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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 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 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, 2005, five of the eleven were chosen: Aundrea Fimbres, Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Angelique Richard, 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).

Debut: Danity Kane

Danity Kane's debut album, Danity Kane, was released to mixed 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. The album received a platinum certification from the RIAA in November 2006.

The album's lead single "Show Stopper", produced by Jim Jonsin, was serviced to radio on August 4, 2006 and subsequently debuted at #17 on Billboard's Hot 100. It peaked at #8, while peaking at #12 on the official Pop 100, and #3 on the Hot Digital Songs chart. 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.

During early February to May 2007, Danity Kane will be an opening act, along with The Pussycat Dolls, on Christina Aguilera's Back To Basics Tour. The band will then continue working on their sophomore album.

On an Aubrey website the future singles were confirmed. The third single will be "Sleep On It". Follwed by "Hold Me Down".

It has also been confirmed that "Heartbreaker" will be the first single released in Australia. There is no word yet if "Heartbreaker" will be released as a single in the U.S.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Others

Awards

Nominations

• 2007 Soul Train Music Awards - "Best R&B Album Group, Band, or Duo" for Danity Kane

References

See also

• Making the Band, Season 3 episodes

External links

Official

• Official Danity Kane website
• Template:MySpace

Biographical or discographical

• Chart History at Billboard.com

• American pop music groups
• American rhythm and blues musical groups
• Girl groups
• Rhythmic contemporary musicians
• 2000s music groups