The lead single from Danity Kane's "Welcome to the Dollhouse," "Damaged," has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The day of certification was September 17. It was the first RIAA certification to come for a Bad Boy release in over a year, since Yung Joc's "1st Time" was certified gold on September 13, 2007.
Via FMQB.
Dawn Richard from Danity Kane spoke with Essence.com and Usmagazine.com on the current state of the group and Diddy's decision to remove Aubrey O'Day and D. Woods from the lineup. There are some highly interesting remarks. Among them:
ESSENCE.COM: Diddy is a beast when it comes to whipping his groups into shape and his truth hurts. He already let Aubrey go and then D. Woods was a no-show last night. Have you spoken or plan to speak to any of the ladies?
RICHARD: No, I haven’t. Honestly, we really don’t talk that much, but I wish them the best of luck. I showed up, and as one person, I can only do so much. If they want to get in touch with me, they will because I totally support them and always will. All of this stuff affects us because these are our lives. Diddy tells us to try to save our group and some of us don’t show up? We’re making a serious statement to him about the future of this group by doing so.
"Puff did not like [O'Day's] image...where her image was going for the group," Dawn Richard - one of the three remaining bandmates - tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.
"It wasn't a personal thing," Richard continues, saying her sexy look (the singer posed topless in Complex last month) was alienating young fans.
"We had just did a signing with Dollhouse Teen, which is for 13, 14-year-old young girls," Richard says. "So we can't do that one day and then the next day do an obnoxious cover.... [Diddy] wants the fans, and he says he can't do that if we can continue to go in the direction that we were going."
Via The Daily Dish.
Danity Kane is featured in a new ad from PETA, declaring they'd rather go naked than wear fur. Check out some video from the shoot below.
Via Yahoo! Music
"Cruise Control" by Dawn from Danity Kane is now on MySpace. I like it. I wasn't sure about it as it started, but it's quite catchy as it progresses.
On Saturday, I penned my analysis of what we saw on last week's episode of "Making the Band 4." It appears that Aubrey is out of the group and rumors have been flying around, saying that someone else (most often D. Woods) is also leaving. I don't put much stock in these rumors, most of which (if not all) are posted by unreliable sources. I have to wait and see what happens.
At the same time, when you're dealing with reality TV, you never know. I believe there is a lot of truth in what we saw. I don't think they would have just gone at each other for the sake of drama, not in that fashion. So, they have issues. I don't believe that's contrived. Even though it looks like Aubrey is definitely out of the group, I won't completely believe it until the end of Tuesday night's episode, when it will likely be made clear. In a bulletin from her MySpace, Danity Kane's Dawn Richard promised there would be answers.
"I know you guys want know whats going on with Danity Kane, all your questions will be answered," she said. What those answers will be, we'll have to wait and find out.
According to a bulletin sent from Dawn's MySpace, she will be appearing on The Wendy Williams Show on Thursday at 4 PM ET. Listen here.
I've had some time to digest Tuesday's episode of "Making the Band 4." For a full, detailed run down, please check out my live blog recap. Now, I'd like to go into a little more detail, analysis wise, speaking only of what we saw on the show and what we have seen play out in public, previously.
It's clear that the girls have had issues with one another, due to their own personality conflicts, insecurities and, in some cases, legitimate concerns. It's been going on, privately, for a while. Little has come out previously, but in July of 2007, there were some contentious messages sent from Dawn and Aubrey's MySpace pages. During the show on Tuesday, Dawn flat out said they don't trust one another. Aundrea blasted Aubrey, in a beat around the bush fashion, for her extracurricular activities. Aubrey had some comments that related to Dawn, as well.
All acts have their complete and total loyalists who feel they can do no wrong. Every group has them. Danity Kane is no exception. I read a lot of comments by Danity Kane fans feeling that they aren't handled correctly, that Diddy "doesn't know" how to promote them, that Bad Boy is a bad label to be signed to, and so on and so forth. With some fans, not all, but some... it's always something. And when something doesn't go right, it's always someone else. But, the reality is that Danity Kane, and most other acts on Bad Boy, have been promoted in at least a solid fashion, if not in a very good way.
There's a reason that people in and around the industry say that Diddy is a marketing genius. I'm not saying there haven't been missed opportunities and that some of them haven't been rather blatant (if not with Danity Kane, with other acts). I've been openly critical of some of Bad Boy's marketing efforts. But, at the end of the day, when you sit down and tally up the scoreboard - Danity Kane has been promoted more than nearly any act - not just on Bad Boy, but period. Almost every solo artist or group out there would kill for the level of promotion they've had.
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On the just ended, supposed season finale of "Making the Band 4," Diddy discussed the future of Danity Kane with the girls. Aubrey, once again, took a tone with Diddy and he flat out told her that he doesn't want her talking to him like that and he doesn't want her in the group. But, it's left right there - there will be another season finale next Tuesday at 9 PM ET. See my live blog for more.
Aundrea Fimbles from Danity Kane will be hosting a party at WHIP Lounge in Tempe, Arizona, on October 13. The appearance was announced on her MySpace.
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