About CECE
BIOGRAPHY
Cecilia Veronica "CeCe" Peniston (born September 6, 1969) is an American singer and former beauty queen. In the early 1990s, she scored five number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Her signature song "Finally" reached the number 5 spot on the Hot 100 and number 2 in the UK Top 75.
Peniston has performed at private engagements for Aretha Franklin's private birthday party, Pope John Paul II in Rome at the Vatican (as a member of the gospel band Sisters of Glory) and the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, during both of his inauguration ceremonies in Washington, D.C. She was the first foreign female entertainer to perform in post-apartheid South Africa. According to Peniston, her vocal range vacillates between "five to seven octaves".
In February 2011, Peniston signed a record deal with West Swagg Music Group/Bungalo Records, with full distribution through Universal Music Group Distribution, and announced release of a new solo album 15 years after her last studio set (I'm Movin' On from 1996 on A&M Records). By the end of the year, however, only three digital singles had been issued including a new song called "Stoopid!", and two cover versions of her prior hits, "Keep On Walkin'" and "Finally".
In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time.
awardS & NOMINATIONS
Emmy Award
Artists Music Guild 2019 Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award
Artists Music Guild 2019 Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award
In addition to being recognized for her iconic abilities, CeCe is nominated for two Emmy Awards for her work on the “People Get Ready” project with Skip Martin, Partice Smith, and multi-platinum David Cook.
Artists Music Guild 2019 Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award
Artists Music Guild 2019 Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award
Artists Music Guild 2019 Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Award
Artists Music Guild 2019 Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award
3x Winner ASCAP Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States. Peniston was not nominated. However, two remixes of her own compositions, "Nobody Else" and "He Loves Me 2", both co-written and performed by herself, brought the four time Grammy-nominee Steve "Silk" Hurley his first two n
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States. Peniston was not nominated. However, two remixes of her own compositions, "Nobody Else" and "He Loves Me 2", both co-written and performed by herself, brought the four time Grammy-nominee Steve "Silk" Hurley his first two nominations as Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical (in 1999 and in 2000.
3x Winner ASCAP Awards
Artists Music Guild 2019 Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award
3x Winner ASCAP Awards
In 1992, CeCe Peniston won three ASCAP awards for her songs and album Finally. The awards included Song of the Year, Most Performed Song of the Year, and Pop Songwriter of the Year.
Soul Train Music Awards
Billboard Music Video Awards
Soul Train Music Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired in national broadcast syndication that honors the best in African American music and entertainment established in 1987. Peniston was nominated in 1993 as
Best R&B/Soul Album – Female for "Finally".
BMI Awards
Billboard Music Video Awards
Soul Train Music Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC.
1993 Won Urban Award of Achievement for "Finally".
AMG Heritage Awards
Billboard Music Video Awards
Billboard Music Video Awards
2024 Special Project of the Year. The Artists Music Guild created the Heritage Awards as an outlet to allow all forms of arts and entertainment to be recognized by their peers. It's a time of excitement, music and fun as nominees receive the AMG Heritage Award for their respective categories.
Billboard Music Video Awards
Billboard Music Video Awards
Billboard Music Video Awards
1992 Won Best New Artist for "Finally" – Dance
1992 Nominated Best Female Artist for "Finally" – Dance
1992 Nominated Best Female Artist for "Keep On Walkin" – R&B/Rap
VH1 Award
State of Arizona Governor's Key
State of Arizona Governor's Key
VH1: 100 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time was a five-part series compiled by the music channel in 2000 that tracked mostly the disco era. In the year 2000, CeCe was Nominated under the Greatest Dance Song for "Finally".
State of Arizona Governor's Key
State of Arizona Governor's Key
State of Arizona Governor's Key
Governor's Key to The State of Arizona for being a role model and for achievement; and CeCe was inducted into the Phoenix College Hall of Fame.
WMC Awards
State of Arizona Governor's Key
Phoenix College Hall of Fame
The Winter Music Conference (WMC) is a weeklong electronic music conference that is aimed at professionals such as artists, DJs, record label representatives (A&R), producers, promoters, radio and the media.[21] In 1992 CeCe Peniston scored three awards for "Finally" as Best New Dance Artist, Best Dance Artist – Solo, and Best 12" Dance Record.
Phoenix College Hall of Fame
State of Arizona Governor's Key
Phoenix College Hall of Fame
CeCe Peniston was inducted into the Phoenix College Hall of Fame. for being a role model and for achievement