Danity Kane

This article is about the group. For the group's self-titled debut album, see Danity Kane (album).
Danity Kane
Danity Kane in 2014. From left to right: Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richard, and Shannon Bex
Danity Kane in 2014. From left to right: Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richard, and Shannon Bex
Background information
Also known asDK
OriginNew York City, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 2005–2009
  • 2013–2014
  • 2018–2020[a]
Labels
SpinoffsDirty Money, Dumblonde
Past members
Websitedanitykane.com

Danity Kane was an American girl group whose most recent line-up consisted of Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richard, and Shannon Bex. The group originally had five members, but Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgett left the group in 2008, and Aundrea Fimbres left in 2014. Formed on the third iteration of MTV's Making the Band reality television series in 2005, they signed to Bad Boy Records by Diddy.

Danity Kane's self-titled debut studio album was released in 2006 and achieved success in the United States, shipping a million copies domestically,[1] while spawning two singles with top 10 single "Show Stopper" and the ballad "Ride for You". Their second studio album, Welcome to the Dollhouse, was released in 2008 following the release of their second top 10 single "Damaged".[2] The band became the first female group in Billboard history to debut their first two albums at the top of the charts.[3]

Despite initial success, tension in the group led to a meeting with Diddy where, in the October 2008 finale episode of Making the Band 4, he removed O'Day and Woodgett from the group. The three remaining members of the group carried on with previously scheduled promotional events before officially disbanding in early 2009.[4] All group members were ultimately released from their contracts with Bad Boy Records later within the year. In 2013, four of the five group members (O'Day, Bex, Richard and Fimbres) made an official announcement regarding their reunion at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards;[5] however, on May 16, 2014, the first night of their reunion tour in San Francisco, Fimbres announced her departure from the group due to wanting to start her family, leaving O'Day, Bex and Richard to continue as a trio.[6][7]

On August 8, 2014, after a fight in the recording studio between members O'Day and Richard, O'Day and Bex announced publicly that Danity Kane had disbanded again.[8] Although they disbanded, their third studio album, DK3, was released in October 2014. Following the second disbandment, Richard continued to release solo music while O'Day and Bex formed the duo Dumblonde. In August 2018, the trio announced that they would reunite and tour together.[9] O'Day and Richard released new music as a duo under Danity Kane in 2020. However, since March 2020, the group stopped posting on their official Instagram account, leaving the group on an indefinite hiatus.


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  1. ^ "RIAA Certifications". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 18, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Diddy, Beyonce, Ne-Yo Make 'Spotlight Live' New York's Hot Tuesday-Night Ticket". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  3. ^ Making the Band/The Rise and Fall of Danity Kane, MTV (April 30, 2009). Retrieved on April 30, 2009.
  4. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (January 28, 2009). "Danity Kane Are Over, Dawn Richard Says. 'It's devastating for me,' Richard says of the 'Making the Band' group's dissolution". MTV. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
  5. ^ "Danity Kane Will Reunite At MTV VMAs, Release New Promo Picture Ahead Of Show". International Business Times. August 24, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  6. ^ Webber, Stephanie (May 17, 2014). "Aundrea Fimbres Is Engaged, Leaving Danity Kane to Start a Family – Us Weekly". Us Weekly. Usmagazine.com. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  7. ^ "It's Official: Danity Kane Is Now A Trio". MTV. May 17, 2014. Archived from the original on May 20, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  8. ^ Kennedy, Gerrick (August 8, 2014). "Danity Kane is over -- again". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ^ Kaufman, Gil (August 15, 2018). "Danity Kane Members Announce DK3 Reunion Tour With Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richard & Shannon Bex". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2018.