Profile of Shanice on Famous Like Me

Shanice Wilson (born May 14, 1973 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Grammy nominated African-American R&B singer. Credited usually as simply Shanice, she hit big on mainstream radio with her 1991 hit "I Love Your Smile" for the Motown label, she also scored another Top 5 Billboard Hot 100 single in 1993 with Saving Forever For You.

Biography

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Shanice starred in a KFC commercial with Ella Fitzgerald at 9. Later, she was discovered by A&M Records at the age of eleven, and released her debut album, Discovery, in 1987, which wasn't a huge pop hit, but did score R&B chart action, and the singer a 1987 Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist, she lost the award to R&B singer Miki Howard. She signed a record deal at Motown Records in 1991. Her 1991 album Inner Child contained the popular hit single "I Love Your Smile", produced by Narada Michael Walden. Also included on the is a cover of Minnie Riperton's 1974 hit "Loving You". This and other songs like Fly Away helped showcase her rare coloratura soprano talent. In 1993, she made a guest appearance on the popular television sitcom Family Matters.

After "I Love Your Smile", Shanice continued to record albums, including 1999's Shanice, produced chiefly by Babyface. While she has not achieved significant commercial success with her later albums, she is acknowledged as a talented singer and many of her songs appeared on various soundtracks. Not too proud to sing back-up or do studio sessions, she can be heard on Toni Braxton's song Un-break my heart. She can also be heard making vocal contributions to various games. She is married to actor/comedian Flex Alexander, with whom she has two children: daughter Imani Shekinah and son Elijah Alexander.

A new single emerged in June of 2005. "Every Woman Dreams" was released to Urban AC Radio on June 27/28, 2005 and is nearly in top 30 Urban AC Radio being the most added song on Urban AC on July 5. Shanice is signed to IME Records which is distributed through Universal/Motown. Shanice's newest album was rumoured to be on September 20th, 2005, however, the date came and went and no album was released. It was then reported that the new album (titled "Every Woman Dreams") will be released on October 25th, 2005. The video shoot for "Every Woman Dreams will be shot in early-October.

Discography

Albums

• 1987: Discovery
• 1991: Inner Child
• 1994: 21... Ways To Grow
• 1999: Shanice
• 1999: Ultimate Collection

Singles

Awards

1988

• 1988 Nominated for Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist

1992

• 1992 Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female ("I Love Your Smile").

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