Cheri Dennis

Cheri Dennis
Birth name	Cheri Dennis
Born	August 7, 1979 (1979-08-07) (age 32)
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Genres	R&B, pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Bad Boy/Atlantic
Associated acts	Diddy
Website	CheriDennisOnline.com

Cheri Dennis (born August 7, 1979, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American singer, signed to Bad Boy Records.

Cheri Dennis was born in 1979 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, that Ryan Leslie produced track "I Love You", in fall 2005. The single has peaked at #38 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks so far, a video was filmed in March and premiered on 106 & Park on May 1, 2006. The second single is Portrait of Love. 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 is currently working with The Heavy Hitters (producers)^[1] on her second album due in 2011.

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"

References

1. ^ http://twitter.com/MarkHoliday
2. ^ [www.myspace.com/cheridennis Myspace.com]
3. ^ Default Viral Title Player
4. ^ Collect.myspace.com
5. ^ Billboard.com

External links

• Cheri Dennis official site
• BadBoy Records official site
• Cheri Dennis Profile VIBE

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