CeCe Peniston discography
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American recording artist CeCe Peniston entered the music industry as a backup vocalist on the Overweight Pooch's album Female Preacher, released in July 1991 on A&M Records. Shortly before that, she was featured on the B-side to 12-inch single "I Can't Take the Power" by male rapper Marvelous JC. Besides her vocal performance on the Pooch's only charting track, "I Like It", she was given a credit for co-writing two compositions; "Kickin' Da Blues" and the titular "Female Preacher". Soon after, the singer pursued a solo career. By now, Peniston has released four studio albums including one as a member of The Sisters of Glory, two remix collections, one live album, four compilations and one live extended play (EP). Her singles discography features twenty-nine physical releases, twenty-one digital-only, seven promotional recordings and twenty-six other appearances; regardless of their format. She has also been included on one video album and has made fourteen music videos.
CeCe Peniston discography | ||
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![]() Peniston performing in the nightclub Heaven in Central London, England on July 26, 2009. | ||
Releases: | ||
Studio albums | 4 | |
Remix albums | 2 | |
Live albums | 1 | |
Compilation albums | 4 | |
EPs | 1 | |
Singles | 29 | |
Download singles | 21 | |
Promotional songs | 7 | |
Other appearances | 26 | |
Video albums | 1 | |
Music videos | 14 |
Peniston recorded her own single "Finally" through A&M. The song was released in August 1991 and was followed by her full-length debut on January 28, 1992.[1] Both the album and single of the same name, were certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the set itself by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). They also earned two certifications from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), respectively. By the time the album's local sales reached half a million copies, "We Got a Love Thang" and "Keep On Walkin'", would give her three consecutive number-one hits on the US Hot Dance Club Play, as well on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart. Furthermore, each track reached the top-ten of Music Week's singles chart in the United Kingdom, and the top-twenty of Billboard's Hot 100 in the United States. The album itself broke into the top-forty music charts in Austria, Canada, the Netherlands and the UK, peaking home at number 70. Additional compositions from her first album, "Inside That I Cried" and "Crazy Love", scored successes in the R&B charts.
Her second studio set, Thought 'Ya Knew, saw its results on January 25, 1994. Having entered the top-forty only in the UK and Switzerland, the album somewhat failed to match the sales of its predecessor, reaching its peak in the Billboard 200 at position 96. It did, however, make an impact on the dance field, yielding two chart-toppers in the US. "I'm in the Mood", with its incorporated jazz elements, served as the album's pilot single. The latter singles, such as "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" released in the US a year after its European release, and "I'm Not Over You", those achieved top-5 statuses at least. While "Hit by Love", another house anthem, became the singer's fifth club number 1. As a result, she was named Billboard Magazine's #1 Dance/Club Play artist of 1994.
I'm Movin' On, the third album by Peniston, was released on September 9, 1996, and was viewed as a commercial failure. As such it thus did not achieve a presence in the official albums charts. Mid-tempo jam, "Movin' On" featuring rap by Suga T, reached number 83 and her so-called "vocal duel" with JoJo Hailey, "Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy)", missed the US Hot 100 altogether. In February 1998 Peniston experienced a late comeback in the overseas, when her remake of Jocelyn Brown's classic "Somebody Else's Guy" climbed to number 13 on the British singles charts; her highest top-100 entry in the island since May 1992. The remixes of the song were released on March 2, 1998 on her import greatest hits compilation The Best Of, her closing album on A&M. While the original version appeared on later collection of her hits, Essential, issued also overseas through Spectrum in 2000.
Subsequently, singer managed to record a number of singles, some of which garnered attention within their genre through various independent labels. Amongst them were three solo tracks such as "He Loves Me 2" (1999), "Lifetime to Love" (2001) and "Eternal Lover" (2004), as well her collaborations with other artists. These included "Reminiscin" with Saison (2001), "Deeper Love" with David Longoria (2005) and "Shame Shame Shame" with Soulshaker (2007).
Since the 2010s, Peniston has released new material mostly in a digital format. While "Nothing Can Stop Me" (2014) received significant airplay on urban AC stations, "Believe" (2015), recorded with Chaos, happened to become her first entry on the US Dance chart in 10 years. One of her most recent releases, namely Purple Funk" (2017), almost topped the Hot Singles Sales component chart.
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Details | Chart positions | Sales figures | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [2] |
US Gos. [3] |
US R&B [4] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [6] |
CAN [7] |
GER [8] |
NLD [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] | ||||
Finally [a] | 70 | — | 13 | 95 | 38 | 20 | — | 31 | — | 10 |
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Thought 'Ya Knew [b] | 96 | — | 20 | — | — | — | 92 | 69 | 32 | 31 | |||
Good News in Hard Times (as The Sisters of Glory) |
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I'm Movin' On |
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— | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in the region |
Remix albums
Title | Details | Notes |
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Finally/We Got a Love Thang: Remix Collection |
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Remix Collection |
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Live albums
Title | Details | Notes |
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Divas of Disco – Live (CeCe Peniston, Thelma Houston, Linda Clifford, A Taste of Honey and France Joli) |
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Compilation albums
Title | Details | Notes |
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The Best Of |
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Essential |
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Winning Combinations (with Vesta Williams) |
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The Millennium Collection: The Best of CeCe Peniston |
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EPs
Title | Details | Notes |
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CeCe Peniston (also known as EP Live) |
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Singles
As lead artist
Title | Year | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US [42] |
US Dance [43] |
US R&B [44] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [45] |
CAN [46] |
GER [47] |
NLD [48] |
SWI [49] |
UK [11] | ||||
"Finally"[c] | 1991 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
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Finally |
"We Got a Love Thang"[d] | 1992 | 20 | 1 | 38 | 36 | — | 26 | 41 | 9 | — | 6 | ||
"Keep On Walkin'"[e] | 15 | 1 | 3 | 123 | — | 67 | — | 41 | — | 10 | |||
"Crazy Love"[f] | 97 | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | |||
"Inside That I Cried"[f] | 94 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | |||
"I'm in the Mood"[g] | 1993 | 32 | 1 | 7 | — | — | 88 | 68 | 22 | 29 | 16 | Thought 'Ya Knew | |
"Keep Givin' Me Your Love"[h] | 1994 | — | 4 | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | ||
"I'm Not Over You"[i] | 41 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Hit by Love"[j] | 90 | 1 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | |||
"Movin' On"[k] (featuring Suga T.) | 1996 | 83 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I'm Movin' On | |
"Before I Lay"[l] (featuring JoJo Hailey) | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Somebody Else's Guy"[m] | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | The Best Of | |
"I Know You Want Me"[n] (with Nastyboy Klick) | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-solo album single(s) | |
"Nobody Else"[o] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"He Loves Me 2"[p] | 1999 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Lifetime to Love"[q] | 2000 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"My Boo"[r] | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Eternal Lover"[s] (featuring BiBi) | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"I'm Feelin' U"[t] | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Shame Shame Shame"[u] (with Soulshaker) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Above Horizons"[v] (PTA anthem) | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Nothing Can Stop Me"[w] | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in the region. Singles listed in order of their first appearance, regardless of the country of origin. |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Chart positions | Album | |
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US Dance [43] |
UK [11] | |||
"I Like It" (Overweight Pooch featuring CeCe Peniston) |
1991 | 16 | 58 | Female Preacher |
"Reminiscin"[x] (Saison featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2001 | 30 | — | Non-solo album single(s) |
"For My Baby"[y] (Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2003 | — | — | |
"Deeper Love"[x] (David Longoria featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2005 | 14 | — | |
"You Are the Universe"[z] (Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2006 | — | — | |
"Believe"[aa] (Chaos featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2015 | 5 | — | |
"Purple Funk"[ab] (Mothers Favorite Child featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2017 | — | — |
Download-only
Title | Year | Notes |
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"Still I" | 2007 | |
"In Love with a DJ" (with Ron Carroll) |
2010 |
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"Stoopid!" | 2011 |
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"Celebrate" | 2012 |
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"You've Never Seen" (EC Twins featuring CeCe Peniston) |
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"All My Love" (Richard Beynon and Zen Freeman featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2013 |
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"Get to Steppin" (Fast Eddie featuring CeCe Peniston) |
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"Let's Go All Night" (James Doman and Antoine Becks featuring CeCe Peniston) |
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"Without You" (Junior Sanchez featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2014 |
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"Love Don't Take Over" (MG Select featuring CeCe Peniston) |
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"Sick" (CeCe Peniston featuring Paris Toon and Mothers Favorite Child) |
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"The DJ Made Me Stay" (Paul Oakenfold and Joyriders featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2015 |
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"Piece of That" (DJ Sun Junkie featuring CeCe Peniston and Dayion) |
2016 | |
"Reflections of a Disco Ball" (CeCe Peniston featuring Mothers Favorite Child) |
2017 |
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"Hot" | 2018 |
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"Make Me Say (Afro Chi Vibe)" (with Ron Carroll) |
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"Are You Ready?" (with Four80East) |
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"Oh Happy Day" (live) (with Thelma Houston and Phoebe Snow) |
2019 |
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"Silly" (with DeCarlos "Cos" Waller) |
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"Whatchu On?" (2:AM Ricky featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2020 |
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"Anyway" | 2021 |
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Promotional songs
Title | Year | Notes |
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"Hitmix" | 1992 | |
"Searchin'" | 1993 |
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"House Party" | 1996 |
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"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" | 1998 | |
"Runway" | 2009 | |
"Love Hurts (He Say, She Say)" (with Montell Jordan) | ||
"Dance with Me" | 2012 |
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Other appearances
Title | Year) | Notes |
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"Give It All U Gott" (Marvelous JC featuring CeCe Peniston) |
1991 |
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"Kickin' Da Blues" (Overweight Pooch featuring CeCe Peniston) |
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"Female Preacher" (Overweight Pooch featuring CeCe Peniston) | ||
"Don't Forget the Love" (Jeff Lorber featuring CeCe Peniston) |
1994 |
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"Stille Nacht" (Various artists featuring the Sisters of Glory) |
1995 | |
"All That I Need" | 1996 |
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"The Christmas Song" |
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"What a Wonderful World" | 1997 |
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"When I'm with You" | 1998 |
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"Keep It Real" (M-Doc featuring CeCe Peniston) |
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"Roll the Windows Down" (Sinamin featuring CeCe Peniston and Azzan) |
2000 |
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"Silent Night" | 2001 | |
"I Think About Him" (Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2003 |
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"Runnin' Away" (co-writer only) |
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"I Like (Edited)" (with Adeva) | 2004 | |
"It's Alright" (co-writer only) | 2006 |
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"Right Here" | 2007 |
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"See Me Now" (Daiyon featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2013 |
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"Make You Fall" (Markus Schulz featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2014 | |
"A Night that We Will Never Forget" (Full Force featuring CeCe Peniston and Freedom Williams) |
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"For the Love of You" (Aston Grey Project featuring CeCe Peniston and Tim Gordon) |
2015 |
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"HBS (Honey Brown Sugah)" (Kevin McCall featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2016 |
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"Wish" (Mothers Favorite Child featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2017 |
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"(Don't Wanna Be) The Fool on the Hill" (Bob Baldwin featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2018 |
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"Just Gettin' Started" (Jackie's Boy featuring CeCe Peniston and NMBRND) |
2020 |
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"Love / Hate" (R. Bernard featuring CeCe Peniston) |
2021 |
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Videos
Video albums
Title | Year | Notes |
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Divas of Disco (Linda Clifford, A Taste of Honey, Thelma Houston, France Joli & CeCe Peniston) |
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Music videos
Title | Year | Director |
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"Finally" | 1991 | Claude Borenzweig[141][142] |
"We Got a Love Thang" | 1992 | |
"Keep On Walkin'" | Millicent Shelton[143] | |
"Inside That I Cried" | ||
"Crazy Love" | ||
"I'm in the Mood" (Original Mix & Bad Yard Club) | 1994 | Antoine Fuqua[144] |
"Keep Givin' Me Your Love"[145] | ||
"I'm Not Over You" | Millicent Shelton[146] | |
"Hit by Love" (US and UK version) | Millicent Shelton[147] | |
"Movin' On" (single and remix versions) | 1996 | Paul Hunter[148][149] |
"Finally 2011" | 2011 | Trevor Adler |
"Dance with Me" | 2012 | Colin Pierce |
"My Superman" (Ski Johnson) (acting credits-only) | 2013 | Scott Hebert[150] |
"Piece of That" (DJ Sun Junkie featuring CeCe Peniston and Dayion) |
2016 | Shaun Asakura |
See also
Notes
- According to an article published by The Chicago Defender in June 2009, her debut album Finally allegedly "sold over 3 million copies".[12] Its source is unknown, neither is whether this figure refers to worldwide or US sales.[12]
- "Finally" was released on CDS on three separate occasions in the UK – initial release from October 1991 reached position 29, its re-issue in March 1992 resulted in number 2 and a remix from September 1997 in number 26.[11] Upon its international release, the single entered the music charts in Flanders (#3),[50] France (#39),[51] Ireland (#5)[52] and New Zealand (#8).[53] An additional remix from September 2008 topped the Australian Club Tracks,[5] charting at number 33 on the now discontinued Global Dance Tracks,[54] while in May 2017 the original version reached number 2 on the Spotify Rewind.[55]
- "Keep on Walkin'" made chart entries also in Flanders (#31)[50] and Ireland (#17),[52] while missed the Top 100 in Australia (#123). In August 2011, Peniston released a cover version of the song as her virtual duet with Lavon Collins.[58]
- "I'm in the Mood" failed to enter the Australian Top 100, climbing to number 197.[5]
- "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" was promoted in England as the second single from Thought 'Ya Knew, while in the US as the fourth, being distributed in 1995 through Columbia in support of the Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) soundtrack.[59] The title also charted in New Zealand (#26),[53] but missed the Hot 100 after bubbling under at number 101.[60] In Canada for change, it entered the local dance chart (#13).[61]
- "I'm Not Over You" was released in EU[62] mostly as a double A-side single along with "Hit by Love".[63] Whereas in the Netherlands, it appeared as the B-side to the latter single.[64]
- "Hit by Love" was issued in the UK as the third and final single from Thought 'Ya Knew, preceded by "I'm in the Mood" and "Keep Givin' Me Your Love". The B-side to the single included a remix of "Through Those Doors" in the region.[65]
- "Somebody Else's Guy" was issued only in the overseas, or rather in EU and Japan.[68] In England, the song also charted in the local Chart-Track, placing at number 6 in February 1998.[69]
- "I Know You Want Me" was distributed only in the States. In April 1998 it reached number 9 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop chart.[70]
- "Nobody Else"[71] was released only in some countries, excluding also Japan and the UK.
- "He Loves Me 2"[72] was released only in some countries, excluding also Japan and the UK. In October 2016, the song was re-issued worldwide as a digital maxi single, featuring also new remixes.
- "Lifetime to Love" was distributed within North America.[73]
- "I'm Feelin' U" was commercially issued only on vinyl and in the US. Virtually, also in the overseas.[76]
- "Same Shame Shame" was released on CD format for promotional purposes only. In October 2007, it charted on the Global Dance Tracks at number 22.[54]
- "Above Horizons" was distributed only in the States.[77]
- "Nothing Can Stop Me" failed to enter the official singles charts, becoming in US an Adult R&B Airplay hit at number 29.[78]
- "For My Baby" was promoted only in England.[81]
- "You Are the Universe" was released on vinyl, in Japan and the UK. Elsewhere, in a digital format.[82]
- "Believe" was released on CD-R only for promotional purposes. It reached also number 2 in the UK Cool Cuts Chart.[83]
- "Purple Funk" debuted at number 2 on the Hot Singles Sales on July 29, 2017.[84]
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