November 22, 2006
The Making of Danity KaneThe five victors of the reality television series ?Making the Band 3? are taking their musical partnership to the next level as they hit the music scene by storm with its debut album Danity Kane topping the Billboard 200, knocking veteran Christina Aguilera's Back to Basics from the top spot and out-selling hip-hop duo OutKast.
Danity down hold kane song members include five sultry ladies who beat out hundred of hopefuls who vied for a spot in Diddy's girl group on MTV's smash reality series "Making the Band 3."
Chosen by music mogul and Bad Boy Records CEO Diddy, members Aubrey, Aundrea, D. Woods, Dawn, and Shannon sang, danced, and watched their competition stumble over two seasons of the series.
Seeing his dream quintet through the five, Diddy picked them out to fulfill his dream of creating the next En Vogue or Destiny?s Child.
The group got its name Danity Kane from the Danity Kanes Xanga female anime superhero Dawn had created and sketched in the studio during downtime. It was announced during the group?s appearance on MTV?s TRL last June 2006. The name represents them not merely as superstars but as a band of heroines.
The TRL appearance also announced the group's debut single was the club cut "Show Stopper" featuring fellow Bad Boy artist Yung Joc. With tracks from big-name producers Scott Storch and Timbaland.
The Danity Kane self-titled debut hit the streets on August of 2006 to generally positive reviews. The danity down hold Kane mp3 album sold over 90,000 copies in the first day of release, and over 234,000 in the first week of release.
The danity down hold kane listen to the album's lead single showstopper lyrics by Danity Kane produced by Jim Jonsin, was serviced to radio on August 4, 2006 and subsequently debuted at #17 on Billboard's Hot 100. So far it has reached #8 on this chart, while peaking at #12 on the official Pop 100, and #3 Danity down download held Kane on the Hot Digital Songs chart.
By Danity down hold Kane listen second single was chosen via a fan poll going around through e-mails, MySpace, and Danity down hold Kanes lyrics at their official web site. The slow jam "Ride For You", produced by Bryan Michael Cox, is now officially their second single.
Other standout tracks on the Danity Kane mp3 buy disc include the upbeat "One Shot," produced by Cox, and the smoldering, Timbaland-helmed R&B cut "Right Now".
The group's eponymous debut album for Diddy's label, Bad Boy Records, is an intoxicating mix of sexy R&B, hip-hop and pop that showcases the quintet's flawless vocal talent and passion evident through the single show stopper by Danity Kane lyrics.
Diddy is the album's Executive Producer, with Bad Boy Executive VP Harve Pierre serving as Co-Executive Producer.
The Danity Cane quintet collectively possesses a notable breadth of talent and experience in vocal performance, dance, songwriting, acting, visual art and more.
Let?s take a closer look at the qualities of each of these heroines:
Key illustrator, New Orleans-bred Dawn has been destined for a music career. Her mother owned a dance studio, while her father was a keyboardist who played in the R&B band Chocolate Milk (which opened for Michael Jackson, Earth Wind & Fire and other luminaries).
Her mom's talent and her dad's gigs ignited in Dawn an unquenchable desire to perform. She studied tap, jazz, ballet and hip-hop dance and became a cheerleader for the New Orleans Hornets before joining the group Angelique, which toured the South supporting singer Anthony Hamilton.
California native Aundrea was singing rancheros and other song forms by the time she was old enough to talk, and by age eight she was a fixture in her church's choir and in school plays.
During her teenage years she began recording in a studio and joined the pop ensemble Intrigue. It was with this group that her love of stage performance fully blossomed.
Shannon hails from Portland and has been an avid singer and dancer since childhood. A Portland Trailblazers cheerleader at age 19, she knows a great deal when it comes to group performance.
A dancer for major recording artists, D. Woods had been enamored of every aspect of performance; over the years she's studied modern, ballet, hip-hop and West African dance, undergone intensive voice training, developed her songwriting skills and educated herself about the business. A fan of Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z, among many others, she's equally at home with hip-hop and classic soul.
Aubrey started performing on stage at the age of three. She appeared in productions of virtually every major musical production (including "Annie," "The Sound of Music," "A Chorus Line," "Fiddler on the Roof" and "The Wizard of Oz").
Now you have it, so check out Danity Kane as they hit the road as an opening act, along with the Pussycat Dolls, on Christina Aguilera's Back To Basics Tour in early 2007.
But before that, Danity Cane will be performing on December 1 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, on February 20 at the Toyota Center, Houston, February 21 at the American Airlines Center, Dallas, February 23 at the Qwest Center Omaha, and on February 24 at Kemper Arena, Kansas City. |