List of awards and nominations received by CeCe Peniston
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The following is a list of music awards
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...

 and/or nominations earned by the U.S. singer-songwriter CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston is an African American recording artist and former beauty queen. At the beginning of the nineties, she was considered to be one of the most successful dance club artists in the history of the U.S...

, along with her music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

s and entries in the year-end charts
Billboard Year-End
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.

Over her twenty years long career, Peniston released only three solo studio albums: Finally
Finally (CeCe Peniston album)
Finally is the debut album by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on January 28, 1992 by A&M Records. Prior to that, she recorded her debut single "Finally", which topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart on October 26, 1991, peaking eventually at number five on the Billboard...

 (1992), Thought 'Ya Knew (1994) and I'm Movin' On
I'm Movin' On (CeCe Peniston album)
I'm Movin' On is the third studio album recorded by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on September 9, 1996 by A&M Records. The set that supposed to be the artist's deeper foray into mainstream R&B followed the pattern of her previous release Thought 'Ya Knew , in which Peniston began her...

 (1996) - each on A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

. She was still active, though, in recording singles also the last decade. Her forthcoming, the fourth set entitled CeCe (2011) is to be issued on the independent label West Swagg Music Group
West Swagg Music Group
West Swagg Music Group is an American independent record label, established in 2010, that was located in the West Coast and designed to sign and distribute the music from West Coast Artist....

.

Apart from being a Soul Train Music Award-nominee
1993 Soul Train Music Awards
The 1993 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 9, 1993. The show was co-hosted by Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle, and Luther Vandross.-Song of the Year:*Tennessee - Arrested Development...

 in 1993, Peniston won three ASCAP awards, three WMC
Winter Music Conference
The Winter Music Conference is a weeklong electronic music conference, held every March since the mid-1980s in Miami, Florida, United States. Venues are hosted primarily in Downtown Miami and Miami's South Beach...

 awards, one Billboard Music Video Award
Billboard Music Award
The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard magazine, the preeminent publication covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually in December until it went dormant in 2007, but it returned in May 2011...

  and a BMI Award
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...

 (all for her debut album). She topped one year-end chart as Top Dance Music Club Play Artist of 1994 and received five sales certifications.

Before entering the music industry, Peniston participated in beauty competitions and was crowned Miss Black Arizona in 1989, and Miss Galaxy in 1990. In addition, she was honored by the Governor's Key to the State of Arizona, and inducted into the Phoenix College
Phoenix College
Phoenix College is a community college located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Founded in 1920, it is one of the oldest community colleges in the country....

 Hall of Fame.

ASCAP Awards

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a not-for-profit performance rights organization that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly. Peniston won three awards:
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 "Finally" Song of the Year
Pop Songwriter of the Year
Most Performed Song of the Year

Notes
  • A Steve Hurley received two ASCAP Writer's Awards for the songs recorded with Peniston. One for "Keep On Walkin'", while two years later another for "I'm Not Over You".

Billboard Music Video Awards

The Billboard Music Awards are sponsored by Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 magazine. The awards are based on sales data by Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...

 and radio information by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections...

. Peniston holds one award:
Year Nomination Category Result
1992
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|Best Female Artist - Dance
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|"Keep On Walkin'
Keep on Walkin' (song)
"Keep On Walkin" is a 1992 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, recorded for her debut album release Finally on A&M Records.The song was released as the singer's third single from the album and was her third number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart...

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|Best Female Artist - R&B/Rap
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Notes
  • B Claude Borenzweig, the director of "Finally" music video, won the category Best Director - Dance.

BMI Awards

Broadcast Music, Inc.
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...

 (BMI) is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC
SESAC
SESAC, originally the Society of European Stage Authors & Composers, is the smallest of the three performance rights organizations in the United States. SESAC was founded in 1930, making it the second-oldest performing rights organization in the U.S. SESAC is also the fastest-growing PRO in the...

. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. Peniston received one award:
Year Nomination Category Result
1993 "Finally" Urban Award of Achievement

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS, is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its...

 in the United States. Peniston was not nominated. However, also two remixes of her own compositions, "Nobody Else
Nobody Else (CeCe Peniston song)
"Nobody Else" is a 1998 song by the musician CeCe Peniston.The composition was to be the lead single of the singer's originally scheduled album release on the Silk Entertainment label, as well as reportedly released on Steve Hurley's compillation The Voices of Life, Vol 1. The production of her...

" and "He Loves Me 2
He Loves Me 2
"He Loves Me 2" is a 1999 song by the musician CeCe Peniston.This single was to be originally included on the singer's album, which was not released...

" (#24 on the US Dance), both co-written and performed by herself, brought the four time Grammy-nominee Steve "Silk" Hurley his first two nominations as Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical (in 1999, respectively in 2000).

Soul Train Music Awards

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired in national broadcast syndication that honors the best in African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...

 music and entertainment
Entertainment
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 established in 1987. Peniston was nominated once (but lost in favor of the album What's the 411?
What's the 411?
What's the 411? is the debut album by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, released July 28, 1992. Upon being signed to Uptown Records, she began working with record producer Puff Daddy. The album spawned six singles, including "You Remind Me" and "Real Love".What's the 411? peaked at number...

 by Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...

):
Year Nomination Category Result
1993 Finally
Finally (CeCe Peniston album)
Finally is the debut album by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on January 28, 1992 by A&M Records. Prior to that, she recorded her debut single "Finally", which topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart on October 26, 1991, peaking eventually at number five on the Billboard...

Best R&B/Soul Album - Female
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female
The Soul Train Music Award winners for Best R&B/Soul Album - Female...


VH1 Awards

VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

: 100 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time
The Greatest (TV series)
The Greatest is a VH1 series. Each episode counts down either songs, albums, music videos, moments, musicians, or celebrities of a particular category.-Episodes:-References:...

 was a five-part series compiled by the music channel in 2000 that tracked mostly the disco era. The show, hosted by Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...

, featured interviews, original commentaries, archival clips and rare concert footage.
Year Nomination Category Result
2000 "Finally"
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Notes
  • C The series won Gloria Gaynor
    Gloria Gaynor
    Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul...

    's hit "I Will Survive
    I Will Survive
    "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris...

    " from 1979. "Finally" finished as the 29th.
    In 2006, the Slant Magazine
    Slant Magazine
    Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...

     published its own list of 100 Greatest Dance Songs, Peniston was not included though.

WMC Awards

The Winter Music Conference
Winter Music Conference
The Winter Music Conference is a weeklong electronic music conference, held every March since the mid-1980s in Miami, Florida, United States. Venues are hosted primarily in Downtown Miami and Miami's South Beach...

 (WMC) is a weeklong electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 conference that is aimed at professionals such as artists, DJs, record label representatives
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...

 (A&R), producers, promoter
Promoter (entertainment)
An entertainment promoter i.e. music, wrestling, boxing etc is a person or company in the business of marketing and promoting live events such as concerts/gigs, boxing matches, sports entertainment , festivals, raves, and nightclubs.- Business model :Promoters are typically hired as independent...

s, radio
Radio
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 and the media
News media
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. Peniston scored three awards:
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 "Finally" Best New Dance Artist
Best Dance Artist - Solo
Best 12" Dance Record

Music recording sales certifications

Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

 is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies. The number of sales or shipments required for a silver
Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...

, gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

, (multi-)platinum
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...

 or diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...

 threshold depends on the population of the territory in which the title is released. These certificates are not automatic; the record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 must pay a fee to have carried out an audit into the release in question.

BPI certifications

The British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...

 (BPI) is the UK record industry's trade association. The level of the award varies and certificates are usually awarded on the basis of the amount of units the release has shipped, rather than the amount it has sold. Peniston received two certifications:
Year Nomination Format Award Quota Result
1992 "Finally" Single 200,000
Finally
Finally (CeCe Peniston album)
Finally is the debut album by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on January 28, 1992 by A&M Records. Prior to that, she recorded her debut single "Finally", which topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart on October 26, 1991, peaking eventually at number five on the Billboard...

Album 60,000

CRIA certifications

The Music Canada
Music Canada
Music Canada was a Canadian music television miniseries which aired approximately monthly on CBC Television from 1966 to 1967.-Premise:This series featured various special productions of music and dance, from classical to modern styles.-Scheduling:...

, formerly known as Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), represents the interests of Canadian companies that create, manufacture and market sound recordings. Similarly to the BPI, they provide audio or video certifications, using only different thresholds. Peniston received one certified award:
Year Nomination Format Award Quota Result
1992 Finally Album 50,000

RIAA certifications

The Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...

 (RIAA) operates an award program for the releases that sell a large(r) number of copies. Peniston received two certifications:
Year Nomination Format Award Quota Result
1992 "Finally" Single 500,000
Finally Album

Year-end charts

Year-end charts are usually calculated by an inverse-point system based solely on a title's performance during any given chart year.

Australia

ARIA
ARIA singles/albums chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 is issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

, and the charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in the country. Top 100 End of Year chart profiles the whole year in music.
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 "Finally" Top Pop Singles
2008 "Finally 2008" Top Club Tracks


Kent Music Report
Kent Music Report
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...

 was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums, compiled by David Kent
David Kent
David Kent is the name of:*David Kent , Sinn Féin TD 1918–1927*David Kent , historian and creator of the Australian Kent Music Report*David Kent , past member of Hall & Oates band...

 from 1974 to 1998. Afterwards, RIAA, who had been using the report under license for a number of years, chose to produce their own charts as the 'ARIA Charts'.
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 "Finally" Top Singles

Canada

MuchMusic Countdown
MuchMusic Countdown, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...

 (as the Coca-Cola Countdown) is a ninety-minute music video program block aired on Canadian music television station MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

.
Year Nomination Category Result
1991 "Finally" Top Singles


RPM
The Canadian singles/albums chart was originally published by magazine RPM
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

. Since November 2000, the Jam! Canoe
Canadian Online Explorer
Canadian Online Explorer is a bilingual online news and information site from Canada.A subsidiary of Quebecor Media, Canoe.ca is a leading local and national interactive media provider of news, entertainment and services, helping to inform and connect Canadians...

 website publishes a comprehensive collection of the official Canadian record charts (as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...

). Peniston entered a RPM Year-End Dance/Urban
RPM Year-End
RPM Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in Canada, based upon the RPM magazine charts during any given chart year.-RPM year-end number ones:...

 chart:
Year Nomination Category Result
1991 "Finally" Top Dance/Urban Singles

Japan

Tokio Hot 100
Tokio HoT 100 (not to be confused with the Japanese national single chart, Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

) is one of the most popular airplay charts in Tokyo, Japan, sponsored by McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...

.
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 "Finally" Top Pop Singles
"We Got a Love Thang
We Got a Love Thang
"We Got a Love Thang" is a 1991 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, originally released on her debut album Finally from 1992.The song was co-written by Chantay Savage, and became the second number one hit for the artist, remaining on the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart two weeks...

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1994 "I'm in the Mood"

Netherlands

Nederlandse Top 40
Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

 is one of the three official singles charts in the Netherlands. Apart from Single Top 100, the Top 40 and Mega Top 50
Mega Top 50
The Mega Top 50 is a Dutch music chart, originally started on May 23, 1969 as the Hilversum 3 Top 30. Throughout the years, the chart has had several names and lengths:*1969 - 1974: Hilversum 3 Top 30...

 include airplay data (i.e. the more often a song is played on the radio, the higher it is placed also in the chart). Peniston scored in one Dutch singles year-end chart (compiled by the Top 40 list) of 1992 with two her songs:
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 "Finally" Top Pop Singles
"We Got a Love Thang"

UK

Music Week
UK Top 75
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 is compiled by The Official Charts Company (OCC) and published in Music Week
Music Week
Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry.Founded in 1959 as Record Retailer, it was relaunched on 18 March 1972 as Music Week . On 17 January 1981 the title was again changed, owing to the increasing importance of sell-through videos, to Music & Video Week...

 magazine. The full list of Top 200 selling singles/albums in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus. Unlike the U.S. charts, no airplay statistics are used for the UK list.
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 Herself Top Selling Singles Artists
"Finally" Top Selling Singles
"We Got a Love Thang"
"Keep On Walkin'"

USA

American Top 40
American Top 40
American Top 40
American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...

 is an international independent radio program
Radio programming
Radio programming is the Broadcast programming of a Radio format or content that is organized for Commercial broadcasting and Public broadcasting radio stations....

 that counts down the forty most popular songs in the United States of America. However apart from the USA, the show is distributed by Premiere Radio Networks
Premiere Radio Networks
Premiere Networks is an American radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of programming...

 also in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, Australia
Australia
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, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, China
China
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, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, Malaysia and several other territories. The AT40 charts are based on Mediabase
Mediabase
Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytical tools for radio and record industry professionals...

 data, published each Tueasday in USA Today
USA Today
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. From 1990 to 1994, AT40 compiled its own year-end charts, which were very close to Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

's, actually.
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 "Finally" Top Pop Singles
"Keep On Walkin'"
"We Got a Love Thang"


Billboard
The U.S. Billboard Year-End
Billboard Year-End
Billboard Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in the United States, based upon the Billboard magazine charts during any given chart year. Billboard's "chart year" runs from the first week of December to the final week in November...

 charts are a cumulative measure of a single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 or album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

's performance in the United States, based upon the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 magazine charts during any given chart year. Peniston topped one U.S. end of year chart, being nominated in total twenty-nine times:
Year Nomination Category Result
1991 "Finally" Top Dance (Music) Club Play Singles
Top Dance Music 12-Inch Singles Sales
1992 Top Pop Singles
"We Got a Love Thang"
"Keep On Walkin'"
Top R&B Singles
Finally Top R&B Albums
"Finally" Top Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sale
"We Got a Love Thang"
Top Dance Music Club Play Singles
"Keep On Walkin'"
1994 Herself Top Pop Singles Artists
Top Pop Singles Artists - Female
Top R&B Artists
Top R&B Artists - Female
Top R&B Singles Artists
"I'm Not Over You" Top R&B Singles
"I'm in the Mood"
Top R&B Singles Airplay
"I'm Not Over You"
Top R&B Singles Sales
Thought 'Ya Knew
Thought 'Ya Knew
Thought 'Ya Knew is the second solo studio album released by American singer CeCe Peniston, issued on January 25, 1994 by A&M Records. Peniston collaborated with her Chicago-based producer Steve Hurley, Carsten Schack and Kenneth Karlin from Denmark, David Morales, Sir Jinx, and on one track also...

Top R&B Albums
Herself Top Dance Music Club Play Artists
Top Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales Artists
"I'm Not Over You" Top Dance Music Club Play Singles
"Hit by Love
Hit by Love
"Hit by Love" is a 1994 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, released as the fourth single from her album record Thought 'Ya Knew, and the fifth number one hit in the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play for the artist....

"
"I'm in the Mood"
Top Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
2001 "Lifetime to Love
Lifetime to Love
"Lifetime to Love" is a 2000 song by the musician CeCe Peniston.The title was originally recorded for a 4 Play Records compilation Circuit Sessions 00.1, which featured overall thirteen dance/house remixes by L.A...

"
Top Dance Music Club Play Single


Cashbox
Cashbox, the most prominent competitor of Billboard and Record World
Record World
Record World magazine was one of the three main music industry trade publications in the United States, along with Billboard and Cash Box magazines. It was founded in 1946 under the name Music Vendor, but since 1964 changed it to Record World, under the ownership of Sid Parnes and Bob Austin, both...

 (previously known as Music Vendor), was a weekly magazine that published charts of song popularity in the United States of America.
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 "Finally" Top Pop Singles
"Keep On Walkin'"


Club Chart
Club Chart is a U.S. list of Top 50 dance music/electronic songs. The chart is compiled monthly by a panel of DJs from across the States since 2003, and published via DanceMusic.about.com
About.com
About.com is an online source for original information and advice. It is written in English, and is aimed primarily at North Americans. It is owned by The New York Times Company....

, an online resource.
Year Nomination Category Result
2007 "Shame Shame Shame"
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Notes
  • D The song shared the 85th position in the Club Year-End chart with Nelly Furtado
    Nelly Furtado
    Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

    's hit Maneater
    Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)
    "Maneater" is a song written by Nelly Furtado, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, Jim Beanz and Nate "Danja" Hills for Furtado's third album, Loose . It was co-produced by Timbaland and Danja and includes influences of 1980s music by artists such as Eurythmics and Hall & Oates...

     in common.


Record Research
Record Research Inc. was founded by the world-renown musicologist Joel Whitburn
Joel Whitburn
Joel Carver Whitburn is an American author and music historian.Whitburn founded Record Research Inc. in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, in 1970, and put together a team of researchers to examine in detail all of Billboards music and video charts...

 who, along with a team of researchers, examines in detail all of Billboards music and video charts in addition. His annual pop listings therefore differ.
Year Nomination Category Result
1992 Herself Top Pop Artists
"Finally" Top Pop Singles
"We Got a Love Thang"
"Keep On Walkin'"
"Inside That I Cried
Inside That I Cried
"Inside That I Cried" is a 1992 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, taken from her album Finally on A&M Records.The single release included "Hitmix", a medley of her songs "Finally", "We Got a Love Thang", "Keep On Walkin'", "Lifeline" and "It Should Have Been You", all taken from her debut...

"
"Crazy Love
Crazy Love (CeCe Peniston song)
"Crazy Love" is a 1992 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, released on her debut album Finally on A&M Records.The title was first issued in the UK as the fourth single from the album, peaking at number forty-four, while in the US , it reached number thirty-one on the R&B chart in February 1993...

"
1994 "I'm in the Mood"
"I'm Not Over You
I'm Not Over You
"I'm Not Over You" is a 1994 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, originally recorded for her album Thought 'Ya Knew on A&M Records.The single achieved number two in the US Dance chart, and number ten on the R&B field...

"
"Hit by Love"
1996 "Movin' On
Movin' On (CeCe Peniston song)
"Movin' On" is a 1996 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, released as the lead single from her studio album I'm Movin' On.The track produced by Dave Hall charted at number twenty-nine in the US R&B chart, reaching in the Billboard Hot 100 at number eighty-three...

"


Traxsource
Traxsource is a leading U.S.-based dance music digital music downloads site that specialize in Underground music
Underground music
Underground music comprises a range of different musical genres that operate outside of mainstream culture. Such music can typically share common values, such as the valuing of sincerity and intimacy; an emphasis on freedom of creative expression; an appreciation of artistic creativity...

 (such as House, Soulful, Deep, Jackin, Tech, Electro, Progressive, Indie Dance, Space Disco, Soul/Funk/Disco), providing various bitrates and formats for each download.
Year Nomination Category Result
2007 "I'm Feelin' U
I'm Feelin' U
"I'm Feelin' U" is a 2007 song by the musician CeCe Peniston.The single was originally released in February on the three disc dance compilation entitled Defected in the House: Miami 2007, that featured overall thirty-eight tracks by various artists and was issued on ITH Records label.In May 2007,...

"
Top 100 Singles

Others

Music VF
Music VF is a music database combining the U.S. and UK music charts entries since the 19th century. The U.S. charts information is based on Billboards charts, while the British on the Official UK Charts Company stats.
Year Nomination Category Result
1991 Herself Top Pop Artists
"Finally" Top Pop Songs
Top R&B Songs
Top Dance Songs
1992 Herself Top Pop Artists
"We Got a Love Thang" Top Pop Songs
"Keep On Walkin'"
Top R&B Songs
"We Got a Love Thang"
Top Dance Songs
"Keep On Walkin'"
1994 Herself Top Pop Artists
"I'm in the Mood
I'm in the Mood
"I'm In The Mood" is a 1993 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, released as the first commercial single taken from Thought 'Ya Knew, the singer's second studio album....

"
Top Dance Songs

Miss Black Arizona

The Miss Black Arizona Scholarship Pageant was developed to promote cultural awareness and celebration of black women and girls in the state of Arizona. The program is open to contestants ages 3-27 with six divisions and titles granted each year.
Year Nomination Category Result
1989 Herself Miss Black Arizona

Miss Galaxy

Miss Galaxy is a beauty contest for girls and women between 16 and 28 years old, with eligibility requirements of size XS/S/M.
Year Nomination Category Result
1990 Herself Miss Galaxy

Other honors

Year Nomination Category Result
Herself Governor's Key to the State of Arizona
Phoenix College
Phoenix College
Phoenix College is a community college located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Founded in 1920, it is one of the oldest community colleges in the country....

 Hall of Fame

See also

  • CeCe Peniston's discography
    CeCe Peniston discography
    American recording artist CeCe Peniston entered the music industry as a backing vocalist on the Overweight Pooch album Female Preacher, released in July 1991 on A&M Records. Besides her backing-vocal performance on the track "I Like It", released as a single, she was also given a credit for...

  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

External links

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