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“Damaged” sees the RIAA platinum-certified girl group – currently starring in the latest and greatest season of MTV’s blockbuster reality series, Making The Band – joining forces with the up-and-coming production team, Stereotypes, known for their hit collaborations with such artists as Cupid, Ne-Yo, and Omarion.  The track is currently a top 10 smash on iTunes’ “Top Pop Songs” chart, while also scoring at a variety of radio formats, including Urban, Rhythmic, and Top 40 outlets nationwide.  In addition, the single’s companion video – directed by Syndrome (Pretty Ricky, Lupe Fiasco, Trey Songz) – had its world premiere on MTV’s TRL earlier this week.

On Tuesday, March 18th, Dawn, Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon, and Aundrea will appear live on TRL to herald the arrival of “WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE.”  The week will also see visits to MTV’s The Big Ten and Sucka Free, as well as BET’s 106 & Park.  Additional upcoming TV performances include the nationally syndicated Tyra Banks Show and Fox’s The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet (check local listings). 

Danity Kane – currently featured on the covers of both King and Right On! – are now in the midst of a month-long promo tour, with stops slated for radio stations in major markets across the country through mid-April.

Last – but most certainly not least – Danity Kane will perform live on the eagerly anticipated season finale of MTV’s Making The Band, set to air Sunday, March 23rd at 8 pm EDT (check local listings).  The broadcast will also feature the official announcement of Danity Kane’s upcoming North American concert tour, slated to hit the road in May.

Danity Kane will celebrate the March 18th release of “WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE” with an exclusive in-store event at New York City’s Best Buy (located at 529 Fifth Avenue).  The group will be meeting fans and signing copies of their new CD, beginning at 7pm.

“WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE” follows the Making The Band 3-winning group’s blockbuster debut, which made a spectacular #1 debut on the SoundScan/Billboard 200 album chart upon its initial 2006 release.  Fueled by the top 10 smash, “Show Stopper,” the self-titled album went on to achieve RIAA platinum certification for U.S. sales exceeding one million units.

Now, with “WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE,” Danity Kane have more than matched their Cinderella story debut, crafting an irresistible collection of new hits in association with such studio superstars as Danja, Stereotypes, Bryan Michael Cox, and Seven Aurelius (LL Cool J, Ashanti, Vanessa Carlton). “WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE” is Executive Produced by Bad Boy CEO Sean “Diddy” Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment president Harve Pierre.
 
For up-to-the-minute information, please visit www.danitykane.com, www.myspace.com/danitykane, and www.badboyonline.com.

The music industry's newest Cinderella story, DANITY KANE is an out-of-the-box phenomenon at retail, selling nearly 90,000 units in its first day alone. The album quickly sold out at most stores across the country, prompting a massive effort by both the label and retail community to restock shelves overnight to meet demand. The album has shipped over half a million copies, with retail orders now topping the 625,000 mark. Meanwhile, on the digital front, DANITY KANE instantly became the #1 album on iTunes, with an average fan ranking of 4-and-a-half stars (out of 5).

The stars of Diddy's hit MTV series Making the Band 3, Danity Kane has defied industry convention, with six-figure sales being generated almost exclusively from huge street buzz and exponential word-of-mouth - an unprecedented achievement for a new artist with little radio airplay.

Bad Boy CEO Sean 'Diddy' Combs said:  'This is an historic moment for Bad Boy Records and Danity Kane. These are five hugely talented women, and they worked amazingly hard to make their dream come true. I want to thank all our friends at MTV for their great support in helping us make the band. Danity Kane is the real deal. I knew it from the beginning, the fans knew it from the beginning, and now the whole industry knows it. The people have spoken.'

'Danity Kane hitting number one represents another amazing chapter in our relationship with Diddy and Bad Boy,' said Christina Norman, President, MTV. 'As millions of MTV viewers witnessed first hand on ‘Making the Band,’ these ladies earned their success through hard work, determination and raw talent.'

'When Diddy and I joined together to find an international supergroup, we knew it had to be a group that would stand out above the rest and set the standard for others to follow,' said Danity Kane’s manager Johnny Wright. 'The talented ladies of Danity Kane are just that. I'm blessed to have found them and look forward to helping to guide them to be the best in the business.'

'The formula works like this: Diddy, Bad Boy Records, talented and beautiful artists, and the marketing strategy,' said Steve Lerner, Circuit City's Senior National Buyer/Music. 'It's the culmination of many factors, and Danity Kane actually brings back the excitement of what the music business is all about - Artist Development!'

'Danity Kane is an amazing artist development story,' noted Virgin Megastore Sr. Product Manager Jerry Suarez. 'For us we were pleasantly surprised, just another indication that if you put a good record together people will buy it. Bad Boy did a great job creating excitement for this release, but that doesn't always sell records. You need to put together a solid release, and they delivered. Bad Boy is doing a great job of being a strong, diversified label.'

'Danity 'Co-Kane'… people are fiendin' for it!' commented Violet Brown, Director of Urban Music for Trans World Entertainment. 'It is great to have a new title of this magnitude!'

The video for Danity Kane's first single, 'Show Stopper,' is in Big 10 (heavy) rotation on MTV and is the #1 most-streamed video on MTV.com, where Danity Kane also has the #1 most-visited artist page.  The group’s MySpace page has racked up nearly 14 million audio plays, with 11 million plays in just the last week alone. The group now has over 325,000 friends on their site and is the #2 ranked MySpace artist, just behind fellow Bad Boy artist Yung Joc.

The Jim Jonsin-produced 'Show Stopper' debuted at #5 last week on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart. Danity Kane is the #4 most searched artist on Yahoo! Music, where 'Show Stopper' has jumped from #56 to #11 in one week. At AOL Music, 'Show Stopper' is the #4-ranked song, while its companion video debuts this week at #11. On YouTube, the 'Show Stopper' clip has been streamed over one million times.

In addition, 'Show Stopper' was Warner Music Group’s #1 ringtone the week of 8/14, with sales over 90,000. As of this week, Danity Kane ringtones are being featured at every major mobile carrier.

Danity Kane is the latest in a string of #1 successes from Bad Boy Records. Most recently, Yung Joc’s debut album, NEW JOC CITY (Block Entertainment/ Bad Boy South), debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. At the same time, the label has hit the top of the charts with current smash singles from both Yung Joc ('It's Goin' Down') and new discovery Cassie ('Me & U').  DANITY KANE is Bad Boy’s seventh #1 album on the Billboard 200, following The Notorious B.I.G.'s LIFE AFTER DEATH and BORN AGAIN, Puff Daddy's NO WAY OUT, Mase's HARLEM WORLD, the WE INVENTED THE REMIX album, and the BAD BOYS II soundtrack.

Executive Produced by Sean 'Diddy' Combs, DANITY KANE sees the five-girl outfit - Dawn, Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon, and Aundrea - teaming up with some of today's most successful and talented producers. Among the studio superstars bringing their skills to the album are such hip-hop and R&B icons as Timbaland, Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins, Mario Winans, Jim Jonsin, Bryan-Michael Cox, Rami, and Ryan Leslie. The album’s Co-Executive Producer is Bad Boy Executive Vice President Harve Pierre.

Dawn, Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon, and Aundrea were the cream of the crop among hundreds of women competing for a spot in Diddy's new super group during the taping of the smash MTV reality show, Making the Band 3.  Though each of the five members of Danity Kane come from different backgrounds, all have a number of things in common that bond them as a full-fledged group - extraordinary talent, looks, personality, business savvy, an ability to perform under intense pressure, and a lifelong dream of making music.

For more information, please visit www.danitykane.com.

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See them perform their hit single 'Show Stopper' next Saturday on the Direct TV show CD USA (check local listings for time and channel)

UNFORTUNATELY the group will not perform tonight on America's Got Talent. Look for them on their MTV finale at 9:00pm. Danity Kane's debut album in stores 8/22!

Executive Produced by Bad Boy CEO Sean 'Diddy' Combs, DANITY KANE sees the five-girl outfit - Dawn, Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon, and Aundrea - teaming up with some of today’s most successful and talented producers. Among the studio superstars bringing their skills to the recordings are such hip-hop and R&B icons as Timbaland (Missy Elliott, Nelly Furtado, Aaliyah), Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins (Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey), Mario Winans (P. Diddy & the Bad Boy Family, Destiny’s Child, The Notorious B.I.G.), Jim Jonsin (Twista, Jamie Foxx, Trina), Bryan-Michael Cox (Usher, Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton), Rami (*NSYNC, the Veronicas), and Ryan Leslie (Britney Spears, Tha Dogg Pound). The album’s Co-Executive Producer is Bad Boy Executive Vice President Harve Pierre.

'Show Stopper', the Jim Jonsin-produced first single from DANITY KANE, has proven a true sensation, well in advance of its official arrival at multi-format radio outlets in early August. The track has already received nearly a quarter of a million plays on Danity Kane’s official MySpace page.

Danity Kane will debut their video for 'Show Stopper' on August 4th on MTV’s Making The Video. The girls will then appear on MTV’s TRL on August 7th and on Sucker Free on MTV on August 8th. DANITY KANE will also be featured on The Leak on MTV Jams and MTV Hits the week of August 15th.

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Dawn, Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon, and Aundrea were the cream of the crop among hundreds of ladies competing for a spot in Diddy’s new super group during the taping of the smash MTV reality show, Making the Band 3. Though each of the five ladies of Danity Kane come from different backgrounds, all have a number of things in common that bond them as a full-fledged group - extraordinary talent, looks, personality, business savvy, an ability to perform under intense pressure, and a lifelong dream of making music.

The women - who describe themselves as independent, outspoken, and empowering - have had a strong hand in shaping their identity, even going so far as coming up with the group’s striking name. Dawn, an avid artist and anime aficionado, caught Diddy’s attention with a sketch of a female superhero she’d dubbed 'Danity Kane'. He soon came to the realization that the moniker would make an ideal name for the band, declaring it to be solid and original, just like them.

The sound of Danity Kane meshes contributions from all five singers, resulting in a fluid and funky blend of voices that allows each member to assert her individuality while still uniting together as a whole. As with any group comprised of strong personalities, a variety of musical influences come into play - from Mariah Carey to Prince to Aerosmith - though each bandmate claims a special affinity for the harmony-rich R&B of En Vogue.

Fearless, dynamic, and remarkably gifted, Danity Kane unquestionably have what it takes to make it as a band.

'Show Stopper' - Danity Kane (audio)
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For more information on the fabulous five, hit up their official myspace page and official website, danitykane.com.

'Show Stopper' - Danity Kane (audio)
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