Shades (group)

Shades
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States [1]
Genres	R&B
Years active	1996 (1996)–1997 (1997), 2019 (2019)–present
Labels	Motown
Members	Danielle Andrews Tiffanie Cardwell Monique Peoples
Past members	Shannon Walker Williams (wife of former NBA basketball player Ray Allen [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]

Discography

Albums

• Shades (1997)

Singles

^{[6] [7]}

Year	Song	Peak chart positions [4]				Album
		U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rhythmic	New Zealand
1996	"Tell Me (I'll Be Around)"	50	34	19	8	Shades
1997	"Serenade"	88	—	28	7
	"I Believe"	—	—	—	—
2019	"This Ain’t Love"	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
2024	"Summer Nights"	—	—	—	—	Non-album single

References

1. "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.
6. "Shades (2) Discography at Discogs". Discogs . Retrieved July 28, 2014.
7. https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Shades&titel=Tell+Me+%28I%27ll+Be+Around%29&cat=s

External links

• Shades at AllMusic