CeCe Peniston (born Cecelia Peniston, September 6, 1969 in Dayton, Ohio) is a female American dance music singer who scored an international hit single in 1991 with her signature song "Finally". Biography Cecelia Peniston was born in Dayton, Ohio and moved to Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 9. 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 female rapper Overweight Pooch's 1991 single "I Like It". 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