Cheri Dennis

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Cheri Dennis
Birth name Cheri Dennis
Born (1979-08-07) August 7, 1979
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), is an American singer from Cleveland, Ohio.

Early life

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

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, the Ryan Leslie produced track "I Love You", in fall 2005. The music video was filmed in March 2006 before premiering on BET's 106 & Park on May 1. "I Love You" peaked at #38 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. Dennis' second single "Portrait of Love" peaked at #55 before her debut album In and Out of Love finally released in February 2008, debuting at #74 on the Billboard 200. 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.

She now goes by Cheri Coke[1] and has collaborated with MeLo-X.

Discography

Albums

Information
In and Out of Love[2]
  • Released: February 26, 2008 [3]/November 13, 2007 (iTunes Exclusive Release)[4]
  • 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

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" [5]1 115 —
  • 1 "Ooh Ooh" appeared on the charts due to high download sales.

Guest appearances

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"
2010 Machine Gun Kelly Lace Up! "Been Through It All"

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/_CHERiCOKE
  2. ↑ Myspace.com
  3. ↑ Default Viral Title Player
  4. ↑ Collect.myspace.com
  5. ↑ Billboard.com

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