Editing Shanice (section)

==Recording career==
In 1987, at the age of 14, A&M Records released her debut album ''[[Discovery (Shanice album)|Discovery]]''. It produced two top-ten R&B hits: "(Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance" and "No ½ Steppin'".<ref name=ew /><ref name="billboard">[https://www.billboard.com/music/shanice/chart-history "Shanice: Singles Chart History."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028162152/https://www.billboard.com/music/shanice/chart-history |date=October 28, 2019 }} billboard.com. Retrieved August 7, 2008.</ref> Shanice signed a deal with [[Motown Records]] in the summer of 1990, releasing ''[[Inner Child (album)|Inner Child]]'' in late 1991, which included her best-known hit single "[[I Love Your Smile]]". It reached the top-ten in 22 countries, including the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] and No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="billboard" /> The album also featured a cover of [[Minnie Riperton]]'s 1974 hit "[[Lovin' You]]", a rendition that brought attention to her three-and-a-half octave vocal range.<ref>[[Lynn Norment|Norment, Lynn]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6MsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 "The Lives And Loves of New Pop Divas."] ''Ebony'', November 1993. 42. ''Google Books.'' Retrieved August 12, 2013.</ref> In 1993, [[Kenny Loggins]] featured Shanice on his live album ''[[Outside: From the Redwoods]]''.

In 1994, Shanice released the album ''[[21... Ways to Grow]]'', with producer [[Rhett Lawrence]], a [[session musician]] and [[Earth Wind & Fire]] guitarist Dick Smith. This effort was followed by a move to [[LaFace Records]] in 1997, which later released the 1999 album ''[[Shanice (album)|Shanice]].'' Additionally, she has contributed to various film soundtracks, such as ''Boomerang'' ("Don't Wanna Love You") and ''The Meteor Man'' ("It's for You"). Achieving success with her top-ten hit "[[Saving Forever for You]]", from the ''[[Beverly Hills 90210 (soundtrack)|Beverly Hills 90210 Soundtrack]]'',<ref name="billboard" /> Shanice later recorded "[[If I Never Knew You]]", a duet with [[Jon Secada]], for the original soundtrack of Disney's 1995 film ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]].'' While still with Motown, she also recorded a cover version of "[[If I Were Your Woman (song)|If I Were Your Woman]]" by [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]. [[Tami Roman]] and the fellow members of her R&B group quartet Female provided the backing vocals in the song, released via the ''[[Panther (film)|Panther]]'' [[Panther (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] on May 2, 1995, weeks before the ''Pocahontas'' [[Pocahontas (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] was released on May 30.

Shanice occasionally does background vocals for other artists; she can be heard on [[Toni Braxton]]'s "Come on Over Here" and "[[Un-Break My Heart]]",<ref>Hogan, Ed. [https://www.allmusic.com/song/un-break-my-heart-mt0012036024 "Toni Braxton: Un-Break My Heart"] www.allmusic.com. Retrieved October 26, 2019.</ref> as well as [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]'s [[Bedtime (song)|"Bedtime"]]. In 2010, she performed vocals on the track "[[Behind the Mask (Michael Jackson song)|Behind the Mask]]" from [[Michael Jackson]]'s posthumous album ''[[Michael (Michael Jackson album)|Michael]]''. She recorded the song "A Midnight Rendezvous" for the 2012 [[Kinect]] game '' Rhythm Party''. She also performed "Love Is the Gift", the English theme song for the video game ''[[The Bouncer (video game)|The Bouncer]]''. Shanice returned to recording after a five-year hiatus and released her album ''[[Every Woman Dreams]]'' on her own label Imajah (named for her two children).<ref>Williams-Wheeler, Dorrie. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723220952/http://www.imissthe80s.com/shanicewilsoninterview.htm "Shanice Wilson Interview."] ''www.imissthe80s.com'', 2006. ''Wayback Machine.'' Retrieved October 29, 2019.</ref> The album peaked at No. 30 on the R&B Albums Chart.<ref name="billboard" />

In 2019, Shanice returned with the single "He Won't".<ref>[http://youknowigotsoul.com/shanice-returns-with-new-single-he-wont "Shanice Returns With New Single 'He Won't.'"] ''www.youknowigotsoul.com'', March 17, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.</ref> In 2022, she was selected to sing the theme song of the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' spinoff series ''[[Mecha Builders]]'' alongside [[Eric Bellinger]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccl2NDKF_it/|title=Shanice on Instagram: "I have an exciting announcement to make! I'm singing the new theme song...|website=Instagram}}</ref>