CeCe Peniston

About CeCe Peniston

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

Born in Dayton, Ohio, CeCe moved with her family 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". She gained fame in the early 1990s with hits like “Finally,” which reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 in the UK Top 75. CeCe has an impressive vocal range that she describes as fluctuating between five to seven octaves.

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.