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Ce Peniston (born Cecelia V. Peniston; September 6, 1969) is a female American R&B singer. She scored an international hit single in 1991 with her signature song "Finally".

Cecelia Peniston was born in Dayton, Ohio and moved to Phoenix, Arizona at the age of nine. She attended Trevor Browne High School in Phoenix and later took to entering beauty pageants where she was crowned Miss Black Arizona in 1989. CeCe's music career began in 1990 when she signed to A&M Records and got her initial exposure doing featured vocals on Phoenix female rapper Overweight Pooch's 1991 single "I Like It".

Among the list of those who have personally requested Peniston at private engagements are Aretha Franklin at her private birthday celebration in Detroit, Michigan, Pope John Paul II in Rome at The Vatican, and President Bill Clinton at both of his inauguration ceremonies in Washington, D.C.

Following the abolition of apartheid, Peniston was the first female entertainer to visit and perform in South Africa.


Finally

Discovered by famed deejay/remixer Manny Lehman, Peniston released her debut album, Finally, in 1992. The album, released on A&M Records, sold over three million copies worldwide. Her first single, "Finally", achieved #1 chart status on three Billboard charts and also hit No. 2 in the UK. In the U.S. her album went No. 70 on the Billboard 200 and No. 10 in the UK. "Finally" (the single) was re-released in Europe in 1997 as a remix, reaching No. 26 on the UK singles chart. "Finally" was also used in the cult Australian film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as well as the television show The L Word (Season 2, Episode 5) and over 30 compilations of hit dance music.

"We Got A Love Thang" (co-written by Chantay Savage) was Peniston's second single from the album, and reached #20 on the U.S. charts. It reached #1 on Billboard's dance chart, as did her third single, "Keep On Walkin'", co-written by recording artist Kym Sims and produced by Steve Hurley, that reached #15 in the U.S. charts. Both singles were also Top 10 hits in the UK, with "We Got A Love Thang" reaching #6 on the UK Singles Chart. She also released the singles "Inside That I Cried", which peaked at #10 on the Billboard R&B chart, and "Crazy Love", which hit #31. She won the Billboard Awards for Top Dance Artist and Top New Artist of 1992 and at the end of 1993 Finally (the album) was certifed Gold or Platinum in the UK, U.S., Germany, Spain, Korea, Australia, South Africa and Italy.

In the summer of 2008, the song was remixed by Kam Denny & Paul Zala under the title "Finally 2008" for the Bimbo Rock record label. The remix gained underground house music popularity and spent several days at No. 1 as the most downloaded track on Beatport.