Dawn Robinson

Dawn Robinson
Robinson performing with En Vogue in 2009
Born
Dawn Sherrese Robinson

(1966-11-24) November 24, 1966 (age 57)
New London, Connecticut, U.S.
EducationSan Leandro High School
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active1989–present
Spouse
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(m. 2003; div. 2010)​
[1][2]
Musical career
OriginOakland, California, U.S
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Formerly of

Dawn Sherrese Robinson (born November 24, 1966)[3][4] is an American singer and actress best known as a founding member of the R&B/pop group En Vogue, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.[5] Following her departure from En Vogue, Robinson joined Lucy Pearl and released their self-titled debut album Lucy Pearl in 2000, which went platinum worldwide and produced the successful singles "Dance Tonight" and "Don't Mess with My Man".

In 2002, Robinson released her first solo album Dawn, which produced the single "Envious". In 2005, Robinson rejoined En Vogue for a tour, but departed from the group before they could record another album. In 2009, Robinson briefly returned to En Vogue again for their 20th Anniversary Tour. In 2010, she left En Vogue once again due to poor management and compensation of work. In 2013, she joined the cast of R&B Divas: Los Angeles for the first season of the series. Throughout her career, Robinson has sold a combined total of over 11 million records as a member of En Vogue, Lucy Pearl and a solo artist. Her work with En Vogue has earned her several awards and nominations, including two American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, seven MTV Video Music Awards, four Soul Train Music Awards and eight Grammy nominations.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference JTL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. April 11, 2009 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Don't think I can make it. By Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy, Will Townsend, Pharoah Davis, Warren Robinson & Andre Zachary part 2". Faqs.org. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (April 11, 2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 R & B and Hip-hop Hits. Billboard. ISBN 978-0-8230-8283-4 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Business Wire (February 12, 2009). "Grammy® Nominated R&B Group En Vogue Closes Out Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit". Business Wire. Orlando, Florida, United States. Retrieved December 13, 2013. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Dawn Robinson". GRAMMY.com. May 14, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2018.