| Shades | |
| Origin: | Boston, Massachusetts, United States[1] |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Years Active: | –, – |
| Label: | Motown |
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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 ;[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]
| align=center rowspan=2 | Year | align=center rowspan=2 | Song | align=center colspan=3 | Peak chart positions | align=center rowspan=2 | Album | ||||
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| width=60 | U.S. Hot 100 | width=60 | U.S. R&B | width=60 | U.S. Rhythmic | ||||||
| align=left valign=center | 1996 | align=left valign=center | "Tell Me (I'll Be Around)" | align=center valign=center | 50 | align=center valign=center | 34 | align=center valign=center | 19 | align=left valign=center rowspan=3 | Shades |
| align=left valign=center rowspan=2 | 1997 | align=left valign=center | "Serenade" | align=center valign=center | 88 | align=center valign=center | - | align=center valign=center | 28 | ||
| align=left valign=center | "I Believe" | align=center valign=center | - | align=center valign=center | - | align=center valign=center | - | ||||
| align=left valign=center | 2019 | align=left valign=center | "This Ain’t Love" | align=center valign=center | - | align=center valign=center | - | align=center valign=center | - | ||
| 2024 | "Summer Nights" | align=center valign=center | - | align=center valign=center | - | align=center valign=center | - | Non-album single |