Shades (group)

Shades
OriginBoston, Massachusetts, United States[1]
GenresR&B
Years active1996 (1996)–1997 (1997), 2019 (2019)–present (present)
LabelsMotown
Members
  • Danielle Andrews
  • Tiffanie Cardwell
  • Monique Peoples
Past members
  • Shannon Walker Williams[1]

Shades is an American R&B group that was active in the mid 1990s. The group consisted of Danielle Andrews, Tiffanie Cardwell, Monique Peoples and Shannon Walker Williams {to whom ex-NBA basketball player Walter Ray Allen is married.};[1] who all met when they were students at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2]

The group released their eponymous debut album in 1997 on Motown Records.[3] The most successful single from the album was the lead single "Tell Me (I'll Be Around)", which peaked at #50 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] They reunited in 2019 and released a new single “This Ain’t Love”.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "Shades - Biography - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  2. ^ Kyleigh (September 7, 2010). "Rare and Obscure Music: Shades". Rare and Obscure Music. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  3. ^ "Shades - Shades - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  4. ^ "Shades - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  5. ^ Shades This Aint Love. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.