She Moves
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She Moves was an American
United States
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pop
Pop music
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trio consisting of Carla Duren, Danielle Flora and Diana Bologna, all who were former New York Knicks City Dancers.
History
Danielle got her industry start as a dancer and host of the popular 1990s MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
show The Grind, while Diana had danced in music videos for Salt N Pepa, Lil' Kim
Lil' Kim
Kimberly Denise Jones , better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and actress who was a member of the group Junior M.A.F.I.A.....
and Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
.
In 1997 the German
Germany
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-born, New York-based producers Berman Brothers, who produced Real McCoy's multi-platinum-selling debut, formed She Moves, only months after they heard Carla wow the crowd at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
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before a playoff game with her soulful, a cappella rendition of the national anthem.
In the Summer of 1997, the group released their debut single, "Breaking All The Rules". It became a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, peaking at No.32. On November 18, 1997, their debut album of the same title was released. Sales were poor despite the successful single on radio and exposure on BET
Bet
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and MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. The group performed the single during the swimsuit competition at Miss USA 1998. Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
followed with the single "It's Your Love
It's Your Love
"It's Your Love" is a song by Tim McGraw, released as the first single from his album Everywhere. The song, featuring wife Faith Hill, reached number one on Billboards Hot Country Songs chart in its fifth week on the chart. The song stayed there for six weeks, and became McGraw's and Hill's first...
", a remake of the country music hit by Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...
and Faith Hill
Faith Hill
Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...
. The label gave the album a third chance with another single, "Just for Tonight". It was released but failed to chart. The girls also appeared on a skit on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
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. Geffen Records decided to drop the dance group from the label in 1999.
Danielle went on to become a successful choreographer working with pop icon Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
on mtvICON
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
as well as the MTV Video Music Awards
MTV Video Music Awards
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and for Saturday Night Live (NBC). Danielle hosts two shows for 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...
: "Billboard in Sixty" http://billboard.com/sixty and "Billboard Underground" http://billboard.com/underground. http://www.bwydance.com/faculty/bios/mobley_and_flora.shtml Carla went on to perform on Broadway originating the role of Snookie in "110 in the Shade" as well as releasing her debut album titled "BlackFolkRockStar" on CD Baby. Diana went on to find success in the acting world and can currently be seen on the big screen in the feature film "Brooklyn's Finest" (starring Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes), in HBO's "Flight of the Conchords" and in "As the World Turns".
Singles
Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album |
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US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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1997 | "Breaking All the Rules" | 32 | Breaking All the Rules |
1998 | "It's Your Love It's Your Love "It's Your Love" is a song by Tim McGraw, released as the first single from his album Everywhere. The song, featuring wife Faith Hill, reached number one on Billboards Hot Country Songs chart in its fifth week on the chart. The song stayed there for six weeks, and became McGraw's and Hill's first... " |
67 | |
"Just for Tonight" | — |
External links
- Yahoo Group with photos and audio.
- IUMA Photos and MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
download.