{"id":648869,"date":"2026-05-17T16:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/648869\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:39:08","slug":"90s-charttopper-55-has-barely-aged-a-day-as-she-performs-in-hotpants-25-years-after-smash-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/648869\/","title":{"rendered":"90s charttopper, 55, has barely aged a day as she performs in hotpants 25 years after smash hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A NINETIES chart topper, 55 has barely aged a day as she performed in hotpants and a corset, 25 years after her smash hit \u2013 but can you guess who she is?<\/p>\n<p>The singer appeared in a TikTok video where she was filmed dancing and singing on stage by her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the Entertainment newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A nineties chart topper, 55 has barely aged a day as she performed in hotpants and a corset, 25 years after her smash hit \u2013 but can you guess who she is? Credit: Tiktok\/@imaniimusic<\/p>\n<p>The singer appeared in a TikTok video where she was filmed dancing and singing on stage by her daughter Credit: Tiktok\/@imaniimusic<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/7604425\/nineties-pop-legend-shanice-unrecognisable-love-your-smile\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The R&amp;B star<\/a> looked incredible on stage in thigh boots, corset and matching hot pants as she belted out her famous tune. <\/p>\n<p>Previously, she appeared in a\u00a0television\u00a0commercial with legendary jazz singer\u00a0Ella Fitzgerald for\u00a0KFC\u00a0when she was just nine years old.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of just 11-years-old, she competed in the hit US talent series Star Search which helped to launch the careers of huge stars like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/britney-spears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Britney Spears<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/christina-aguilera\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christina Aguilera<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/usher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Usher<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/8267798\/beyonce-hint-destinys-child-reunion-kelly-rowland-london\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Destiny\u2019s Child<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The singer released her first album, Discovery in 1987, produced when she was just 14-years-old, and it gave her two top 10 R&amp;B hits.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s best known for the hit song, I Love Your Smile which went to the top five in 12 territories worldwide Credit: Tiktok\/@imaniimusic<\/p>\n<p>Her proud daughter posted the video clip as she said enjoyed the performance Credit: Tiktok\/@imaniimusic<\/p>\n<p>She later signed with the famous Motown records in 1991, where she achieved mainstream success.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s best known for the hit song, I Love Your Smile which went to the top five in 12 territories worldwide and made the top 10 in 22 countries.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t guessed already \u2013 it is pop legend Shanice \u2013 and her daughter Imani lovingly posted the video clip.<\/p>\n<p>She captioned the video: \u201cWatching my mom perform never gets old.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Singer Shanice signed with the famous Motown records in 1991, where she achieved mainstream success Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>The singer released her first album, Discovery in 1987 and it gave her two top 10 R&amp;B hits. Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Shanice\u2019s 1993 song Saving Forever for You reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Imani said that watching her mom perform never gets old Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Fans flocked to comment and one wrote: \u201cMy favourite song ever!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another said: \u201cShanice I love Your smile hits harder because I do Love Her Smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third added: \u201cSoundtrack to my childhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While a fourth said: \u201cI freaking love your mom!!! I\u2019m 52 and she\u2019s been on my Playlist for 32 of those years!!! She\u2019s amazing!!! So cool she\u2019s your mom!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer was also known for her wide beaming smile Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Her voice has also been heard on several iconic film soundtracks including\u00a0Eddie Murphy\u2018s Boomeran Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Shanice\u2019s 1993 song Saving Forever for You reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart.<\/p>\n<p>In 1999 she went onto release When I Close My Eyes which peaked at number 12 on the Billboard hot 100.<\/p>\n<p>Her voice has also been heard on several iconic film soundtracks including\u00a0Eddie Murphy\u2018s Boomerang, The Meteor Man as well as\u00a0Disney\u2019s 1995 classic Pocahontas.<\/p>\n<p>Her voice can also be heard in the backing vocals of\u00a0Toni Braxton\u2018s smash hit,\u00a0Un-Break My Heart.<\/p>\n<p>Shanice married actor and comedian Flex Alexander in February 2000.<\/p>\n<p>As well as sharing their daughter, Imani, the couple also have a son called Elijah Alexander Knox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NINETIES chart topper, 55 has barely aged a day as she performed in hotpants and a corset,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216,17172,194153],"class_list":["post-648869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-pop-music","tag-weekend-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}