Dawn Robinson (born November 28 1968, New London, Connnecticut) is an African-American R&B/soul/Dance-pop singer mostly best known for her work as a member of hit Urban/Dance-pop group, En Vogue. Following her departure from En Vogue in 1997, Robinson joined Lucy Pearl for a brief period of time from 1999 to 2001. Besides occasional modeling and background vocal work for Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, Robinson also released a solo album entitled Dawn, released by Atlantic Records on 29 January 2002. The single "Envious" only received light to moderate airplay on radio and video outlets. In 2005, Robinson returned to En Vogue who toured nationally while attempting to negotiate a new recording contract with The Firm Management for the original En Vogue. All four members failed to reach an agreement and Robinson decided not to return to En Vogue.
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Personal life
She married Andre Allen in May 2003.
Discography
With En Vogue
Albums
| Year | Album | US | US R&B | UK | US Sales | World Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Born to Sing | 21 | 3 | 23 | 1.0m | - |
| 1991 | Remix to Sing | - | - | 57 | 150k | - |
| 1992 | Funky Divas | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3.2m | 6.5m |
| 1993 | Runaway Love EP | 49 | 16 | - | 250k | - |
| 1997 | EV3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1.0m | - |
| 1998 | Best of En Vogue | - | - | 39 | 200k | 500k |
| 2001 | The Very Best of En Vogue | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Hold On And Other Hits | - | - | - | - | - |
With Lucy Pearl
Only one album was released, the self titled Lucy Pearl. After two singles, "Dance Tonight" and "Don't Mess with My Man", Robinson was replaced by Joi.
Soundtrack works
She has featured several songs in some successful soundtracks:
- Love & Basketball (2000) (writer: "Dance Tonight")
- Life (1999/I) (performer: "Drop Me Off in Harlem")
- The Rugrats Movie (1998) (performer: "This World is Something New to Me")
- Doctor Dolittle (1998) (performer: "Rock Steady")
- Bulworth (1998) (performer: "Firm Biz")
Solo album
Dawn was produced by Milton Davis, Travon Potts, AllStar, Chris Warrior, [PAJAM]] and others. Track: Title: Composer:
1 Set It Off (Simmons, Aleese/Gordon, Allen/Butler, Nate)
2 Still Warrior (Christopher/Robinson, Dawn)
3 Party, Party (Barias, Ivan/Haggins, Carvin/Robinson, Dawn)
4 Get Up Again (Barias, Ivan/Haggins, Carvin/Ramanto, Frankie/Robinson, Dawn)
5 Envious (Young, Amber Jade/Davis, Milton/Robinson, Dawn/Paul, Kowan "Q")
6 Meaning of a Woman (Cook, Sean "Cookie"/Robinson, Dawn/Ski, Kenni)
7 I Don't Know Why (Potts, Travon)
8 Fed Up (Allen, Paul D./Moss, J.)
9 Our Child (Cook, Sean "Cookie"/Robinson, Dawn/Ski, Kenni)
10 How Long (Cook, Sean "Cookie"/Robinson, Dawn/Ski, Kenni)
11 Read in My Eyes (Potts, Travon/Rudolph, Richard)
12 You Will Never (Potts, Travon)
The album peaked at #22 in the Billboard Heatseekers.
Singles
- "Envious"
Peaked at #99 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
- "Set It Off"
"Set it Off" was sampled from Dexter Wansel's song, "New Beginning."
References
- John Farinella, David. Dawn Robinson Interview: "Rebel With A Cause", Yahoo! Music. February 4, 2002.
