Danity Kane

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Danity Kane
Background information
Origin	United States
Genre(s)	R&B
Years active	2005-present
Label(s)	Warner/Bad Boy/Atlantic
Website	Official site
Members
Shannon Bex Aundrea Fimbres Aubrey O'Day Dawn Richard D.Woods

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.

1 History
- 1.1 Making the Band 3
- 1.2 Debut: Danity Kane
2 Discography
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Making the Band 3

In 2005, rapper and mogul 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 reprive 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, 2005, five of the eleven were chosen: Aundrea Fimbres, Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richards, Shannon Bex, and Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgette. With 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).

[edit] Debut: Danity Kane

Debut Album Cover (2006)

After months of recording Danity Kane's debut album, Danity Kane, was released to generally positive reviews on August 22, 2006. Produced by Timbaland, Scott Storch, Jim Jonsin, Bryan Michael Cox, Rodney Jerkins, Rami, Mario Winans and Ryan Leslie, the album sold over 90,000 copies in the first day of release, and over 234,000 in the first week of release. 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. So far, the album has sold more than 770,000 copies domestically.

The album's lead 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 peaked at number 8, while peaking at number 12 on the official Pop 100, and number 3 on the Hot Digital Songs chart. [1] Outside the United States, the song became a top 30 success in Germany and Lithuania.

Danity Kane's current second single is the ballad "Ride for You", produced by Bryan Michael Cox. Its selection 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 TRL on December 5, 2006, the same day the band released a holiday song "Home for Christmas" to iTunes and radio.

Danity Kane will be an opening act, along with the Pussycat Dolls, on Christina Aguilera's Back To Basics Tour during early February to May of 2007.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Danity Kane
Danity Kane Released: August 22, 2006 Chart Positions: #1 U.S., #2 U.S./R&B U.S. Sales: 778,560 RIAA Certification: Platinum

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	U.S.	UK	AUS	GER	Album
2006	"Show Stopper" (featuring Yung Joc)	8			27	Danity Kane
2006	"Ride for You"	78				Danity Kane

[edit] Others

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. Digital	Album
2006	"Sleep on It"	69	43	Danity Kane
2006	"Touching My Body"	109	-	Danity Kane
2006	"One Shot"	111	-	Danity Kane
2006	"Home For Christmas"	-	-	Digital Download Only