Current activities

While making several solo appearances on other artist's albums during fall 2007, the band also recorded a song entitled "2 of You," which is said to be featured on the soundtrack with of the movie, Step Up 2, to be released in February 2008.[12] Danity Kane will also appear on Making the Band 4 Season 2 which debuts January, 28, 2008 on MTV, wherein Danity Kane, Donnie J and the contestants from MTB4 Season 1 live and record their albums together.

Discography

Albums

Danity Kane

  • Released: August 22, 2006
  • Chart Positions: #1 U.S., #2 U.S./R&B
  • U.S. Sales: 1,123,000
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum

Welcome To The Dollhouse

  • Released: March 18, 2008
  • Chart Positions: ---
  • U.S. Sales: ---
  • RIAA Certification: ---

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
U.S. U.S. Pop GER AUT LIT
2006 "Show Stopper" (featuring Yung Joc) 8 12 27 61 15 Danity Kane
"Ride for You" 78 55 — — —


Awards

Won

  • 2007: Urban Music Award; for "Best Group - Female"

Nominated

  • 2007: Poptastic Award; for "Best Ringtone (for "Showstopper")"
  • 2007: Soul Train Music Awards; for "Best R&B/ Album Group, Band or Duo"

References

  1. ^ a b ""Outkast Take A Billboard Beating From Diddy's Danity Kane"". VH1 News. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  2. ^ "RIAA Certifictaions". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ ""D. Woods Clears Up Rumors"". Rap-Up. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  5. ^ a b ""Danity Kane Keeping The 'Show' Going On New CD"". billboard. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
  6. ^ ""Aubrey ditch's Danity for Dolls?"". TMZ. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  7. ^ [2]
  8. ^ [3]
  9. ^ [4]
  10. ^ [5]
  11. ^ [6]
  12. ^ [7]

See also

External links

Official

Biographical or discographical

Preceded by Making The Band
2005 		Succeeded by


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